According to fox news network (FOX NEWS) reported on the 12th, Liz Cheney, the no. 3 person in the Republican Party of the US House of Representatives and a staunch critic of Trump, was ousted from power in a party vote that morning. In her farewell speech, Liz Cheney bluntly stated that "every effort will be made to prevent Trump's return to the White House."
Screenshot of Fox News report
The vote was formally proposed by Minority Leader kevin McCarthy of the U.S. House of Representatives on the 10th and was held by a voice vote on the morning of the 12th. Previously, McCarthy had explained that the vote was mainly to reduce the divisions within the Republican Party to ensure that the Republican Party won the dominance of the House of Representatives in the 2022 election. McCarthy argues that excluding Liz Cheney, Trump's most forceful party critic, from leadership would prevent the Republican Party from becoming a loose and weak "big tent party."
Liz Cheney, 55, the eldest daughter of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, has served as a Wyoming U.S. U.S. U.S. Member of parliament since 2017 and later as President of the House Republican Conference, making her No. 3 Republican in the House. She was critical of Trump's so-called "election fraud" remarks, arguing that Trump was responsible for the Capitol riots on January 6 this year and had voted to impeach Trump in a second presidential impeachment case.
Although she has been voted out, Cheney still insists on her "anti-Trump" claims. In her farewell speech, she said "I will do everything I can to prevent the former president (Trump) from returning to the White House," arguing that Trump has been inciting people with lies, which is very dangerous, and that he is a man who lacks commitment and loyalty to the U.S. Constitution.
Liz Cheney, from the surging image
Trump welcomed the result immediately after the vote and offered his own criticism of Liz Cheney. He bluntly stated that "Liz Cheney is a mean, terrible person", that she was terrible for the Republican Party, and that she always made herself the voice of the Democratic Party.
Although Liz Cheney has been ousted, her successor has not yet been determined. McCarthy has previously publicly stated that he wants Rep. Elise Stefanik, who supports Trump, to take over as president of the Republican convention. However, some party lawmakers believe that Stefanick is not suitable because her constituency is a more neutral constituency north of Albany, New York, which is not "conservative" compared to Cheney's "crimson" Wyoming.
Stefanick herself was very active, running her own campaign immediately after Cheney's vote, promising to unite Republicans against Democrats and their "socialist" policies. If Stefanick wins, the Top Republicans will form a conservative alliance that supports Trump.
Alice Stefanick, courtesy of Fox News
The New York Times' commentary article on the 12th criticized the Republican Party's enthusiastic embrace of Trumpism. It argues that the vote demonstrated the Republican Party's unprecedented loyalty to Trump, and that the Republicans' vote was sloppy, departing from the policy principles and ideological standards they once upheld.
CNN's report on the 12th focused on the details of some votes. For example, the closed-door vote that ousted Liz Cheney took only 16 minutes. In addition, CNN also pointed out that Liz's exit means that for the first time since the 1970s, the Republican leadership in the United States has no members of the Cheney family , previously Liz and her father Dick Cheney (former vice president of the United States).
Liz Cheney gave a farewell speech, screenshot of CNN video report
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