By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
Northern Missouri Congressman Sam Graves expects Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney to lose her position as the number three Republican in the United States House.
“Liz has stumbled on some of the decision she’s obviously made,” Graves tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline.
Graves, a Republican, says Cheney’s highly publicized criticism of former President Donald Trump and support of his impeachment has undermined her leadership position among House Republicans. He expects her to be removed as House conference chair.
“It will be up to the conference to make that decision and I wish Liz had not gone so far and said some of the things that she does, because she not only represents her district, but she also has a leadership role, representing the conference and it’s unfortunate that she chose to do that,” Graves says.
A sure signal of Cheney’s likely exit from her leadership position came from the top Republican in the House, Kevin McCarthy, who has now endorsed New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, a Donald Trump loyalist, to take over as Republican Conference chair.
A vote likely will be held Wednesday.
Graves does expect Republicans to take back the United States House in 2022.
Graves says the extreme liberal wing of the Democratic Party, the so-called progressives, are taking the party far to the left, which he believes is away from the majority of American voters.
“The more progressive, the more far to the left that they go with this legislation, the better it is for us and my recommendation is get out of the way,” says Graves.
Graves notes Democrats hold only a 218-to-212 majority in the United States House with five vacancies; four were held by Democrats. He says special elections might make the margin even tighter.