Liz Cheney Pens Op-Ed Warning GOP Trumpers The Truth Is Coming Out

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Liz Cheney Pens Op-Ed Warning GOP Trumpers The Truth Is Coming Out
Cheney penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed that reads almost as a warning, a promise, and an invitation, to join the right side of history. The truth is about to come out.
7:26 AM · Feb 11, 2022

https://www.politicususa.com/2022/02/11/liz-cheney-pens-op-ed-warning-gop-trumpers-the-truth-is-coming-out.html

It took a man like Trump to bring the progressive left and the arch-conservative Liz Cheney and family (likely the Bushes, too) together. In a lesson, we would do well to remember, Cheney and Kinzinger (and Romney in other contexts) have proven that a politician can hold solid, even extreme, conservative beliefs, and yet line up alongside us when the country is on the line. Additionally, though there certainly are times when conservative ideology plays to racists, fiscal conservatives (of Cheney’s type) need not be the object of our disdain, merely an opponent.

The above is mentioned because if we are to yank the truth out of the Republicans regarding their role – all of them – in the events after the November 2020 election, it will because a member of one of the country’s most powerful conservative families (backed by former presidential candidate Mitt Romney) dug her heels in and decided to work for Nancy Pelosi rather than against her when the issue was democracy itself. Country over party.

As the Select Committee really picks up momentum and the bombs continue to drop, Cheney penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed that reads almost as a warning, a promise, and an invitation, to join the right side of history. The truth is about to come out.

Cheney begins by shaming the party with what they all know. From the WSJ:

“Republicans used to advocate fidelity to the rule of law and the plain text of the Constitution. In 2020, Mr. Trump convinced many to abandon those principles. He falsely claimed that the election was stolen from him because of widespread fraud. While some degree of fraud occurs in every election, there was no evidence of fraud on a scale that could have changed this one.”

*snip*

[RKP5637]

1. Excellent! Unlike most republicans, she has the guts and interest in the US to try to do what is

right. The majority of the republicans are sniveling cowards.

[Dan]

3. I would say this...

The vast majority of people are followers. They follow the leader(s) of their circle and what their leaders believe they accept, sometimes without question. If you combine that trait of ‘following’ with low education, limited sources of information, and need to be part of the group - then you get what we have now.

Some of the followers will fight to the death in their zeal to be part of the group. Some have an amazing ability to not see what is before them. And some, some are just immoral, evil and nuts.

Get rid of FAUX news - and maybe, just maybe we can start the healing of a nation.

[WhiteTara]

9. absolutely, especially

at military installations and bases.

[KS Toronado]

33. "sometimes without question"

That's most R's biggest problem, they lack critical thinking skills. Can't remember who said it but something
I've always remembered..."To be a real seeker of truth, question everything"

[I_UndergroundPanther]

52. And get rid of the other

Faux by other names newsmax oann..etc.

[Traildogbob]

12. Not guts

Ovaries, ovaries Trump balls!!!

[BComplex]

45. I'm not quite that generous. She's just doing the right thing.

She's no hero or savior. She's just doing the right thing from the party of wrong.

[RKP5637]

47. Yep, "... just doing the right thing." The GOP needs more like that! n/t

[NCjack]

2. Romney has blown an opportunity to show that he more than

a vulture capitalist. USA is very fortunate that President Obama defeated Romney.

[walkingman]

4. Fortunate indeed, the fact that he is Mormon was big. Nothing against Mormon's

but the religiosity crowd scares me. "Jesusland" is a very real threat to our Democracy.

[getagrip_already]

15. do mormons believe in jesus?

But I get your drift. Religion has become nothing more than a way to wield power to many.

It has long been so I guess. The sheep are herded by wolves.

[lagomorph777]

23. Religion was originally created in the Paleolithic as a way to wield power.

It has never been anything else.

