Former President Donald Trump and his future with the GOP was the subject of an awkward clash Wednesday between two House Republican leaders.
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy was unequivocal when asked if Trump should be speaking this Sunday at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference — the large gathering of GOP and conservative leaders — where Trump intends to focus on the election and press the narrative that he won it in a landslide.
“Yes he should,” McCarthy, who recently went to visit Trump in Mar-a-Lago, replied.
House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney, the third-ranking House Republican who voted to impeach Trump and became his target, gave a different answer.
“That’s up to CPAC … I don’t believe that he should be playing a role in the future of the party or the country,” Cheney said as she stood behind McCarthy.
Representative Steve Scalise, the second-ranking House Republican, who also has visited Trump in Florida, shook his head.
McCarthy is slated to speak Saturday at the CPAC convention in Orlando, Florida.
Source- ABC
