{"id":117286,"date":"2021-02-03T21:14:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T02:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=117286"},"modified":"2021-02-03T21:57:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T02:57:28","slug":"house-republicans-vote-to-keep-liz-cheney-in-leadership-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-vote-to-keep-liz-cheney-in-leadership-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans Vote To Keep Liz Cheney In Leadership: Reports"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fhouse-republicans-vote-to-keep-liz-cheney-in-leadership-reports%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=117286&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Liz-Cheney.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Republicans overwhelmingly voted in favor of keeping GOP Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) in her leadership position during a conference-wide vote Wednesday evening, according to multiple reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The leadership vote, which was reportedly 145-61, affirmed Cheney\u2019s position as the number three Republican in the House, even though she was one of only ten Republican lawmakers to vote to impeach former President Donald Trump last month. The vote was conducted by secret ballot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Politico, citing GOP sources involved in the effort to oust Cheney,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/01\/21\/liz-cheneys-problems-pile-up-461218\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a> <span>back in January that at least 107 House Republicans, a narrow majority of the House GOP, were on-board with booting Cheney as the number three Republican in the House.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) previously voiced support for keeping Cheney in leadership, he also suggested the GOP Conference needed to hold discussions amongst themselves about it. After the vote, McCarthy told reporters that the discussion allowed members to \u201cair their differences,\u201d according to USA Today reporter Nicholas Wu.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cheney\/Scalise\/McCarthy at mics following the vote. McCarthy says they had a \u201cvery good conference\u201d where \u201cpeople were able to air their differences\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A5TuP1zdfn\">pic.twitter.com\/A5TuP1zdfn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicholas Wu (@nicholaswu12) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicholaswu12\/status\/1357144192489783298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe addressed this as a family, addressed this as a team and ultimately finally worked to have a vote to keep the entire team together and ultimately kept the team much stronger,\u201d McCarthy told reporters in a press conference after the meeting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/02\/03\/mccarthy-defends-liz-cheney-465626\">according<\/a> to Politico. \u201cBecause while we aired those grievances, everyone tonight was united.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>Cheney, the highest-ranking Republican to vote to impeach Trump, has since stood by her decision and also refused to apologize for doing so during the meeting, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/cheney-refuses-apologize-voting-impeach-trump-during-closed-door-gop-n1256670\">NBC News,<\/a> which cited a source in the room. Cheney also told reporters Wednesday evening, while leaving the meeting, that the conference had a \u201cterrific vote,\u201d and that Republicans wouldn\u2019t be \u201cdivided\u201d or allow a situation where \u201cpeople can pick off any member of leadership,\u201d according to USA Today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/house-republicans-vote-keep-cheney-leadership-7a1807b4-e16f-4185-ae28-56259cfba7a7.html\">Axios<\/a> that while he voted in favor of ousting Cheney, he is now ready to move on: \u201cIt wasn\u2019t the position that I supported, but I\u2019m moving forward. Liz is going to say is conference chair, and we\u2019re gonna work together to take back the majority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans overwhelmingly voted in favor of keeping GOP Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) in her leadership position during a conference-wide vote Wednesday evening, according to multiple reports. 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