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Where Things Stand: Cheney’s Almost Certainly Toast

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May 10, 2021 12:32 p.m.

“Yes, I do.”

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) sealed Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-WY) fate over the weekend with those three words.

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