Ever since Liz Cheney voted with Democrats to impeach President Trump, we’ve been hearing that Kevin McCarthy wouldn’t allow a re-vote on her position in leadership. Well that all apparently changed tonight and she managed to survive:
“Liz Cheney has managed to cling on to her leadership job, sources tell me. vote was 145-61. House just voted in a secret ballot to keep her. Comes after tense, four hour meeting where dozens of members spoke their mind.”
JUST IN: Liz Cheney has managed to cling on to her leadership job, sources tell me. vote was 145-61
House just voted in a secret ballot to keep her. Comes after tense, four hour meeting where dozens of members spoke their mind.
— Melanie Zanona (@MZanona) February 4, 2021
=>>> @RepLizCheney survives. 145 vote to retain her as Conference Chair; 61 voted to remove
— David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) February 4, 2021
I had heard earlier today that Republicans had the votes to oust her. That appears to not have been true.
But I will say this for Kevin McCarthy. At least he let Republicans decide her leadership fate with this secret vote. I don’t know what led up to his change of heart but I’m guessing it had to do with the situation with Marjorie Taylor Greene.