May 11, 2021: Could McCarthy face a Cheney backlash?

Published: May 11, 2021, 9:58 a.m.

We\u2019re t-minus one day \u2019til Rep. Liz Cheney gets the boot from GOP leadership. And as we enter that crazy news cycle, it\u2019s important to remember that this is about one man\u2019s ambitions: Rep. Kevin McCarthy and his hunger to take the speakership.\xa0\nOlivia Reingold is an editor-producer for POLITICO Audio.\xa0Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO Audio.\xa0Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio.