what he said after the January 6th insurrection

On January 12, Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney announced that she would vote to impeach President Donald rump for his role in inciting the violent insurrection as the US Capitol six days earlier.

"The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack,"Cheney said in a now famous/infamous quote.

"Everything that followed was his doing."

The next day, on the floor of the House, Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he would not vote for impeachment, but added this:

"The President bears responsibility for Wednesday's attack on Congress by mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. These facts require immediate action of President Trump."
(Which sounds pretty similar to what Cheney said, right?)

And which makes McCarthy's announcement over the weekend that he was backing New York Rep. Elise Stefanik to replace Cheney all the more crazy!!

The simple fact is this: Liz Cheney and Kevin McCarthy were in a very similar place about the rump and the January 6 attack in the immediate aftermath of the riot.

McCarthy flip-flopped to appease the rump base (and his GOP colleagues). Cheney didn't -- and for that she will be ousted from her leadership role.

Make no sense??? Welcome to the Republican Party at the moment.