{"id":497534,"date":"2021-05-11T19:06:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T23:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=497534"},"modified":"2021-05-11T19:06:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T23:06:18","slug":"gop-rep-chip-roy-opposes-stefanik-for-leadership-over-voting-record-suggests-leaving-post-vacant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-chip-roy-opposes-stefanik-for-leadership-over-voting-record-suggests-leaving-post-vacant\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep. Chip Roy Opposes Stefanik For Leadership Over Voting Record, Suggests Leaving Post Vacant"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fgop-rep-chip-roy-opposes-stefanik-for-leadership-over-voting-record-suggests-leaving-post-vacant%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=497534&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\/05\/Stefanik.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Rep. Chip Roy (R-T) a member of the House Freedom Caucus, told Republican lawmakers in a memo Tuesday that they should consider leaving the GOP conference chair leadership position vacant after ousting Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) from the role.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the memo, Roy made clear that he believes removing Cheney as conference chair is the correct decision, but then called out Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) \u2014 who has been vying for the leadership position \u2014 and argued that Republicans must avoid installing someone who campaigns with the GOP but then votes to advance the Democratic agenda in office.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cConsider your response if I asked if you would \u2014 setting aside any friendship or personal feelings about him or her \u2014 support a colleague with the following record to be our spokesperson,\u201d Roy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewSolender\/status\/1392191063721496577\">wrote<\/a>, who then listed off portions of Stefanik\u2019s record, including:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Opposition to the Trump tax cuts of 2017<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Support for an amendment overriding Trump\u2019s transgender troops policy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Voting for the Equality Act the first time it was introduced (voting against in 2021)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Voting to ban drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Voting for the \u201cDelivering for America Act \u2014 playing into Democratic Party conspiracy theory that President Trump was trying to destroy the post office\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Voting to override Trump\u2019s border wall funding through SJ Res 54<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Co-sponsoring \u201cpermanent status for Dreamers without any actual badly needed border security to stem the tide of the crisis\u201d in the 115th Congress\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After arguing Stefanik was not a good choice for the position, Roy suggested that Republicans either coalesce around a candidate with conservative values or consider leaving the position vacant.<\/p>\n<p><span>Stefanik, who has support from Trump, told reporters that she has support from other members of the Freedom Caucus and others, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/05\/11\/elise-stefanik-house-liz-cheney-487088\">reports<\/a> POLITICO. If Cheney were ousted and Stefanik chosen to replace her, Stefanik has said she will only serve one term.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Roy originally opposed removing Cheney from leadership after she voted to impeach former President Donald Trump. However, Roy later argued that Cheney should be removed for making comments \u201ccompletely out of step of the Republican conference.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou cannot stand up and make a statement that is so completely out of step of the Republican conference where the American people who support President Trump are,\u201d Roy said in late February, per <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/25\/politics\/liz-cheney-house-freedom-caucus\/index.html\"><span>CNN<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cI think it is unfortunate she made those remarks, I think it was shortsighted, but I also think it was purposeful and I think that\u2019s the problem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cheney has given no indication she plans to step down, and recently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cheney-facing-leadership-threat-says-gop-at-turning-point-in-op-ed\"><span>defended herself in a Washington Post op-ed<\/span><\/a><span> amidst the threat to her position.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"18.76707530648\">\n<p><em><span>The question before us now is whether we will join Trump\u2019s crusade to delegitimize and undo the legal outcome of the 2020 election, with all the consequences that might have. I have worked overseas in nations where changes in leadership come only with violence, where democracy takes hold only until the next violent upheaval. America is exceptional because our constitutional system guards against that. At the heart of our republic is a commitment to the peaceful transfer of power among political rivals in accordance with law. President Ronald Reagan <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/mtp-daily\/watch\/reagan-in-1981-called-transfer-of-power-in-u-s-a-miracle-92473925851\"><span>described this<\/span><\/a><span> as our American \u201cmiracle.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>While embracing or ignoring Trump\u2019s statements might seem attractive to some for fundraising and political purposes, that approach will do profound long-term damage to our party and our country. Trump has never expressed remorse or regret for the attack of Jan. 6 and now suggests that our elections, and our legal and constitutional system, cannot be trusted to do the will of the people. This is immensely harmful, especially as we now compete on the world stage against Communist China and its claims that democracy is a failed system.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><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 member.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R-T) a member of the House Freedom Caucus, told Republican lawmakers in a memo Tuesday that they should consider leaving the GOP conference chair leadership position vacant &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277855,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Stefanik.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"GOP Rep. Chip Roy Opposes Stefanik For Leadership Over Voting Record, Suggests Leaving Post Vacant","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-497534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Stefanik.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"GOP Rep. 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