McCarthy Says Cheney Hasn’t Asked Him To Help Her If She Gets Primaried

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 30: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., conduct a news conference on the China Task Force report in the Capitol’s Rayburn Room on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. The report outlines bipartisan action to combat threats from China. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) conduct a news conference in the Capitols Rayburn Room on September 30, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) indicated on Friday that his relationship with fellow Republican leader Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), who voted to impeach ex-President Donald Trump, remains strained after they publicly clashed over their stances on Trump’s role in the future of the GOP.

“Liz hasn’t asked me,” McCarthy said curtly when asked during a press conference if he would get involved in Cheney’s reelection campaign if she were to face a pro-Trump primary challenger in 2022, as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has pledged to do.

However, McCarthy brushed off the calls from some Republicans for Cheney’s resignation as House Republican conference chair.

“There’s more that unites us than divides us. We’ve dealt with that issue,” he said, referring to the conference’s vote in early February that allowed Cheney to keep her spot.

On Thursday, McCarthy accused Cheney of engaging in “cancel culture” after she asserted during a joint press conference on the previous day that Trump should not “be playing a role in the future of the party or the country.”

The Wyoming Republican made the remark immediately after McCarthy told reporters that the former president “should” speak at this year’s the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

Cheney was one of the few House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump for spurring an assault on the Capitol in January. The ex-president has reportedly sworn to exact revenge against her and is seeking out a primary challenger against her.

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  1. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    Of course Cheney hasn’t asked McCarthy for any help, and won’t. He’s an abject coward who’s waved the white flag of surrender before picking up the Trump flag. What he will be doing is supporting her opponent when Trump puts the screws to him. She knows that.

  2. Can not believe that Liz’s daddy, Darth Vader, hasn’t taken Kevin hunting yet. He needs to use his evil for good, for once…

  3. Cheney is pushing all her chips in on the bet the GOP fever breaks. A risky play.

  4. It may be impossible to break the suction seal between McCarthy’s lips and Trump’s arse.

  5. Yes. Why hasn’t little Liz asked for help from the big man?

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