因反对特朗普，切尼被众议院共和党人“罢免”

5月12日，美国众议院共和党人投票罢免了众议员丽兹·切尼(Liz Cheney)的领导职务，只因她多次公开批评前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump) 散播大选谣言、精心策划并煽动民众暴乱国会山。

在不到20分钟的闭门会议上，众议院共和党人周三以口头表决形式撤销了切尼众议院共和党会议主席的职务。一位知情人士表示，在共和党人投票罢免切尼前的最后一刻，切尼仍坚持自己的立场，敦促他们不要被特朗普拖后腿。

值得一提的是，切尼一直是美国国会中地位最高的共和党女性，也是前副总统迪克·切尼的女儿。

Liz Cheney was ousted by Republicans from House leadership on Wednesday for repudiating Donald Trump's "stolen election" accusation and holding him responsible for the Capitol riot on January 6. The action was made by voice vote during a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill, which only lasted 15 minutes.

《纽约时报》报道称，此举表明共和党已经偏离了此前的政策原则和意识形态标准，也表明了共和党与特朗普站在一起的坚决态度。

与此同时，包括一些著名前民选官员在内的100多位共和党人表示，如果共和党不能做出重大改变，摆脱特朗普的束缚，摆脱所谓的“阴谋、分裂和专制势力”，他们会考虑脱离（共和党）并建立第三党。

It came as more than 100 Republicans, including some prominent former elected officials, said they were considering breaking off and creating a third party if the G.O.P. failed to make major changes to extricate itself from Mr. Trump’s stranglehold and what it called "forces of conspiracy, division and despotism."

54岁的切尼在被罢免后对媒体记者说：“我们已经见证了特朗普语言煽动的危险性，我们已经看到他缺乏对宪法的承诺和奉献精神，我将尽我所能，确保这位前总统再也不能接近（白宫）椭圆形办公室半步。”

Instead of fighting against the ouster, Cheney gave an unrepentant final speech warning that Trump was leading them toward "destruction." "I will do everything I can to ensure that the former president never again gets anywhere near the Oval Office. We have seen the danger that he continues to provoke with his language. We have seen his lack of commitment and dedication to the Constitution." Ms. Cheney told reporters afterward.

在共和党议员投票罢免切尼后，特朗普也不忘落井下石……

特朗普随即发表声明表示，切尼是个差劲的领导人，总是替民主党说话，没有个性和胸怀。

Mr. Trump weighed in Wednesday morning with statements attacking Ms. Cheney, including one calling her "a poor leader, a major Democrat talking point, a warmonger and a person with absolutely no personality or heart."

 对于切尼的未来走向，目前还尚未可知。

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