There is little doubt that House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) will be stripped of her office on Wednesday, as Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has made clear he has lost confidence in her. But on Monday's edition of CNN's "OutFront," anchor Erin Burnett laid out how even some Republicans — particularly the wing of the party critical of Trumpism — are recoiling at the optics of such a move.

"In an irony, McCarthy writing to his Republican colleagues tonight," wrote Burnett. "I quote him: 'We are a big tent party and unlike the left, we embrace free thought and debate.' Let's talk about this. McCarthy is kicking out Cheney for having a different opinion. He says it is for a big tent party that embraces free thought and debate. Wow, he has in polite terms. Liz Cheney says the election was free and fair and Trump is responsible for what happened on January 6th. These are facts, and as a point of fact, once upon a time, Cheney and McCarthy agreed on facts on the crucial points of January 6th."

Republicans have deployed charges of "cancel culture" every time a conservative is held accountable for the content of their character, but can't agree on whether Wednesday's expected ouster counts.

"I feel it's okay to go ahead and express what you feel is right to express and, you know, cancel culture is cancel culture no matter how you look at it, and unfortunately I think there are those that are trying to silence others in the party," Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) told reporter Frank Thorp.

Past statements from Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) were resurfaced in a hard-hitting new video by The Lincoln Project.

"I'm committed to being a uniter and a bridge builder," Stefanik said in one clip.