If you are into the political weeds, specifically the Machiavellian aspects to the deepest political weeds, there’s an interesting article in The Hill today with quotes from people very close to GOP House Leader Kevin McCarthy.
Essentially, the nub of it is that GOP Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney is about to get removed from her leadership position due to her continued antagonism of the MAGA supporters and President Trump.
After Cheney’s latest round of attacks against Trump and his supporters McCarthy is no longer going to defend Cheney from a frustrated republican caucus ready to get rid of her.
Cheney is likely to be voted out of leadership by the end of the month, depending on the timing of the next GOP conference assembly.
WASHINGTON – Top allies of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) are vowing to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), one of the harshest critics of former President Trump in either party, from her leadership post by the end of the month.
They argue that the No. 3 Republican has repeatedly contradicted McCarthy and his team, undermining the party’s message and its efforts to take back the House majority in next year’s midterm elections.
“There is no way that Liz will be conference chair by month’s end,” one key McCarthy ally told The Hill on Monday. “When there is a vote, it won’t be a long conference; it will be fast. Everyone knows the outcome.” (read more)
The list of possible replacements for Liz Cheney includes Elise Stefanik (NY) and Jackie Walorski (Ind); both would be good replacements. Walorski was a wolverine against the Obama administration during the VA scandal, and Stefanik was a loyal MAGA ally during the impeachment effort. However, due to the depth of the swamp I would emphasize the need to keep a close eye on either.
All of that said…. Now I get into the Machiavellian angle of this DC swamp.
This is where the attack against Frank Luntz by Tucker Carlson starts to make sense.
I know Tucker Carlson is valued by many people in the MAGA community, but a DC leopard doesn’t change his spots (and often relies on short memories). If you have followed the deep weeds for a long time THIS REFRESHER will remind you of the issues with Tucker Carlson. My hunch is the attack on Luntz was not really an attack on Luntz, but really was cover for a presumptive attack on McCarthy. That’s how the Machiavellian DC swamp rolls.
I’m no fan of McCarthy, but his thirst for political wind-chasing is actually an asset when it comes to these creatures. With McCarthy you know what his priorities are… He is predictable. That is why he aligned with President Trump; and Donald Trump knows a person who wants advancement, even if that person is not trustworthy, can be an asset in DC because Trump holds the leverage -the raw political power- that is valuable to the GOP leader.
From the Machiavellian angle Carlson could likely have been positioning against McCarthy in order to assist Liz Cheney and that tribe of DeceptiCons. Tucker has a history here {Go Deep} that unfortunately people have forgotten. Maybe I’m wrong, but the most recent timing of the MAGA attack by Cheney and the McCarthy attack by Tucker are too coincidental to be dismissed.
Getting Liz Cheney out of a position of GOP influence prior to the 2022 primary races is a good thing in the same way that eliminating Eric Cantor was a good thing in 2014. However, we must be cautious as the DeceptiCon wing starts to make their moves now in an effort to have influence over those 2022 house races.
Keep your eyes wide open and trust no-one.
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ps. Hello to TC producers.
I Hope Elyse Stefanik is elected in her place
Cheney voted with Trump more often than Stefanik did, go look it up. I hate Mccarthy too would love to see him go.
Stefanik didn’t vote to impeach him, did she?
No
It is glorious to watch RINO liars like McCarthy ignore – then frantically spin into damage control on worthless Cheney – once the reality that Republican voters ARE Trump voters … punches him in the face.
But … McCarthy is a RINO and RINO’s are stupid – he will do something just like Cheney again.
Cheney voted with Trump more often than Stefanik did…
Is that you, Susan Collins? I heard you on audio on the war room podcast saying exactly that some time yesterday.
She’s a RINO
If Stefanik is a RINO what does that make Kevin and Liz?
RINORATS.
Elyse Stefanik was on Trumps defense team and argued for the president during the impeachment trial. She is one of Trumps most ardent defenders. So SJH is a lefty pretending to be a conservative on this site. SJH go back to CNN to post your lies.
She voted for the equality act in 2019. that is all you need to know.
Stefanik was not a Trump supporter but defended him against the lies.
I hope Elyse isn’t turned to the dark side of the GOPe … since this is May the Fourth be with her
Stefani is a RINO. Look at her voting record. She’s just an opportunist.
https://www.revolver.news/2021/05/gop-establishment-liz-cheney-elise-stefanik-tino/
Stefanik is a moderate who voted with Trump fewer times than Cheney. Why is the Center-right so dumb?
You’re not well informed. Do the research she’s only 36% Conservative. She’s a Rino!
Nancy Pelosi Praises ‘Lynne Cheney’ for ‘Her Courage and Patriotism’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/04/nancy-pelosi-praises-lynne-cheney-for-her-courage-and-patriotism/
and
Mitt Romney Defends ‘Person of Conscience’ Liz Cheney
I call him Mitt the Sh*t
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/04/mitt-romney-defends-person-conscience-liz-cheney/
All GOPe traitors MUST be purged. GOP base will abandon them and they will lose in droves in 2022. Hopefully in primary challenges. But if not, too bad they have to go. The GOP will never stop being a fake opposition party until the traitors are purged.
