| Rep. Liz Cheney could lose her Republican leadership role for opposing Trump; the Tokyo Olympics gets a boost from Pfizer vaccine donations. Tonight's Sentences was written by Gregory Svirnovskiy. | | | | | | | The price in the GOP for going against Trump | | | | | Melina Mara-Pool/Getty Images | | - On Monday, former President Donald Trump again falsely attacked the veracity of the 2020 election. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) fired back on Twitter, in a move that may cost Cheney her spot as the third-ranking member of the House GOP. [Vox / Andrew Prokop]
- Cheney's continued statements in opposition to Trump have led Republican House leaders including Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise to consider a replacement, New York House Rep. Elise Stefanik. [CNN / Kate Sullivan, Betsy Klein and Maegan Vazquez]
- On Tuesday, McCarthy was caught on a hot mic telling Fox and Friends host Peter Doocy that he'd "had it with [Cheney]," and expected someone in the House GOP to bring forth a motion to remove her from the leadership shortly. [Axios / Kadla Goba]
- The message is clear. Going against Trump, regardless of the truth of one's statements, will put a Republican on the outs of their party. Cheney, who now may be an underdog in her Republican primary in 2022, wrote about the implications in a Washington Post op-ed Wednesday. [Politico / Ally Mutnick]
- "History is watching," Cheney wrote. "Our children are watching. We must be brave enough to defend the basic principles that underpin and protect our freedom and our democratic process. I am committed to doing that, no matter what the short-term political consequences might be." [Washington Post / Liz Cheney]
| | | Pfizer to donate vaccines to Tokyo Olympic athletes | | - Pfizer and BioNTech will donate vaccines to inoculate athletes and officials participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the IOC announced Thursday. While vaccinations won't be mandatory, the IOC hopes that athletes will get the shots. [Associated Press]
- "By taking the vaccine, they can send a powerful message that vaccination is not only about personal health, but also about solidarity and consideration of the wellbeing of others in their communities," Bach said. [Spectrum News]
- Organizers are working to turn the tide of public opinion regarding the games in their host country. The majority of polled Japanese citizens say they don't want to host an Olympics during a pandemic. Just 1 percent of the country is vaccinated. [New York Times / Victor Mather]
- The rise in Covid-19 case rates that triggered states of emergency in Tokyo and Osaka last month hasn't yet abated, and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will soon announce a larger emergency order. [Kyodo News]
- While Covid vaccines and tests are sure to be in abundant supply in Tokyo, a different kind of testing seems to be falling by the wayside: for performance-enhancing drugs. [New York Times / Matthew Futterman]
| | | | | | | Covid-19 cases are at a seven-month low in the US, hinting that increased vaccinations might finally be changing the state of public health in the country. | | | [Axios / Sam Baker and Andrew Witherspoon] - China's greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 were higher than the total emissions produced by every other developed country in the world combined, according to a new analysis by the Rhodium Group. [Axios / Ben German]
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week visited Ukraine, where he reaffirmed US support for the country at a time when Russia's mass troop buildup at the border has heightened tensions in Eastern Europe. [New York Times / Michael Crowley]
- Rich people from all over the world are selling their homes and moving to Dubai, which has remained open as other countries have locked down to stop Covid-19. It's fueled a massive boom in the luxury homes market. [Associated Press / Isabel Debre]
- Facebook's oversight board on Wednesday upheld its ban on former President Donald Trump, but said the ban cannot be indefinite because any punishment "must be consistent with rules that are applied to other users of its platform." [CNN / Donie O'Sullivan]
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