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By elevating Elise Stefanik, the GOP has changed nothing

15 May 2021

2:30 AM

15 May 2021

2:30 AM

The Republican establishment played a dirty trick on voters this week. With the ouster of Wyoming representative Liz Cheney from leadership, and her subsequent replacement by New York representative Elise Stefanik, the GOP pretended to value its base. It was, however, a fake virtue signal.

The mainstream media has tried to frame Cheney’s removal as House Republican Conference chair as a consequence of not being sufficiently loyal to former president Donald Trump, who is still extremely popular with GOP voters.

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