The Real Reason Liz Cheney Had to Go

[JoeOtterbein]

Daily Beast

"That says more about the state of the conference and its fealty to Trump’s ludicrous BS than it does about her," said one GOP aide.

Matt Fuller
Senior Politics Editor
Sam Brodey
Congressional Reporter
Updated May. 12, 2021 9:13PM ET / Published May. 12, 2021 8:29PM ET

Minutes before her removal from House leadership on Wednesday, Liz Cheney told her colleagues that the nation needed a Republican Party “based on truth,” warning that embracing Donald Trump would “drag us backward and make us complicit in his efforts to unravel our democracy.”

Hours later, after House Republicans swiftly stripped Cheney of her leadership position, they managed to prove her point at a hearing on Jan. 6.

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) said to call the insurrection an insurrection was a “bald-faced lie” because the people streaming into the Capitol looked like “a normal tourist visit.” Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), who has ties to the organizers behind Jan. 6, said law enforcement was “harassing peaceful patriots.” And Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) theorized that it was impossible to know if it was actually Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol because no one had polled the rioters.

“It was Trump supporters who lost their lives that day,” added Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA), “not Trump supporters who were taking the lives of others.”

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[IcyPeas]

1. She also agreed there should be a 9/11 type commission on what happened January 6

The repubs don't want that commission to happen.

[Budi]

3. Total destruction of US Government was obviously the end of the New Republican road for her...

That path was too much for Liz Cheney to write into her legacy.
She's still a better person alone, than the tribalism she turned & walked away from.

That is a personal honor.

[Hippo_The_Pointer]

2. