Representative Liz Cheney’s grip on her No. 3 House Republican job all but vanished as former President Donald Trump endorsed replacing her with New York Representative Elise Stefanik, who also has the backing of the chamber’s second-ranking GOP leader. The former president’s intervention shows how he is determined to keep his hold on the party heading into the 2022 election and beyond, and how willing the GOP leadership is to give him that control. Cheney has been a vocal and persistent critic of Trump and his unfounded claims of election fraud, which has left her increasingly isolated in the party. In his statement, Trump said Cheney “has no business in Republican Party Leadership.” “Liz will have more to say in the coming days,” Jeremy Adler, a spokesperson for Cheney, said in a email Wednesday. “This moment is about much more than a House leadership fight.” Stefanik, 36, who represents upstate New York, has been making calls to her colleagues to gauge support, according to a person familiar with the matter. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise’s backing indicates she’ll have the votes to replace Cheney at the next meeting of House Republicans, likely next week. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm Bloomberg Quicktake brings you live global news and original shows spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. To watch complete coverage on Bloomberg Quicktake 24/7, visit http://www.bloomberg.com/qt/live, or watch on Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Fire TV and Android TV on the Bloomberg app. Have a story to tell? Fill out this survey for a chance to have it featured on Bloomberg Quicktake: https://cor.us/surveys/27AF30 Connect with us on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bloomberg Breaking News on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloombergQuickTakeNews Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicktake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quicktake Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quicktake