Because she wont tell Donald Trump s lies about the 2020 election, Republicans ousted Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) from party leadership.

Republicans voted during an internal party meeting on Wednesday morning to remove Cheney from her position as House Republican Conference chair, the third-highest rank among Republicans in the House of Representatives. They removed her via voice vote soon after the meeting commenced, meaning no member went on the record.

The decision wont silence Cheney, she told reporters after the meeting.

We must go forward based on truth, Cheney said. We cannot both embrace the big lie and the Constitution.

I will do everything I can to ensure that the former president never again gets anywhere near the Oval Office, Cheney added.

Ahead of the meeting, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had made it clear that Cheney should get the boot, saying in a letter to members that our leadership team cannot afford to be distracted from the important work that we were elected to do.

The distraction? The plain truth. In recent weeks, Cheney has been increasingly vocal about the validity of the 2020 election and Donald Trump inciting the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.

The 2020 presidential election was not stolen, Cheney tweeted last week in response to the disgraced ex-president. Anyone who claims it was is spreading THE BIG LIE, turning their back on the rule of law, and poisoning our democratic system.

Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump for inciting the January attack on Congress. There has never been a greater betrayal by a president of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution, she said before her vote.

The majority of Republicans, including McCarthy, not only voted against impeachment, they also voted to throw out the 2020 presidential election results, even after a violent mob trashed the Capitol. McCarthy initially blamed Trump for the attack but then rushed to Florida to get back into the disgraced ex-presidents good graces.