House GOP Set to Oust Cheney

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🗓️ 7 May 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

With Rep. Liz Cheney’s days as the No. 3 ranking House GOP official numbered, Sarah and Steve are joined by The Dispatch’s own Haley Byrd Wilt and Audrey Fahlberg to talk about what that means for the party. Next Wednesday, the Republican caucus will meet and a vote to oust Cheney is expected to take place. The four lay out what they see happening on Wednesday and what they expect the aftermath may be. Show Notes: -Haley’s latest Uphill -Audrey’s piece from the GOP Orlando retreat -Elise Stefanik on Steve Bannon’s show -Ruthless Podcast -Steve’s piece on the GOP leadership issues -Liz Cheney’s op-ed in the Washington Post Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dispatch podcast.
0:02.2	I am your host Sarah Isger joined this week by Steve Hayes,
0:06.4	Hayley Birdwilt and Audrey Falberg from our Dispatch Hill
0:11.0	reporting team.
0:12.6	We are going to talk about the tension in the House GOP
0:16.0	conference as Liz Cheney currently the number three faces
0:19.6	outing in the next week.
0:21.2	Hayley has covered this in her fantastic newsletter for
0:24.0	the Dispatch called Uphill,
0:25.5	which you can subscribe to on the website, thedispatch.com.
0:44.8	First of all, Hayley, when is this vote expected to happen?
0:48.1	Members are meeting next on May 12th, a Wednesday.
0:51.2	Their members are saying that, you know,
0:53.8	they a vote could come up as soon as then.
0:57.0	At this point, you know, it seems like there's enough momentum
0:59.8	that it could happen pretty quickly.
1:01.9	Jim Jordan was on Fox the other day and he said, you know,
1:05.0	I expect her to be out of the job by the end of the week next week.
1:10.3	Steve?
1:11.9	Yeah, I expect her to be out of the job by the end of the week
1:14.2	next week too.
1:15.8	I think she expects to be out of the job by the end of the week
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