Liz Cheney poised for ascent into Republican leadership

[brooklynite]

Source: AP News

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Liz Cheney has had a quiet first term as congresswoman, but that’s about to change. She’s seeking a House Republican leadership post that’s key to her party’s strategy against next year’s Democratic majority.

If she succeeds, Cheney will be the only woman in House Republican leadership — and follow in the footsteps of her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, who won the same post more than 30 years ago.

She is seeking the position of GOP conference chair, which would put her at the forefront of the House GOP’s communications strategy when Democrats take over the chamber in January. House Republicans are looking for a more forceful approach to communications.

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The Republican leadership elections are set for Wednesday. The conference chair is the third-ranking position and comes with several duties, including organizing regular weekly meetings and developing the GOP’s message to voters.

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[deurbano]

1. Gag. (To put it mildly.)

[Roy Rolling]

27. "Ascent"?

I think "descending" would be a better description of accepting a job as a Republican leader. As in, "descending" into Hell, Cheney met with fellow Republican nationalists.

[earthshine]

33. "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." - Paradise Lost, John Milton

[badhair77]

2. Ugh. Too many Cheneys.

[catrose]

8. Absolutely.

[calguy]

3. If she's the best they got......

They're in big trouble.

[Bfd]

22. My immediate response also, when reading the headline

Dem House will make Liz Cheney want to go home.

She is no match for the powerhouse of Dems she'll be facing. No matter who her daddy is.

She must be the fresh face of the Republican Party since all the old crooks will soon be indicted.

Ha!
Bring it on ~

[Lucky Luciano]

4. Lizzie! Go Cheney yourself!! nt

[elleng]

5. Cheney is running unopposed after the current chair of the conference, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers

of Washington, declined to continue in the post.

[Honeycombe8]

6. I didn't know she was a U S Rep.

She's been awfully quiet through all this turmoil. Not once have I read anything about her as a Rep, or seen her on tv. And she's going to be heading up communications strategy for them?

She'll be assigned a key post, I suppose, because of who she is. As they say: "Whatever, Martha."

[Ligyron]

7. Wait, is this the same one who ran and ....

or was that her sister? One is gay that's all I know.

[catrose]

9. She's the not-gay one. As far as we know.

Her only qualification is (a) Daddy and (b) carrying water for the Cheney administration all over the TV, constantly back in the day.

[PatSeg]

13. She ran for the senate in 2014 and lost

Much like her father, Liz is very unlikable. I'm surprised she was elected to the House.

[dflprincess]

14. She was elected from Wyoming

One of the few places she could have won.

[elleng]

15. and she almost failed to prove she was a Wyoming resident!

[PatSeg]

17. She also lost in Wyoming

when she ran for senate, but she was opposing a very popular incumbent, Mike Enzi.

[elleng]

10. 'Since winning office by a wide margin in 2016, Cheney has served on the Armed Services

and Natural Resources Committees. More remarkably for a freshman member of Congress, she landed a seat on the Rules Committee, which sets the terms for floor debate on legislation.'

[sandensea]

11. Of course. Only the worst need apply.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

12. GTFOOH n/t

[aeromanKC]

16. In the Minority!!

And it's not going to be the Majority in her tenure. Bwahahahahaha. (Dems extend their Majority in 2020 and then the districts get restructured which will without a doubt benefit Dems nationwide)

[LBM20]

18. Who gives a shit what she does?

[Kajun Gal]

19. Oh, dear Lord! So last millennium!!!

[Scruffy1]

20. It's a gift from the Gods.

Let her be the face (or ass) of the part. She and Steve King should run for President. The rest of the UDA is not Wyoming or Northwest Iowa.

[SCVDem]

21. Oxymoron!

Republican leadership.

[Marie Marie]

23. OMG - when did this Cheney Wart get elected and how did I not know that?

Just as well, I would have been puking all this time.

[47of74]

24. I thought at first the post said ascent into Russian leadership.

But to be honest, same difference.

[NRaleighLiberal]

25. .

[AllyCat]

26. Dear God no.

I went to school with her. She knows exactly where her bread is buttered and couldn't give two craps about anybody else.

[badhair77]

29. It shows. She seems devoid of compassion or empathy.

That must be a fun time when the Cheneys get together.

[Bradshaw3]

28. Turns out Luke had another sister

"Liz I am your father."

[AlexSFCA]

30. geez, trumpists will never allow a lesbian running a show

she’ll find out soon. And if she does, it’s a potentially a good thing for lgbt visibility where it’s needed (among deplorables).

[Beaverhausen]

31. You're thinking of Mary

Liz is the hateful nasty one.

[jb5150]

32. To be fair ....

Mary is pretty hateful and nasty as well.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

35. Really?

Had not heard that. Must just run in the family?

[the_sly_pig]

34. Why?

What do republicans have to offer? Disdain for all things social. The republicans have decided that there is a global hierarchy: the rich and everyone else. Everything they have done over the last 38 years points to that conclusion.

Corporations are loyal to money and nothing else.

[They_Live]

36. "Chaos is not a pit. It is a ladder!"

-Littlefinger GAME OFTHRONES

[Demonaut]

37. i don't think her father likes trump, this may be a blessing in disguise