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![House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy departs after speaking with reporters outside the White House after his Oval Office meeting with President Joe Biden on May 12, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0512-kevin-mccarthy-400x300.jpg)
Hours After Ousting Cheney, McCarthy Says No One in the GOP Doubts Biden Won
Polling shows that a majority of Republican voters in the U.S. still wrongly believe the election was stolen from Trump.
![Rep. Liz Cheney talks to reporters after House Republicans voted to remove her as conference chair in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center on May 12, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0512-liz-cheney-400x300.jpg)
GOP Votes to Oust Liz Cheney for Not Peddling Trump’s Big Lie
Cheney has branded herself as a martyr, but she helped to lead her party down the authoritarian path that it’s on.
![Former President Donald Trump speaks during the final day of the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC held at the Hyatt Regency Orlando on February 28, 2021, in Orlando, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0511-trump-c-400x300.jpg)
GOP Lawmaker Claims Only 5 Republicans in the House Actually Buy Trump’s Lies
Promoting Trump's election fraud falsehoods won't “bode well” long term for the party, the Illinois Republican added.
![Contractors working for Cyber Ninjas, who was hired by the Arizona State Senate, examine and recount ballots from the 2020 general election at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May 1, 2021, in Phoenix, Arizona.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0510-cyber-ninjas-400x300.jpg)
GOP Lawmaker Who Backed AZ Ballot Audit Now Says It’s Ridiculous & Embarrassing
The audit, aspects of which might be illegal, is entering its third week of counting ballots in Maricopa County.
![Activists from the National Center for Transgender Equality, partner organizations and their supporters hold a "We Will Not Be Erased" rally in front of the White House on October 22, 2018, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0510-trans-rights-white-house-400x300.jpg)
Biden Ends Trump Rule, Bans Discrimination Against Trans People in Health Care
Trans advocates demanded more decisive action from Biden, saying their rights shouldn’t be up to a president’s whim.
![Liz Cheney](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/2021_0510-cheney-400x300.jpg)
Liz Cheney Plays the Martyr — But She Helped Build the Monster That Is the GOP
Train a pack of dogs with violence, ignorance and hunger, and they will tear you to pieces sooner or later.
![a man holds a sign reading "VOTER FRAUD" at a rally](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/2021_0510-trumper-400x300.jpg)
The GOP Continues to Rally Around Trumpian “Stop the Steal” Rhetoric
The Trump cult is convinced that it is literally impossible for them to legitimately lose elections.
![President Joseph Robinette Biden having a literal mask off moment](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/2021_0510-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Anti-Democratic Tradition Is So Ubiquitous That Many Don’t Even Recognize It
David Swanson discusses how the U.S. is a corrupt oligarchy, reforming impeachment and the power of public assemblies.
![Former President Donald Trump speaks during the final day of the Conservative Political Action Conference held at the Hyatt Regency Orlando on Sunday, February 28, 2021, in Orlando, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/GettyImages-1232195547-400x300.jpg)
A New Group of Mega-Donors Now Holds Influence Over the GOP Thanks to Trump
Former President Donald Trump has activated a new set of mega-donors who were not previously big spenders in politics.
![Paul Roblyer of Portland holds a flag with the face of former President Donald Trump during a 2nd Amendment rally on May 1, 2021, in Salem, Oregon.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0507-trump-supporter-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s “Big Lie” Could Hurt Republicans in 2022, GOP Pollster Says
By continuing to wrongly insist that fraud cost him the presidency, Trump's base might see no point in voting in 2022.