Representing the Caucus
Yesterday, the U.S. House GOP Caucus removed Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership post. To hear those on the left tell it, it’s the worst attack on democracy ever. But that’s hardly the case.
Rep. Cheney has every right to speak out on her own behalf. She has every right to speak out on behalf of her constituents, which they can weigh in on, whether they like what she says on her behalf at the ballot box in November of next year.
And she has every right to speak out and represent the Republican caucus…but similarly, if that caucus does not like how she is representing them or what she says in that role, they have every right to remove her from the position. That’s what happened yesterday, period.
Other leaders in the House have determined that their best way forward to win a majority in 2022 is to embrace the Trump legacy. She has made clear she is vehemently opposed to that. How else was this supposed to end?
Sure, the party gave the Democrats a club to beat them with by having this in-family struggle go public, and Rep. Cheney clearly has aspirations higher than her current office…so all this publicity works for her benefit.
Of greater importance, however, is the fairness of elections. Once again, that subject is merged with the 2020 presidential race by many Republicans, and that’s a mistake. Take Trump out of it and seek to make sure things were run fairly…or else any impropriety will continue in 2022, and any fraud will happen again.
It’s far easier, of course, to call this nothing but Trumpers vs. Never Trumpers…but that’s a small part of the broader issue.
