Reps. Adam Kinzinger
Adam Daniel KinzingerOvernight Defense: US fires 30 warning shots at Iranian boats | Kabul attack heightens fears of Afghan women's fates | Democratic Party leaders push Biden on rejoining Iran deal Kinzinger plotted to oust McCarthy after Jan. 6 attack Kabul attack spurs fears over fate of Afghan women as US exits MORE (R-Ill.) and Matt Gaetz
Matthew (Matt) GaetzGOP braces for wild week with momentous vote Gaetz, Greene tout push to oust Cheney: 'Maybe we're the leaders' Rural community leaders call on Gaetz, Greene to 'stop dividing America' ahead of US tour MORE (R-Fla.) got into a back-and-forth on Twitter Tuesday evening ahead of the expected vote to oust Rep. Liz Cheney
Elizabeth (Liz) Lynn CheneyTop female GOP senator compares Cheney ousting to 'cancel culture' Kinzinger plotted to oust McCarthy after Jan. 6 attack Romney: Removing Cheney from House leadership will cost GOP election votes MORE (R-Wyo.) from her perch in House GOP leadership.
Gaetz resurfaced past comments Kinzinger made touting a failed February vote to remove Cheney from leadership, saying it was a comment that didn’t “age well.”
Kinzinger fired back, saying that Gaetz should “stay away from ‘aging well’ tweets.”
I’d stay away from “aging well” tweets
— Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger) May 12, 2021
Kinzinger’s rebuke alluded to allegations that have dogged Gaetz for weeks.
The Florida Republican has found himself in the middle of a federal sex crimes investigation tied to former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg. He has not been charged with a crime, but he has been accused of paying underage girls or offering them gifts in exchange for sex.
Gaetz has denied all the allegations against him.
The spat reflected the internal GOP divide over Cheney, whose outspoken criticism of former President Trump
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The online back-and-forth between Gaetz and Kinzinger also came the same evening Cheney took to the House floor to deliver a defiant speech blasting Trump and the Republicans who follow him.
A growing number of House Republicans have said Cheney’s repeated rebukes of Trump’s unfounded election fraud claims have distracted Republicans’ messaging against President Biden
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Cheney has a small group of allies, including Kinzinger, who say that pointing out that the truth that the November election as not fraudulent should not cost her a spot on House leadership.
