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Some House Republicans are reportedly raising questions about Elise Stefanik’s potential elevation to conference chair, citing some of her past moderate positions as cause for concern.
The criticism comes one day before the House Republican caucus is scheduled to vote on removing Liz Cheney as conference chair. Stefanik has already received Donald Trump’s endorsement to replace Cheney.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), a member of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus, sent a memo to every Republican office in the chamber arguing that Stefanik should not be serving in leadership. But Roy hardly embraced Cheney’s continued presence atop the conference, also asserting that the Wyoming Republican no longer deserves to be conference chair.
Despite multiple Freedom Caucus members privately…