McCarthy may not survive until the end of the month himself!
Sundance’s last line below the impressive and prominent cartoon–“ps. Hello to TC producers” ended the article with a welcome laugh.
Missed that until you pointed it out.
That is funny!!
Thx
Always been curious: how does the gop decide “majority” leadership ?
Does not appear to be tenure…or intelligence or performance!
Money?
The ability to scrub for donor money?
I’m from Indiana and Walorski is my
representative. She has been doing a great job. That said, she’s a politician. Before her, the Democrat Rep. Joe Donnelly did a great job. He was extremely conservative UNTIL he ran for Senate and then he totally flipped. I hope she stays true.
72 Republicans including Stefanik Vote with Democrats to Remove Civil War-Era Memorabilia from U.S. Capitol; ABSOLUTELY NO ON STEFANIK
Removing Civil War memorabilia vs. yes to impeach?
On Trump’s defense team vs Out there on her own voting with Democrats on partisan issues?
In 2016, 43 Republican members of the House of Representatives joined Dems in affirming in legislation Obama’s transgender-mania, including Elise Stefanik ; ABSOLUTELY NO ON STEFANIK!
GOP sponsors of the Lofgren’s Green card Giveaway Act included Elise Stefanik; ABSOLUTELY NO ON STEFANIK!
December 2019 34 House Republicans including Stefanik Voted for Farm Worker Amnesty; ABSOLUTELY NO ON STEFANIK!
JULY 2020, House Democrats work with neocon RINOS Liz Cheney and Elise Stefanik to thwart Trump’s efforts at pulling out troops from Germany and Afghanistan; ABSOLUTELY NO ON STEFANIK!
July 2020, 15 RINOS including Stefanik Lobbied to Reopen Loophole for Foreign Students; ABSOLUTELY NO ON STEFANIK!
STEFANIK STATEMENT ON SPEAKER PAUL RYANApril 11, 2018 Press Release “One of the greatest honors of my professional life has been working with and learning from Paul Ryan”……..; ABSOLUTELY NO ON STEFANIK!
Did you say no on Stefanik?
I think she’s stating that regardless of what happens with Cheney or her possible replacements, McCarthy/his GOP cohorts are going to face baseless claims by the “totally unbiased” mediacrats of vile misogyny, they hate their mothers, aunts, and all women otherwise.
Scoop: McCarthy trashes Cheney on hot mic
https://www-axios-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.axios.com/iz-cheney-kevin-mccarthy-hot-mic-9ac0f8b7-c4ab-4c26-9d1d-1466505ae10b.html?amp_js_v=a6&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#aoh=16201813666627&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.axios.com%2Fiz-cheney-kevin-mccarthy-hot-mic-9ac0f8b7-c4ab-4c26-9d1d-1466505ae10b.html
Would love for a repeat of the Dick Cheney “duck shooting” invite, for Stephanik, L Cheney, and McCarthy to just happen. Which one of them can even shoot a gun, unless its out of their mouths? Time for an OK corral shoot out with all of these dumb forks who say they are representing the the U.S. populace. Waiting for it in my dreams.
Tucker has a pissy streak, and why did Fox allow the piece?
Yes Mitt Romney did get booed jeered and heckled by his own party faithful on his own turf.
No FOX didn’t cover it.
Nuff said.
Carlson has gone from skepticism about overseas interventions by about 2004 to outright hostility to them by the end of Bush’s second term in 2009. The suggestion that he might be trying to assist Cheney is ludicrous beyond the power of mere words to describe, absolutely preposterous.
SD
Great article here I think you should make a post about to follow up on this one….
….. as easily predicted their replacement is no different than the last. We must take over the GOP.
https://www.revolver.news/2021/05/gop-establishment-liz-cheney-elise-stefanik-tino/
Wow, yes, I agree.
The sad thing is that PDJT endorses her as the replacement.
Maybe time for people to inundate his commenting page with links to this. It may be written by Natalie Winters, whose research is very good.
Okay, Revolver, what about the other woman – was it Wakorski? We know even less about her…
We need Jim Jordan, of course.
I agree with the attack on McCarty via Luntz.
It’s the Cheney protection going on.
No love for McCarty but Cheney ‘s got to go.
I am confused. I saw Tucker’s attack on Luntz with the follow up putting McCarthy as a “friend” and evidently “roommate” of Luntz. I came away thinking Tucker was branding McCarthy with the same phoniness that he pointed out about Luntz.
Tucker needs to do a piece on how our reps in WA scrounge for sleeping space, because of the DC crowding. Sleeping overnight in their offices is not unheard of.
Maybe some of them sleep there because they’re tired of making their way daily through demoralized Nat Guard troops and a boatload of barbed wire.
New to the swamp’s orchestrations. Why does tucker want to attack mccarthy
Provides a boost to Cheney.
The whole American Political establishment of BOTH Parties are corrupt to the core as are the FBI the CIA and especially the DOJ.
She’s another political careerist…. get off the dole and get a job.
March 15 2017: Stefanik breaks with the GOP and demands more investigation of Russian election interference. That’s who McCarthy wants to replace Cheney with.
