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 vote of repudiation against Greene that is scheduled for tomorrow thanks to the Democratic majority.
[Four lies promoted by Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene]
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.
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.
[Twitter suspends Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene's account for spreading false claims about the election]
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.
The future of Cheney, the third most powerful Republican in the House of Representatives, will be debated this Wednesday afternoon in a private meeting between Republican legislators.
According to USA Today, those still supporting Trump will use the meeting to confront Cheney, spread blame and show their
rejection of impeachment
against the president.
The campaign to force Cheney out of his leadership position is being driven by the Trump family and his allies in Congress, who feel betrayed by his actions.
The rejection against the legislator extends among Trump supporters: at least ten local Republican organizations in Wyoming, the state she represents, have publicly condemned her for her vote.
"She doesn't represent what we vote for," Teresa Kunkel, a woman who attended an anti-impeachment rally, told The New York Times.
"She betrayed us, big time."
Republican Liz Cheney speaks to reporters in Washington.AP
"We are in a battle for the soul of the Republican Party, and I intend to win it," said Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz in a speech in Wyoming last week.
"They can help me break down a corrupt system. They can send a representative to really represent them, and they can send Liz Cheney home, back to Washington DC"
On the other hand, more moderate Republicans believe that the party should accept critics like Cheney within its ranks, and reject legislators like Greene, who give a bad image to Republicans.
“The beneficiaries of Republican fratricide are the Democrats,” Karl Rove, a former Bush strategist, told The New York Times.
"So the more tests of purity we have and everyone has to think and act the same, particularly when it comes to former President Trump, the only Democrats are being helped."
With information from The Associated Press, Politico, USA Today, The New York Times.