The House GOP kept Cheney but is still plenty splintered on Trump

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The Trump-GOP story is moving into a new phase that will test the durability of House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy’s recent pronouncement that his caucus is now “more united.”

There was something purgatorial about the period between the second Trump impeachment vote and the House Republican conference meeting on Wednesday during which members voted to keep Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming in her role as conference chairwoman following her vote in favor of impeachment. Republicans would be determining their course in dealing with Cheney.

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