. . . as we were just doing, Cynthia Lummis just survived a motion to censure her, although a censure does nothing in actual cause and effect terms, from the Wyoming GOP Central Committee. The motion, by Illionoisan Jeanette Ward, failed 57-89 vote, but it's remarkable that a person who has flopped around like Kevin McCarthy on Trump, and who was recently in the good graces of the far right, would face that many unhappy votes.
She's now going down the same road, ironically enough, that Liz Cheney just trod, and in more than one way. This was due to her recent vote on the Respect for Marriage Act, which provided statutory protections for interracial marriage and same-sex marriage, the latter of which upsets many in the Conservative community, and which certainly upsets the far right. Ironically, in taking this position, she's's following in the wake of Liz Cheney, who got to this position some time ago. Lummis has shown a real tendency to tack to the political winds, and that is likely what we're seeing here. It does put her at odds, however, with the dominant far right position of the GOP Central Committee and state orgnaization.
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