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Kevin McCarthy Officially Backs Liz Cheney’s Primary Challenger

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has officially supported Harriet Hageman in an unusual vote. Hageman is running against Liz Cheney in the primary for her Wyoming at-large district.

McCarthy issued a statement to the Federalist confirming he’s backing Cheney’s opponent.

“After spending time with Harriet, it is readily apparent she will always listen and prioritize the needs of her local communities and is focused on tackling our nation’s biggest problems,” McCarthy said.

He said that he looks forward to many years of working with her.

“I look forward to welcoming Harriet to a Republican majority next Congress, where together, we will hold the Biden Administration accountable and deliver much-needed solutions for the American people,” added McCarthy.

RELATED: ‘Never Trumpers’ Paul Ryan, John Boehner, And Adam Kinzinger Supporting Liz Cheney’s Reelection Bid

McCarthy Calls Liz Cheney a ‘Pelosi Republican’

Kevin McCarthy has been hinting at his opposition to Liz Cheney’s re-election bid repeatedly since she defied him by joining the Democrat-led select committee investigating the Capitol riot.

McCarthy originally had selected Republicans for the panel. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rescinded McCarthy’s selections and chose antiTrump handmaidens Cheney, Adam Kinzinger (R.IL), instead.

The GOP leader has referred to Cheney as a “Pelosi Republican.”

Considering her a ‘Pelosi Republican’ is more than her own party is willing to do in Wyoming.

In November, the Wyoming GOP decided not to recognize Cheney officially as being a Republican Party member.

Cheney’s No. By a majority vote in May, Cheney lost her No.

Cheney, Kinzinger and others were censured earlier in this month by the Republican National Committee. The censure states that the two lawmakers were “participating in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse.”

RELATED : Wyoming GOP Votes to No Longer Recognize Liz Cheney, A Republican

Hageman is a wise choice

Harriet Hageman was also endorsed by President Trump and the lady who succeeded Cheney as her leader, Representative Elise Stefanik of New York.

“I’m proud to endorse Harriet Hageman in her race to unseat Liz Cheney,” Stefanik said. “House Republicans were ready for a change when I took over as Conference Chair, and it’s resoundingly clear that Wyoming families are too.”

While she may not have McCarthy and Stefanik in her corner, Liz Cheney has the market cornered in ‘Never Trump’ Republicans like herself.

Previous reports indicate that she receives financial and moral support, alongside Kinzinger from John Boehner (ex-Speakers of the House) in her quest to win reelection bid in 2022.

Former President George W. Bush made a maximum donation to Cheney’s campaign and even appeared at a fundraiser for the congresswoman back in October.

Oddly enough, Hageman herself was once in the same boat – a vociferous supporter of Liz Cheney and a NeverTrumper.

A video posted by CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski shows Hageman referring to Cheney as a “proven, courageous, constitutional conservative.”

Hageman went on to accuse certain forces of trying to shut down “true conservatives” like Cheney.

Hageman also tried to stop Donald Trump from getting the Republican nomination in 2016 and, sounding an awful lot like Cheney, called him “racist and xenophobic.”

The New York Times reports that Hageman was “part of the final Republican resistance to his ascent in 2016,” engaging in a procedural ploy at the Republican National Convention to replace Trump with Senator Ted Cruz.

Trump has also endorsed the Wyoming lawyer, seemingly smoothing things over.

“Unlike RINO Liz Cheney, Harriet is all in for America First,” he insists. “Harriet has my complete and total endorsement in replacing the Democrats’ number one provider of sound bites, Liz Cheney.”