Interesting what a secret ballot and two weeks with Trump out of office does. Half as many as House Rs voted to oust Cheney as voted against certifying election results exactly four weeks ago.
https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1357143161198510085
To follow up here: Contrast this vote with, reportedly, half of them standing and clapping for M*rjorie. That shows that half of the caucus is either with her or afraid of being know, even within the caucus, as pushing back against her extremism.
So, if that reporting is correct, there are roughly 40 or so House Republicans who secretly voted for Liz Cheney tonight AND to other GOPers’ faces stood for Marjorie Taylor Greene. And of course, another 20 or so who voted against certification a month ago.
The ~40 voted secretly for one lawmaker who said, “There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution,” AND stood and clapped for another who supported Trump’s every move.
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