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applegrove

(133,085 posts)
Mon May 3, 2021, 05:59 PM May 2021

Bonus Quote of the Day

Bonus Quote of the Day

May 3, 2021 at 5:54 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 2 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/05/03/bonus-quote-of-the-day-1492/

"SNIP.....

“We can’t embrace the notion the election is stolen. It’s a poison in the bloodstream of our democracy. We can’t whitewash what happened on January 6 or perpetuate Trump’s big lie. It is a threat to democracy. What he did on January 6 is a line that cannot be crossed.”

— Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), quoted by CNN.

.....SNIP"

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brush

(61,033 posts)
1. Wow! She's really standing up to the liars in her party. She's got guts.
Mon May 3, 2021, 06:23 PM
May 2021

Hope this widens the GOP schism, which will help us.

niyad

(134,030 posts)
2. Hell has truly frozen over. Not only do I agree with that statement, I fear for her safety.
Mon May 3, 2021, 06:40 PM
May 2021

Fla Dem

(27,767 posts)
5. Have not been a fan at all of LC, but
Mon May 3, 2021, 08:11 PM
May 2021

she is, if nothing else, putting country ahead of her political future. I have to admire her for that.

mnmoderatedem

(3,913 posts)
7. testament to how far republicans have lowered the bar
Mon May 3, 2021, 08:19 PM
May 2021

the fact that liberals are praising a republican with the last name Cheney for doing what is so fundamentally right, which every republican to an individual SHOULD be doing. But so few of them are.

bottomofthehill

(9,423 posts)
8. Although I would have a hard time voting for her in elective office
Mon May 3, 2021, 08:35 PM
May 2021

She would be a shoe in for my vote for a Profile in Courage award.

She is totally putting her political career on the line

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