With the Republican Party nearly in tatters this week, one of the GOP’s most prominent members seems to be playing both sides of the party after a midweek change in leadership.
On Wednesday, Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney was ousted from her leadership roles on account of her unwillingness to pledge her undying loyalty to Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement. This kicked off a nasty feud between the two sides of the Republican Party, with over 100 powerful members of the party threatening to break off into a new, third party should Trump’s influence remain within the GOP.
Later Wednesday afternoon, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy appeared to reiterate that Donald Trump’s beliefs surrounding the 2020 election aren’t really a concern to him.
Hours after Rep. Liz Cheney was ousted from her Republican leadership position for rebuking former President Donald Trump’s ongoing claim that the election was “stolen” from him, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters, “I don’t think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election.”
“I think that is all over with,” McCarthy, R-Calif., said at the White House, where he was meeting with President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell about Biden’s infrastructure plans.
“We’re sitting here with the president today, so from that point of view I don’t think that’s a problem,” McCarthy said.
Trump has suggested vociferously, and on more than one occasion, that he will be again running for President in 2024 – a proclamation that has undoubtedly been a catalyst in this internal GOP gripe.
