The Republican Party is divided on what to do with Congressmen
Liz Cheney and Marjorie Taylor Greene
, two controversial figures who represent two opposing currents in a formation fractured by the inheritance of former President Donald Trump.
Republicans in the House of Representatives meet this Wednesday to decide the political future of both, with the shadow of the repudiation vote against Taylor Greene that is scheduled for tomorrow thanks to the Democratic majority.
On the one hand, the former president's supporters seek to remove Cheney's leadership within the party.
This, as punishment for being one of the representatives who voted in favor of prosecuting Trump for inciting the attack on the Capitol.
[Twitter suspends Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene's account for spreading false claims about the election]
On the other hand, Republican voices are added that are in favor of separating Taylor Greene from his responsibilities in Congressional committees, due to the lies and conspiracy theories that he publicly promotes.
Republican Rep. For Georgia Marjorie Taylor Greene, on Capitol Hill on January 13, 2021.
AP
At the center of the conflict is
Kevin McCarthy
, the leader of the Republican minority in the House of Representatives, who faces pressure to separate Taylor Greene, although he himself has remained close to Trump.
On Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said the congresswoman "is not living in reality," due to her unfounded claims that no planes were against the Pentagon during the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
"Crazy lies and conspiracy theories are cancer for the Republican Party and our country," McConnell said when asked about Greene.
[No, the horned extremist who invaded the Capitol is not from Antifa: he supports Trump and QAnon's conspiracy theory]
This is in addition to a
series of videos
released last week after Greene was appointed to the Education and Labor Committee.
In them he suggests that the shootings at the Parkland and Sandy Hook schools were false.
On Tuesday night, Greene met with McCarthy for 90 minutes to discuss his controversial comments, according to news website Politico.
McCarthy warned her that Democrats want to force her to remove her from committees, unless she is willing to denounce the QAnon theory and
publicly apologize
for endorsing conspiracy theories.
"I hope McCarthy respects the dignity of the House of Representatives and does the right thing," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said of the meeting among Republicans.
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McCarthy, according to Politico, sought to prevent Greene's separation from the committees from being brought to the full House for a vote.
However, the conversation between the two does not seem to have gone well, since, during the night of Tuesday, McCarthy called a meeting with the panel that appoints the committees to discuss the separation of Greene.
According to NBC News, McCarthy proposed separating Greene from the Education and Labor committees, but leaving her on the Budget committee, if the Democrats promised
not to remove all of her responsibilities
on the committees by vote.
That strategy also doesn't appear to have worked, as Hoyer tweeted this morning that after speaking with McCarthy, “It is clear there is no alternative but to hold a plenary vote on the resolution to remove Rep. Greene from her committee assignments. ”.
The House Rules Committee will meet this afternoon to discuss the issue, he added, and the vote will take place tomorrow.
With information from The Associated Press, Politico, USA Today.