{"id":1122805,"date":"2021-12-15T19:13:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T00:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1122805"},"modified":"2021-12-15T19:13:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T00:13:38","slug":"high-profile-conservatives-pressure-mccarthy-to-remove-cheney-kinzinger-from-house-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-profile-conservatives-pressure-mccarthy-to-remove-cheney-kinzinger-from-house-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"High-Profile Conservatives Pressure McCarthy To Remove Cheney, Kinzinger From House GOP"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhigh-profile-conservatives-pressure-mccarthy-to-remove-cheney-kinzinger-from-house-gop%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1122805&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A group of high-profile conservatives urged Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to act to remove Republican Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois from the House GOP conference in a letter Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/conservativeactionproject.com\/conservative-leaders-remove-cheney-and-kinzinger-from-house-republican-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signees<\/a>, among whom were American Conservative Union president Matt Schlapp, Club for Growth president David McIntosh and former Sen. Jim DeMint, said that the duo should be removed over their \u201cegregious\u201d participation in the January 6th Select Committee. The letter was issued by the Conservative Action Project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi\u2019s team, Reps. Cheney and Kinzinger have deliberately sought to undermine the privacy and due process of their fellow Republicans, and those of private citizens, with improperly issued subpoenas and other investigatory tactics designed not to pursue any valid legislative end, but merely to exploit for the sake of political harassment and demagoguery,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The letter went on to label the select committee as an \u201covertly partisan political persecution,\u201d alleging that it \u201cdemeans the standing of the House.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/14\/house-votes-hold-mark-meadows-criminal-contempt-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: House Votes To Hold Mark Meadows In Criminal Contempt After Defying Subpoena From Jan. 6 Select Committee)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7338285\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7338285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks during his weekly press conference on Dec. 3. (Samuel Corum\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The select committee was formed after Senate Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/28\/capitol-riot-chuck-schumer-mitch-mcconnell-911-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">killed a bill<\/a> that would have established a bipartisan commission to investigate the Capitol riot, when Trump supporters stormed the building in a bid to block Congress from certifying President Joe Biden\u2019s electoral victory.<\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger and Cheney have repeatedly criticized former President Donald Trump for his repeated, baseless claims that the 2020 election was rigged, a stance which has made them both pariahs among their caucus and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/13\/liz-cheney-elise-stefanik-donald-trump-capitol-riot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cost Cheney her spot<\/a> in Republican leadership.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy, who is seen as the likely speaker if Republicans win back the House in 2022, has not explicitly said whether he plans to hold a caucus-wide vote on stripping Kinzinger, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/29\/adam-kinzinger-donald-trump-retire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">retiring<\/a> after this term, and Cheney of their spots in the GOP conference. A spokesman for him did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of high-profile conservatives urged Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to act to remove Republican Reps. 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