Will anything break the GOP’s embrace of election lies?
Posted on AllSides May 13th, 2021
From The Center
House Republicans voted Wednesday to remove Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., from her leadership role in response to her repeated criticism of former President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 presidential election and his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
Cheney, who had been the No. 3 Republican in the House, had received strong rebukes from her GOP colleagues in recent weeks. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy — who had previously said Trump “bears responsibility” for the riot — accused Cheney of “relitigating the past” by continuing to condemn Trump’s...