Despite Republicans being well-positioned to make gains in 2022, the party's focus on fighting the former president's battles is emerging as a threat to its success
. Kinzinger chose not to run for reelection this year, while Cheney is confronting a primary challenge. Party leaders in her state voted in November not to even recognize her as a member of their party, despite her family’s long record of service to the party.
The censure resolution passed nearly unanimously, with only a smattering of “no” votes audible in the meeting room. But it was viewed by some membersWhile lambasting the Jan. 6 committee and criticizing Kinzinger’s participation in it, Don Tracy, chair of the Republican Party in Illinois, Kinzinger’s home state, said, “Generally, I’m not in favor of censuring fellow Republicans over a disagreement.
After Wyoming Republican Party leaders submitted the letter clearing the way for the RNC to fund Cheney’s primary challenger, a Cheney spokesperson accused the RNC and the Wyoming state party chair, Frank Eathorne, of “trying to assert their will and take away the voice of the people of Wyoming before a single vote has even been cast.”
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