The knives are out for Liz Cheney.
Wyoming Congresswoman and Republican Party caucus leader No. 3 in the House faces an uprising of conservative lawmakers dissatisfied with her yes vote for President Trump’s impeachment.
Cheney was one of only 10 House Republicans to side with Democrats on Wednesday.
Some Republicans are trying to stage an internal coup using a manual used during an attempt to overthrow then-Mayor Newt Gingrich in 1997.
“We researched the rules thoroughly and there has been a lot of discussion about how to deal with it,” Montana representative Matt Rosendale told Newsmax. Cheney “is out of step with the conference in such a monumental way”.
Rosendale was the first House Republican to call for the removal of Cheney as president of the House Republican Conference after his renegade vote.
According to the current GOP caucus rules, any member can trigger a request for a panel to consider whether a member is fit to remain in their post. As president of the conference, however, Cheney would have the right to select panel members and stock them with his allies.
Republican Party insurgents say they would oppose this move by invoking rule 6 (d), allowing the entire Republican conference to count in a favorable or negative vote if it obtained 50 signatures.