Current Events > Liz Cheney attacked over Fauci support during GOP meeting

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/liz-cheney-attacked-over-fauci-support-during-gop-meeting-n1234489

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., on Tuesday faced down a group of GOP Freedom Caucus critics who complained about her public support for Dr. Anthony Fauci and her support for Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massies primary opponent.

Cheney defended Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, during a closed-door GOP conference meeting, according to a source familiar with her remarks.

On May 12, Cheney tweeted: "Dr. Fauci is one of the finest public servants we have ever had. He is not a partisan. His only interest is saving lives. We need his expertise and his judgment to defeat this virus. All Americans should be thanking him. Every day."

The White House has in recent weeks clashed with Fauci, who President Donald Trump recently referred to as "alarmist" over his continued warnings about coronavirus pandemic. Fauci last week called the attempts to discredit him "bizarre."

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., later Tuesday called on Cheney to resign or "be removed" as the House Republican Conference chair. As chair, Cheney is the sole female member of the House GOP leadership.

Gaetz's tweet quickly received support from other prominent Republicans, including Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, and the president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who compared Cheney to Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, the only GOP senator to vote to convict Trump during his impeachment trial.

Tuesday's gathering was the first in-person GOP conference meeting in months; members had been attending them virtually due to coronavirus concerns.

In the meeting, Cheney told Massie that his issue was with Trump, not her. Massie easily beat a primary challenger, Todd McMurtry, in June even after Trump said he had wanted Massie ousted from the Republican Party. Trump had called Massie a third rate grandstander.

Cheney had donated to McMurtry, but later asked that the money be returned after past racist social media posts by McMurtry became public.

Cheney also told Gaetz on Tuesday that she looks forward to seeing an upcoming HBO documentary, "The Swamp," about him, Massie and a third Republican congressman, Ken Buck of Colorado.

In public after the meeting, Cheney was muted about the confrontation. Asked about the exchanges by pool reporters on Capitol Hill, she said: We had an exchange of views, I think its very clear were all unified in the sense of recognizing the danger the country would face if Joe Biden were elected president; we talked at length about Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi and the kind of America we would be living in if they prevailed.

Thomas Massie and I are in a good place, she added.

Asked about Trump Jr.'s tweet later on Tuesday, Cheney said the president's son "is not a member of the House Republican Conference."

Whatthefuckisgoingon
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The party of anti-science and anti-intellectualism at work again.

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eh. shes the one that outed her lesbian sister, yeah?

scummy family

Someone needs to beat the shit out of Matt Gaetz lmao
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Really sad

Solar_Crimson posted...

The party of anti-science and anti-intellectualism at work again.

Why is Liz Cheney of all people exhibited something that in a vacuum can be considered principles?

Woman is literally a blob of cancer pretending to be a human.
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tHe LeFt iS EaTiNg ItSeLf!
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Hey Freedom Caucus, how's that budget deficit doing?

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Bio1590 posted...

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., later Tuesday called on Cheney to resign or "be removed" as the House Republican Conference chair. As chair, Cheney is the sole female member of the House GOP leadership.

This is hilarious.

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Poop2 posted...

eh. shes the one that outed her lesbian sister, yeah?

scummy family

She said she didn't agree with same-sex marriage.

Pretty sure her sister's been out for decades though. And I think Liz is the only Cheney against same-sex marriage.

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Kastrada posted...

She said she didn't agree with same-sex marriage.

Pretty sure her sister's been out for decades though. And I think Liz is the only Cheney against same-sex marriage.

scummy
family

Kastrada posted...

She said she didn't agree with same-sex marriage.

Pretty sure her sister's been out for decades though. And I think Liz is the only Cheney against same-sex marriage.

She didn't have a problem with it until she ran for office.

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Poop2 posted...

scummy
family

Yeah I never said anything arguing that point. So not sure what you are trying to get at.

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Poop2 posted...

eh. shes the one that outed her lesbian sister, yeah?

scummy family

Wasn't that already well known? I think the problem is she reversed her stance on gay marriage to get elected and it really upset her lesbian sister

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