Elise Stefanik Replacement of Liz Cheney Wrong Answer for Republicans

I am much less concerned about who holds the No. 3 position in Republican House leadership than I am about who bats third for the Mets. And it’s not that I don’t care about politics. I do, a lot . . . particularly about Republicans getting it in gear to mount an effective challenge to the Biden-era Democrats (whether we think of our feckless president as leading the hard Left’s charge or being rolled over by it).

I also like Liz Cheney a lot. I don’t agree with her about everything, but I don’t even agree with myself about everything. That said, I didn’t care that she was the chair of the House Republican Conference. Weeks ago, I was nudged into caring, but only because Republicans were making the molehill of No. 3 status into a mountain, over whether Cheney deserved to be ousted for saying true things about the 2020 presidential election.

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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I am much less concerned about who holds the No. 3 position in Republican House leadership than I am about who bats third for the Mets. And it’s not that I don’t care about politics. I do, a lot . . . particularly about Republicans getting it in gear to mount an effective challenge to the Biden-era Democrats (whether we think of our feckless president as leading the hard Left’s charge or being rolled over by it).

I also like Liz Cheney a lot. I don’t agree with her about everything, but I don’t even agree with myself about everything. That said, I didn’t care that she was the chair of the House Republican Conference. Weeks ago, I was nudged into caring, but only because Republicans were making the molehill of No. 3 status into a mountain, over whether Cheney deserved to be ousted for saying true things about the 2020 presidential election.

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.