Liz Cheney’s enemies plot to withdraw GOP leadership after impeachment vote

The knives are out for Liz Cheney.

The Wyoming MP and House GOP caucus No. 3 leader faces an uprising from Conservative lawmakers unhappy with her vote to impeach President Trump.

Cheney was one of only 10 Republicans in the House to side with the Democrats on Wednesday.

Some Republicans are seeking to stage an internal coup using a playbook used in an attempt to oust then-President Newt Gingrich in 1997.

“We have studied the rules thoroughly and there has been a lot of talk about how to handle this,” Montana Rep. Matt Rosendale told Newsmax. Cheney “is out of step with the conference in such a monumental way.”

Rosendale was the first House Republican to call for Cheney’s impeachment as Speaker of the House Republican Conference after her renegade vote.

Under current GOP caucus rules, any member can trigger a request for a panel to review whether a member is fit to remain in office. As conference chairperson, however, Cheney would have the right to select panel members and store it with her allies.

GOP insurgents say they would counter the move by invoking rule 6 (d), allowing the full Republican Conference to weigh in a vote up or down if it gets 50 signatures.