Liz Cheney: Profile in Courage
Let me make this clear. My disagreements with Congresswoman Liza Cheney at a policy level are vast. However, her love of the Constitution and the country can’t be questioned. She is risking her political future, at least short-term, by standing up to Donald Trump and the Big Lie.
Cheney is no longer the Conference Chair of the Republican caucus. She was ousted by the leadership, working with the former president. This is now the legacy of Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise. This is the legacy of a party at war with reality. It is a party at war with American traditions and the American experiment.
This is not a big tent party. This is an authoritarian party of sycophants. This is the party of Donald Trump.
Mitt Romney, Adam Kinzinger, Liz Cheney, are three names to be added to a very thin volume of profiles in courage. She now has a national profile. She will get interviews, even book deals. The party is represented very well by Matt Gaetz, Jim Jordan, and Marjorie Taylor Greene. These used to be backbenchers and considered part of a bowl of nuts.
Paul Gosar, who encouraged the actions on J6, painted an alternate view of reality. These were peaceful people. Those in military gear (oath keepers) were infiltrators. This is part of the storyline that the party is painting for the base. That it is a lie is beside the…