Scalise backs Stefanik to replace Cheney

Published May 5, 2021 12:06pm ET



House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, the second-highest ranking House Republican, threw his support behind Rep. Elise Stefanik as the successor for Rep. Liz Cheney.

Scalise joins a growing group of Republicans looking to remove Cheney from the party’s conference chair position amid her feud with former President Donald Trump.

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