President Joe Biden said House Republicans’ effort to push Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney out of leadership over her opposition to former President Donald Trump reveals a “mini-revolution” within a political party in search of an identity.
“Look, well, it seems as though the Republican Party is trying to identify what it stands for, and they’re in the midst of significant, sort of, mini-revolution going on in the Republican Party,” he told reporters following remarks on his administration’s COVID-19 response.
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“I’ve been a Democrat for a long time. We’ve gone through periods where we’ve had internal fights and disagreements,” the longtime Delaware senator said. “I don’t ever remember any like this. … We badly need a Republican Party. We need a two-party system. It’s not healthy to have a one-party system.
“And I think the Republicans are further away from trying to figure out who they are and what they stand for than I thought they would be at this point,” Biden added.
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said this week his members have voiced their concerns that Cheney, now the House Republican Conference’s chairwoman, is no longer able to perform her leadership duties or express the caucus’s “message.”
She voted to impeach Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, and she has since said the former president should not have a role in the party. McCarthy expects a motion next week to remove her, and Trump and the House leader have backed New York Rep. Elise Stefanik to replace her.
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