Read more at “Revolver”.
Hmm…
maybe a firm warning to call for a secret ballot where Cheney “unexpectedly” fails to be removed?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/05/breaking-house-republicans-may-vote-remove-never-trumper-liz-cheney-leadership-may-12th-will-weakling-mccarthy-call-another-secret-ballot/
Her Conservative voting record tracked by Liberty Score is 37%. She’s a Rino.
Because of her own actions, Liz Cheney will lose (if she runs) in her own Primary.
How does that qualify her to be #3?
How does this position her for the Convention?
She is leveraging her position as #3 for her own interests, having nothing to do with being in Congress.
Soooo tired of weak politicians (lame duck too) having seats of power and influence.
They carry their own torch, not ours.
“Rep. Steve Scalise, the House GOP whip, is backing New York GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik for Cheney’s post, said Scalise spokesperson Lauren Fine. The public statement from the Louisiana Republican was the first explicit call from GOP leadership for the ouster of Cheney from the party’s No. 3 leadership job.”
https://abc7.com/amp/liz-cheney-kevin-mccarthy-election-donald-trump/10583420/?__twitter_impression=true
IMHO Tucker Carlson is the Ron Paul of the uniparty media.
He says a lot of great stuff and frequently. There’s no question that some of what he says is helping to redpill the public somewhat.
But then he will turn around and say something that is very detrimental to America First, causing damage to that very redpilling effect.
And, the bottom line – he never
lets the whole shebang go out of session for recess appointmentspulls back the curtain on his Faux corporate masters.steph_gray, that’s the reason I call Tucker a wild card, because you never know what side he might take on an issue. He’s usually pretty good, but then he will suddenly go off the rails on something. As you say, he doesn’t expose the real dirty secrets of Washington.
Trump endorses Stefanik to replace Liz Cheney
https://mobile.twitter.com/meridithmcgraw/status/1389969949989421058
Trump needs to do more research on who he’s endorsing. He’s been endorsing RINOs.
RINO Games Destroying the GOP: Elise Stefanik, GOP conference chair favorite, voted with Trump less than Liz Cheney https://foxnews.com/politics/cheney-stefanik-republicans-house-votes-trump-conservative #FoxNews
Elise Stefanik, GOP conference chair favorite, voted with Trump less than Liz Cheney
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cheney-stefanik-republicans-house-votes-trump-conservative
Yikes.
It’s a scary world when Lou Dobbs is saying the same thing as Susan Collins as Raheem Kassam.
Of the three, only Collins wants Cheney to stick around, though, I do believe that. The other two are merely warning about Stefanik.
And PDJT is endorsing Elise.
Sort of wishing I still drank… ??♀️
Whoops – just realized the article with the list of RINO actions by Stefanik is at Revolver News, not the National Pulse.
So Raheem is not involved in the comparison above. I forget the name of the Revolver writer but he is usually good, so it’s still disturbing.
“Keep your eyes wide open and trust no-one.”
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Our host is correct here. Trust nobody.
It’s obvious that Cheney is finished in Wyoming now. The voters are going to un-elect her and it’ll be a massive slap in the face for the Uniparty. A few months ago, they were all-in for putting her into office, as a perceived coup de grace to MAGA and Trump. Now they recognize she’s about to be Cantored, and Cantor’s un-election did much to bolster us, as the Uniparty knows full well.
They now seek to avoid the embarrassment of another electoral Cantoring, as they know it’ll energize us again. So Cheney is about to be dumped, and now they need a cover story and a bit of confusion attached to their machinations, to help stealth their climbdown and keep MAGA from claiming a win and energizing their position . They also have to blame somebody, and McCarthy is the likely candidate. Cheney was a foundational Uniparty move, to put down MAGA, and it blew up in their faces. Somebody has to answer, and that’s likely McCarthy.
So yeah, I can see agent Tucker deployed to get the ball rolling on the liquidation of McCarthy.
I’d rather an outright electoral Cantoring of Cheney in the primary, as it’d be public and bloody and we could leverage it to our use, but clearly the Uniparty remembers Cantor and understands they’ve lost this round, and is cutting their losses. They now need to bludgeon somebody over this, so the rest of the Swamp creatures stay blackmailed. They need full and docile cooperation on all, because if the dam ever breaks…
Should say “end of day” not end of month.
McCarthy is the one who needs to go. Without McCarthy there would have been no Cheney in the first place.
WOW, great piece here. Couldn’t have said it better. Carlson is a snake oil salesman and his job is to entertain. A great spinner of tall tales with a sprinkling of realism usually dug up by some back stabbing sell out that wants something in return. Tucker rarely is convincing enough to quote. When his “show” ends, it’s over.
Elise Stefanik went to Harvard. Enough said. She was the most bi-partisan Republican in the 115th Congress, so that tells you something. But for me her Harvard degree is enough to make her untrustworthy.
It is ugly in more ways than one. Nothing else needs to be said!
Elsie never endorsed Trump during his first run for President. She only helped out during his impeachment. Prior to that, she was a Never-Trumper.
go to bigleaguepolitics.com and read all about Elsie Stefanik.