[localroger]

5. Well we managed to ally ourselves with Stalin long enough to get rid of Hitler

Didn't mean either of us liked the other very much, or that we didn't have our own massive differences. But in that moment we understood that working together to get rid of the Nazis was more important than going after each other. Once Hitler was gone, of course, the fact that we had nothing in common and hated one another came to the fore. So yeah, it's good to have the Cheneys and the Lincoln Project working with us at this critical point, but we also need to watch our backs in the future because in the long run they are not our friends, just temporary allies of convenience in the more immediate conflict.

[BComplex]

46. Well said.

[BlueIdaho]

6. Please Proceed...

Maybe then we can get Garland’s attention.

[dalton99a]

7. Her op-ed:

...

Republicans used to advocate fidelity to the rule of law and the plain text of the Constitution. In 2020, Mr. Trump convinced many to abandon those principles. He falsely claimed that the election was stolen from him because of widespread fraud. While some degree of fraud occurs in every election, there was no evidence of fraud on a scale that could have changed this one. As the Select Committee will demonstrate in hearings later this year, no foreign power corrupted America’s voting machines, and no massive secret fraud changed the election outcome.

Almost all members of Congress know this—although many lack the courage to say it out loud. Mr. Trump knew it too, from his own campaign officials, from his own appointees at the Justice Department, and from the dozens of lawsuits he lost. Yet, Mr. Trump ignored the rulings of the courts and launched a massive campaign to mislead the public. Our hearings will show that these falsehoods provoked the violence on Jan. 6. Mr. Trump’s lawyers have begun to pay the price for spreading these lies. For example, Rudy Giuliani’s license to practice law has been suspended because he “communicated demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump, ” in the words of a New York appellate court.

The Jan. 6 investigation isn’t only about the inexcusable violence of that day: It is also about fidelity to the Constitution and the rule of law, and whether elected representatives believe in those things or not. One member of the House Freedom Caucus warned the White House in the days before Jan. 6 that the president’s plans would drive “a stake in the heart of the federal republic.” That was exactly right.

Those who do not wish the truth of Jan. 6 to come out have predictably resorted to attacking the process—claiming it is tainted and political. Our hearings will show this charge to be wrong. We are focused on facts, not rhetoric, and we will present those facts without exaggeration, no matter what criticism we face. My friend the late Charles Krauthammer once said: “The lesson of our history is that the task of merely maintaining strong and sturdy the structures of a constitutional order is unending, the continuing and ceaseless work of every generation.” Every generation of Americans has fulfilled its duty to support and defend the Constitution. That responsibility now falls to us.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/january-6-committee-electoral-votes-college-mike-pence-certify-2020-presidential-election-trump-liz-cheney-riot-protest-insurrection-11644510638

[empedocles]

8. Liz is a terrific ally

[WhiteTara]

10. except that she didn't support the

voting rights act. She has her own agenda and is just using the Committee to further it.

[empedocles]

21. 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend' - 4 B.C.

'The enemy of my enemy is my friend - …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_enemy_of_my...
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend" is an ancient proverb which suggests that two parties can or should work together against a common enemy. A phrase that some people consider to be similar is found in a Sanskrit treatise on statecraft, the Arthashastra, which dates to around the 4th ...See more'

[CatWoman]

27. !!!!!!!!THIS!!!!!!!

[orangecrush]

36. This.

[forgotmylogin]

30. Some people hold to "the enemy of my enemy is my ally"...

It's valid to respect someone's convictions but still be opposed to what they represent. We can't expect Liz Cheney to suddenly endorse other liberal agendas just because she's on our side in this case in the Jan 6 Commission.

Biden has said he's friends with Mitch McConnell and Mitch is gonna do what Mitch does, kind of implying that Biden understands Mitch's modus operandi but doesn't take it personally. In this case I think it's akin to trial lawyers who've known each other for years fighting tooth and nail in the courtroom but going out for drinks afterwards. There's nothing wrong with keeping a work relationship separate from a personal relationship.

[WhiteTara]

34. I have no illusions about Liz

Of course she is useful, but never think she is your friend. She has her own agenda and I don't want President L Cheney.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

53. I dont trust

Any conservative or republican because of what they believe.

There is no hierarchical natural order of human beings.

Hierarchy is not natural.

A lot of animals dont tolerate it.

[Dan]

44. I can't say that I am aware of all of her agenda, but

I do suspect that she is definitely trying to save her party. Not only from Trump, but the stain that will tarnish the party as a result of their leadership. The stain that a whole political party and it’s leadership fell victim (victim is the wrong word) to a charlatan. Once it’s established - how will they recover the decent, respectful and moral people that were not a part of the con?

[cilla4progress]

31. Nicely said.

Her op-ed gives me a renewed sense of commitment.

[ancianita]

11. I gotta say she's having an awesome moment. Thank you for this post.

[leftieNanner]

13. Mr. Trump

Love the fact that she doesn't use "President".

He doesn't deserve the title. Never did.

[3auld6phart]

38. Noted

For sure that orange piece of excreta doesn’t and
never did deserve the title “President “. It boggles
my mind that people place that piece of shit on
pedestal and want to kiss his ass.

[Stuart G]

18. Thank You- dalton99a... for posting the entire op ed.... We appreciate the work that you do.

[Hamlette]

42. the committee will prove election was not stolen

That is what surprised me by this column. I hadn't known the committee intended to put on evidence to prove Trump wrong.

It won't work for the cult, but it might work for enough.

[Scrivener7]

56. Thank you for additional text. Can't wait for these open hearings.

[Gore1FL]

14. Here is a paywall-free link to the op-ed she wrote:

https://archive.ph/fyEGq

[thenelm1]

25. And the comment section. Some nasty pieces of work and extreme fantasies...

going on in the comments. Whoa.

[yonder]

37. You are right about the comments.

I took a spin through that mess....didn't stay long.

[Scrivener7]

58. Yes, but it seems mostly to be republiQans eating their own.

Where are all the "Republicans in disarrrrraaaaayyyyyyy" articles? Maybe they could stage some rumbles between bowling teams sponsored by midwest diners? It'd make for great copy!

[CatWoman]

28. thank you so much for this

[Scrivener7]

57. Oh, excellent! Thank you.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

16. They don't care for the truth.

Alternative facts are where they live now.

[Irish_Dem]

48. Yep.

[sakabatou]

17. Trump's cult will just claim the revelations as lies.

[nuxvomica]

19. This has a lot to do with ego, but in a good way

She cannot stomach being a lackey to such a loser. What I find most odd about his acolytes is despite their bluster they are willing to be TFG's puppets and rag dolls. If everything goes as I hope, this period is how history will remember her.

[lindysalsagal]

20. I actually think I could vote for this woman.

[lagomorph777]

24. Hey, if you're in her district, go for it - IN THE PRIMARY.

But please, support Democrats.

[lindysalsagal]

51. No, of course I always vote dem. But I'm surprised at the courage

She's demonstrated.

[Harker]

40. Her stance regarding the insurrection is admirable.

I'm not sure there's much we'd agree upon outside of that, though.

She's very much a republican't.

[lagomorph777]

22. Although some fraud occurred, Biden overcame it and won resoundingly in spite of it.

All of the fraud, or at least 99.9% of it, was committed by pro-Trump forces.

[global1]

26. Why Do i Have The Feeling That The Truth That Comes Out will Be Even......

more shocking than anything we've learned so far about this 'coup attempt by Tr**p and his lackey's'.

[Scrivener7]

61. They're dribbling pieces of it that make me think it was huge and much more

organized than we ever dreamed.

And if we don't come down on it with a big hammer pretty soon, all that will be a blueprint for the next, smarter, bunch of traitors.

