Cheney says Republican Conference should have decided Greene’s fate

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wis.) said on Sunday that she believed the Republican Conference “should have dealt” with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who was stripped of her committee assignments last week by the full House.

During an appearance on “Fox News Sunday,” host Chris Wallace asked Cheney if it bothered her that there appeared to have been more outrage at her decision to vote to impeach former President Trump than there was towards Greene’s inflammatory statements.

“We’ve all been very clear. The things that she has said don’t have any place in our public discourse and we as a Republican Conference … should have dealt with it,” Cheney said. “That’s not something the Democrats should be addressing on the floor of the House, we should have dealt with that.”

House Republicans such as Rep. Matt Gaetz (Fla.) have called for Cheney to be removed from leadership following her vote to impeach Trump. However, other GOP leaders such as Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) have come to Cheney’s defense.

“We are the party of Lincoln, we are not the party of QAnon or anti-Semitism or Holocaust-deniers, or white supremacy or conspiracy theories. That’s not who we are,” Cheney added on Sunday.

Wallace noted that Greene had reportedly received a standing ovation during a meeting with the GOP caucus and asked if it was fair to call for the Republican Conference to address Greene when it appeared they would not.

“I don’t believe the Democrats have any business determining who from the Republicans sit on committees, but we should have dealt with it ourselves,” Cheney said. “And, you know, we will want to see action now from Congresswoman Greene, you know, that backs up the kinds of words that we’ve seen over the last few days and the kinds of apologies.”

The House voted to strip Greene of all her committee assignments on Thursday. 

“If I was on a committee, I’d be wasting my time because my conservative values wouldn’t be heard, and neither would my district’s,” she said during a press conference on Friday. “Now I have a lot of free time on my hands, which means I can talk to a whole lot more people all over this country.”