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Posted: 2021-05-12T10:07:17Z | Updated: 2021-05-12T12:09:59Z Maddow Spots The Stat That Proves Cheney Purge Is Just Another Supplication To Trump | HuffPost

Maddow Spots The Stat That Proves Cheney Purge Is Just Another Supplication To Trump

"It's about performative sycophancy, bending the knee abjectly, to Donald Trump," said the MSNBC anchor.
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MSNBC ’s Rachel Maddow on Tuesday pointed out why Rep. Liz Cheney ’s (R-Wyo.) imminent purge from a House GOP leadership role is “absolutely” not because she’s an “insufficiently Trumpy Republican.”

Maddow noted that Cheney, who faces removal Wednesday for rejecting ex-President Donald Trump ’s election lies, actually voted with Trump about 92.9% of the time, according to FiveThirtyEight.com .

Cheney’s likely replacement, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), only voted with Trump 77.7% of the time.

“Significantly less, in terms of policy, in terms of allying herself with Trump, in terms of how Trump governed,” said Maddow. “Cheney is much Trumpier than Elise Stefanik.”

“But that’s just proof that this isn’t at all about policy,” she added. “It is about something else. It is about personality and it is about supplication. It’s about performative sycophancy, bending the knee abjectly, to Donald Trump.”

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