Who voted against Liz Cheney?
HOUSE Republicans voted to remove Liz Cheney as chair of the House Republican Conference on Wednesday, May 12.
Her colleagues voted against her for her continued repudiation of former president Donald Trump's claims about the validity of the 2020 election.
Rather, he told his fellow party members to "vote by voice" to show unity.
"What happened today was said," Kinzinger said. "Liz committed the only sin of being consistent and telling the truth. The truth is that the election was not stolen."
Some House Republicans took to Twitter to celebrate the removal like , R-NC.
"Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Liz Cheney," he tweeted.
“We must go forward based on truth,” she said. “We cannot both embrace the big lie and embrace the Constitution.”
She also said that continued Republican support of Trump would bring "destruction" to the US and possibly the destruction of the entire Republican Party.
In one statement, he called her a war-monger and a Democrat talking point.
In another, Trump called Cheney a "poor leader" and a "person with absolutely no personality or heart."
Trump threw his support behind Stefanik after Cheney was ousted.
"Can't imagine Republican House Members would go with Chip Roy -- he has not done a great job, and will probably be successfully primaried in his own district," Trump said in a statement on Thursday, May 13.
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"I support Elise, by far, over Chip!" he continued.
The Republican from New York was at the time the youngest woman ever elected to Congress when she won her election in 2015.