GOP rank and file annoyed Cheney saga has been portrayed as all about Trump

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As House Republicans prepare to remove their conference chairwoman in a vote this week, some GOP members and aides have bristled at the widespread characterization of their leadership battle as a test of loyalty to former President Donald Trump.

Rep. Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, has drawn the ire of many House Republicans and, ultimately, the rest of the GOP leadership team by making persistent comments since January about the pro-Trump riots that rocked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, as well as the election-related chaos that drove them.

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