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The Defenestration of Liz Cheney
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The Defenestration of Liz Cheney

She wanted the GOP to move on from Trump. Instead, the party decided to move on from her.

Jonah Goldberg
May 12, 2021
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Hi all,

Let’s just jump in, shall we?

A very inside-the-beltway thing happened inside the beltway this morning. The No. 3 person in the House GOP leadership—which is to say, the third-ranking person in the essentially powerless minority party in one half of the legislative branch—was removed by voice vote.

That…

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