AFTER LIZ – FROM THE NEW YORK POST:    Congressman Chip Roy is slated to challenge Rep. Elise Stefanik in the race to replace Rep. Liz Cheney, who was ousted from her role on Wednesday, as House Republican Conference chair, the No. 3. GOP leadership position in the lower chamber.  Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) confirmed to The Post that he is set to nominate Roy, of Texas, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, as a candidate for the role, which entails helping lead House Republicans’ messaging efforts.  New York’s Stefanik has largely been seen as the heir apparent to the position, having locked up key endorsements from former President Donald Trump, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.). She began whipping votes ahead of Cheney being removed from her role.  But conservatives have voiced reservations about the congressional record of Stefanik — the former chair of the centrist Tuesday Group whose profile saw a sharp rise as one of Trump’s most vocal defenders during the first impeachment trial — arguing that it is too moderate to qualify her to speak for the conference.
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is still considered the frontrunner to land Cheney’s vacated post.  Elise will get the job.  She is personable and persuasive, and, besides, the GOP cannot replace a woman with another white man in today's environment.  It would give the party an all-male House leadership at a time when it is trying to increase its appeal to women and minorities...and that appeal is working.

VIRGINIA VOTES FOR GOVERNOR THIS YEAR – FROM BREITBART:    A gas station in Richmond, Virginia, charged customers $6.99 a gallon Tuesday not long after the governor declared a state of emergency because of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware cyberattack that caused gasoline shortages. According to WTVR, Lether Kerney, who pulled up to the BP gas station on Williamsburg Road, said, “It was a lot of people there, no one looked at the price.” “I had half a tank of gas, so when it got to $25 I started looking to see what was going on. And after I got to $30, I was like, ‘oh my God! I spent $35.45 to fill up my tank. Six gallons of gas for $35. That’s absolutely ridiculous,'” she continued. Kerney said when she arrived and began filling up, she did not realize the station was charging $5.99 a gallon. A resident named Cha Cha said she watched the price go up once she filled her vehicle’s tank for $2.99.  Election in November.  Gas prices make people very angry.  Good chance to flip Virginia red.

May 13, 2021