Kevin McCarthy told Liz Cheney to apologize after she voted to impeach Trump

[NewYorkExpress]

https://www.businessinsider.com/kevin-mccarthy-told-liz-cheney-to-apologise-axios-2021-2

House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy told Rep. Liz Cheney to apologize after she voted to impeach President Donald Trump, Axios reported.

Cheney, one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump for a second time in January following the Capitol insurrection on January 6. She has been the subject of extensive criticism from some GOP colleagues for crossing party lines to vote with Democrats against Trump.

Axios reported Sunday that Rep. McCarthy asked Cheney, the third highest-ranking House Republican, to apologize for her handling of the vote during last week's closed House GOP conference meeting, saying that colleagues wanted to hear her say sorry.

The meeting was called to discuss possible punishments for Cheney as well as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, an avid Trump supporter who has promoted multiple conspiracy theories.


Two sources told the outlet that Cheney refused to apologize for voting to impeach Trump, telling colleagues that "it was a vote of principle — a principle on which I stand and still believe."

[It’s so Joever]

Fight fight fight

[MasterJedi]

Sounds like they want a conservative safe space.

[Hermit For Peace]

NO.

[DaleCooper]

I wonder if some House Republicans' need for an apology stems more from being put in a tough spot over their own votes on impeachment than it does from their feelings being hurt on behalf of Trump. A big name like Cheney, which is so synonymous with Republicanism to many Americans, voting to impeach while so many competitive district Rs chose to stand by him is probably a nightmare for the ones that barely won this year.

[ProudModerate2]

LOL.
If McCarthy asked that of me, I would have turned to him, and without hesitation would have told "f*** you!"

[Del Tachi]

The fact that they were apparently contemplating actions against Cheney as well as MTG during the same meeting shows, much to red avies chagrin, that reports of a GOP "civil war" are overblown.

[brucejoel99]

Did he tell MTG to apologize too? Oh no, that's right, he stood up & applauded her hateful lunacy.

[Inmate Trump]

We should defend democracy before we defend our political party.