The entire leadership team huddled for an hour in McCarthy’s office Monday night to hash things out. During the meeting, McCarthy made clear that he prefers leadership to stick together and felt that Cheney stepped on their own messaging, according to sources familiar with the discussion.
Cheney, however, pointed out that she had informed both McCarthy and Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) how she intended to vote and was never discouraged from doing so or told that she needed to vote yes, according to sources. Cheney also emphasized that she wants to be a team player.
Cheney defended her decision to vote against the Democratic resolution during an interview with Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet The Press” on Sunday, arguing that the resolution was watered down to protect Omar. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) broadened the initial resolution, which rejected only anti-Semitism, after facing pushback from progressives and black lawmakers.
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