House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is not convinced “anybody is questioning the legitimacy” of the 2020 presidential election.
After meeting with President Joe Biden on Wednesday, McCarthy told reporters, “I don’t think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election. That’s all over with. We are sitting here with the president today.”
He added, “From that point of view, I don’t think that’s a problem.”
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, hours after ousting Rep. Liz Cheney from leadership: "I don't think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election. That's all over with. We are sitting here with the president today." pic.twitter.com/VK0aohLipa
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His comments come just hours after House Republicans voted to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from her leadership position over her refusal to accept former President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud.
Republicans received criticism from the White House, as IJR reported.
“It’s disturbing to see any leader, regardless of party, being attacked for simply speaking the truth,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said during a press briefing on Wednesday.
She told reporters the president’s belief is Americans “will have to make their own decisions about whether the reaction by the people they elected to represent them should be embracing and elevating conspiracies and attacks on our democracy, or whether it should be standing up for ideals that have historically been owned by both Democrats and Republicans.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called Cheney “a leader of great courage, patriotism and integrity.”
She continued, “Today, House Republicans declared that those values are unwelcome in the Republican Party.”
Lara Trump, the former president’s daughter-in-law, offered her opinion on the decision, as IJR reported.
She told Fox News that Cheney “really doesn’t represent, I think, the views of most Republicans out there, the views of our party.”
Lara Trump argued, “Look, there are 75 million Americans out there that voted for President Donald Trump that still have a lot of questions about this election. We can’t just let it go. We can’t just sweep it under the rug, and so, whenever you stop representing the party that, when, again the third in leadership there, you really probably shouldn’t have a leadership role.”
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) announced she is launching a bid for House Republican Conference chair following the vote.
