Rep. Madison Cawthorn doesn’t support removing Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney from leadership, nor does he support removing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments.
The North Carolina Republican, during a Thursday interview with the Washington Examiner, initially avoided saying whether or not he wanted Cheney in her leadership role.
“We, as a body, voted last night, and she is going to be our conference chair,” he said.
When asked again, “Do you think she should be in leadership?” Cawthorn responded, “At this point, yes.” The congressman did not specify how he voted during a secret ballot vote on whether to remove Cheney as conference chairwoman at a meeting on Wednesday. His office later declined to say.
The House of Representatives is slated to vote on Thursday on whether Greene should be removed from her assignments. Cawthorn said he won’t support doing so, arguing that the people of Georgia knew who she was when she was elected.
“They voted for congresswoman Greene knowing her past, knowing who she was,” he added. “The way our country is set up, we are supposed to respect who they are.”
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article said in the headline, “Madison Cawthorn didn’t support removing Cheney from leadership.” It is unclear how Cawthorn voted on the matter. His office did not say.