[moondust]

29. Does she have a secret?

When I heard about Navarro saying “We spent a lot of time lining up over 100 congressmen" for the coup attempt I wondered if Cheney had heard about the plot circulating among her caucus. Maybe that's why as they were evacuating on January 6 she said to Gymboy Jordan: "Get away from me. You fucking did this." How much did she know in advance that she may now be ready to disclose? Time to name names?

[Irish_Dem]

49. She probably knows most of it.

[CTyankee]

32. This makes me think she is preparing the way to becoming an Independent and signalling to other

Republicans who might feel queasy about their party that it's OK to depart.

But I dunno. Maybe that is wishful thinking on my part...and maybe she would just be a pain in the butt in our party.

[Escurumbele]

35. I applaud Liz Chaney, but not her father. I believe Dick did a lot of wrong to the country, he and

idiot George (not curious George) helped bring trump, they broke so many rules which opened the eyes of the worst from the republican party. They taught republicans that yes, you can really get away with murder, and they took that lesson to heart, reason why we are where we are.

Dick and George should have been cell mates, but the so called "rule of law" failed us, the "no one is above the law" failed us, and now republicans know they can get away with almost anything.

If trump and gang are not made accountable for their crimes it will only get worst. There is Josh Hawley, drooling in excitement because he has learned all the lessons from past republicans, and he knows he is smarter than they are, he can't wait to make the USA his private mansion and walk arm-in-arm with Putin and others, because that is exactly what they do, they end up believing the country is theirs, that they own it and can do anything they want.

[wryter2000]

41. Exactly what you said

They've learned they can get away with a baseless war. Torture. Spying on Americans. Impoverishing everyone so the rich can be disgustingly rich. Ruining the environment to the point we have droughts, fires, floods, hurricanes. They can lie and steal. They can deny brown and black people the vote. Attempt a para-military take-over of the government. Ally with Putin. And there are no consequences. There must, finally, be consequences.

[wryter2000]

39. When, oh when, are we going to have hearings?

I was patient waiting for impeachment. There were reasons for it immediately after he took office (emoluments), but we had to wait for something big enough that we couldn't simply be "picking on" him. When those times came, we impeached. People who insisted all along that Republicans would do the right thing were proven wrong.

But, holy cow, do we have the goods on him and his type now. Why do we have to wait?

I guess it'll be a better time when we're building to the elections. We can't have the hearings be no more than a memory by November. But it sure is hard as hell to wait. I feel as if I've been waiting since W invaded Iraq.

[calimary]

43. That's what I want to know, too! WTF are we waiting for?

Besides, the clock is ticking on our time to DO SOMETHING. We could lose the advantage in November and our Dems would predictably too dispirited to be se the time between the election and the next Congress in January to flex any waning muscle.

Do something NOW!!!!!

[Scrivener7]

60. Last I heard, they're "hoping" to have them in April.

This does not fill me with confidence.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

50. This Op Ed made me smile

I am looking forward to the hearings

[Blue Owl]

54. Tell Donny the Roto Rooter man is coming

[PurgedVoter]

55. Does anyone else remember the amazing powers her dad gave himself as vice president?

I am not saying his daughter would do the same, but there was not a single peep out of the Republican party as Dick granted himself extraordinary powers and oversaw unbelievable twisting of the Constitution.

Well before then, Trump extracted money in ways never before done by a president and hired his family in direct opposition to laws put into place by Republicans.

I would argue that the Republicans have managed for years to get away with saying they were for law and order without ever showing a willingness to bend to the laws and orders they set.

Cheney may actually be one of those few conservative leaders who believe that there are things worth making sacrifices to maintain. It is an amazing thing to see someone who worships at the alter of selfishness that conservatism is, who realizes that the alter will burn if the selfish fires of destruction are not contained within it.

[Scrivener7]

59. She certainly is our strange bedfellow right now. I'll take it. Too much at stake

not to, and she is one of the people pushing for answers and results right now.