Of all the people. Liz freakin' Cheney. Daughter of Darth Cheney.
Liz Cheney. Whose only "crime" was standing up for her Conservative values, is thrown under the bus by her own party. I never thought I'd see the day. They truly have become a cult.
All this slobbering over Liz Cheney in the MSM and left-leaning circles is highly disturbing IMO. She's literally just doing the bare minimum-- acknowledging that her side scored less points than the other side, and therefore lost the game this time around. The reality of Liz Cheney is that she is one of the nastiest conservative ideologues out there, both in her voting record and especially her rhetoric over the years. She and her family have had a MAJOR hand in building the monstrosity that is the present-day GQP and conservative movement. Excessive praise of Liz Cheney for essentially admitting that 1+1 = 2 whitewashes her far-right record and risks leaving the general public with the impression that "she's not that bad and maybe she's even actually pretty good. Hey, maybe she's even Presidential material!" Can you imagine a Liz Cheney presidency? It would be the Bush Jr. admin on steroids. The discussion around Cheney should be that she's doing the bare minimum and why can't the rest of her party at least do that. Anything more than that normalizes a truly awful ideologue who should not advance in government any higher than she has already.
Liz Cheney's voting record in Congress has been *overwhelmingly* in line with Trump's policies (I believe it was a little over 90% of her votes aligned with whatever Trump's position was). And I have no doubt that her votes will continue to align with the Republican party's stance on any issue.
This is literally the *only* point where she might differ from the rest of the Republican party. Acknowledging the reality of the 2020 election. And for that, she gets punished.
*That* is the real story here. The only reason Liz Cheney is getting this level of praise is because of how starkly her actions contrast with those of her party.
This is wishcasting. The vast majority of conservative voters are for authoritarian minority rule and have been for centuries. The percentages are something like the percentages in the house. Is it two out of 200+ that have made statements in the past week around this vote? So 1%. Fortunately for the other 99% our institutions give them the ability for general minority rule, and also give them tools to prevent many from voting against them and maintain power with smaller and smaller minorities. Decline and fall of the American republic is halfway done. We can't wish it away.
"[T]he Republican Party is now officially anti-democracy."
Of all the people. Liz freakin' Cheney. Daughter of Darth Cheney.
Liz Cheney. Whose only "crime" was standing up for her Conservative values, is thrown under the bus by her own party. I never thought I'd see the day. They truly have become a cult.
#Cult45
The patriots among us are still pretty sus
All this slobbering over Liz Cheney in the MSM and left-leaning circles is highly disturbing IMO. She's literally just doing the bare minimum-- acknowledging that her side scored less points than the other side, and therefore lost the game this time around. The reality of Liz Cheney is that she is one of the nastiest conservative ideologues out there, both in her voting record and especially her rhetoric over the years. She and her family have had a MAJOR hand in building the monstrosity that is the present-day GQP and conservative movement. Excessive praise of Liz Cheney for essentially admitting that 1+1 = 2 whitewashes her far-right record and risks leaving the general public with the impression that "she's not that bad and maybe she's even actually pretty good. Hey, maybe she's even Presidential material!" Can you imagine a Liz Cheney presidency? It would be the Bush Jr. admin on steroids. The discussion around Cheney should be that she's doing the bare minimum and why can't the rest of her party at least do that. Anything more than that normalizes a truly awful ideologue who should not advance in government any higher than she has already.
Liz Cheney's voting record in Congress has been *overwhelmingly* in line with Trump's policies (I believe it was a little over 90% of her votes aligned with whatever Trump's position was). And I have no doubt that her votes will continue to align with the Republican party's stance on any issue.
This is literally the *only* point where she might differ from the rest of the Republican party. Acknowledging the reality of the 2020 election. And for that, she gets punished.
*That* is the real story here. The only reason Liz Cheney is getting this level of praise is because of how starkly her actions contrast with those of her party.
This is wishcasting. The vast majority of conservative voters are for authoritarian minority rule and have been for centuries. The percentages are something like the percentages in the house. Is it two out of 200+ that have made statements in the past week around this vote? So 1%. Fortunately for the other 99% our institutions give them the ability for general minority rule, and also give them tools to prevent many from voting against them and maintain power with smaller and smaller minorities. Decline and fall of the American republic is halfway done. We can't wish it away.