Why is Liz Cheney taking this lying down?

[Cervaise]

If Trump had achieved even an average level of presidential competence his administration would have responded normally to the pandemic and he would have been reelected in a walk.

[Tamerlane]

@Cervaise

If Trump had achieved even an average level of presidential competence his administration would have responded normally to the pandemic and he would have been reelected in a walk.

It was an absolute political gift of a horrible health disaster. He bungled his way into office through crude populist rhetoric and on the backs of an over-crowded field of mediocre candidates, an exceptionally polarizing opponent and an insanely ill-timed nothing burger of a FBI memo. He bungled his way out of office through crude populist rhetoric, a boringly non-polarizing opponent and a staggering and frankly murderous display of incompetence when handed a sure-fire winner of a campaign issue.

When I (reluctantly) stop and think about it I still find the ongoing Trump era just incredibly surreal.

[EddyTeddyFreddy]

…“a beefcake like Arnold”…

Nitpick: Arnold S. actually has a sharp mind under that beefcake exterior, and a firmer grasp of American ideals than most of his fellow Republicans, even the non-insane ones.

[FlikTheBlue]

@kayaker

@Elmer_J.Fudd

It’s like assuming a Catholic who denounces the Church for child abuse is going to become a Satinist.

What, you think they’d more likely turn to velour?

At best it would be becoming Episcopalian. Which in this case would mean becoming an Independent that caucuses with the Rs, similar to what Bernie does on the Democratic side.

[rocking_chair]

this still makes me laugh a week later.

[TriPolar]

Liz is showing so much damn courage I can’t help but admire her. I wish she wasn’t evil underneath.

[Senegoid]

@TriPolar

Liz is showing so much damn courage I can’t help but admire her. I wish she wasn’t evil underneath.  

What should our attitude be if ALL (or most) conservative Republicans were like that?

A conundrum there.

[Hari_Seldon]

Then the Republicans would just be a conservative party like they were under the Bushes. We would oppose them on ordinary political grounds.

[Snowboarder_Bo]

Trump critic Cheney cautions Jan. 6 riot could happen again, is the headline.

Trump critic Cheney cautions Jan. 6 riot could happen again

In television interviews, the Wyoming Republican said there was “no question” an attack like Jan. 6 could happen again if Trump’s claims go unchecked.

“I think it’s dangerous,” Cheney said. “I think that we have to recognize how quickly things can unravel. We have to recognize what it means for the nation to have a former president who has not conceded and who continues to suggest that our electoral system cannot function, cannot do the will of the people.”

“We’ve seen not only his provocation of the attack, but his refusal to send help when it was needed, his refusal to immediately say, ‘Stop,’” she added.

Asked in a separate interview if she believes House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California and Rep. Elise Stefanik, who replaced Cheney in the No. 3 leadership job, are complicit by embracing Trump, Cheney responded: “They are.”

“I’m not willing to do that,” she said. “We all have an obligation to stand up against that.”

Cheney on Sunday called it indefensible that some GOP colleagues, such as Reps. Andrew Clyde of Georgia and Louie Gohmert of Texas, suggested last week that the breach of the Capitol on Jan. 6 posed no real threat, with Clyde likening it to a “normal tourist visit.”

“The notion that this was somehow a tourist event is disgraceful and despicable,” Cheney said. “And, you know, I won’t be part of whitewashing what happened on Jan. 6. Nobody should be part of it. And people ought to be held accountable.”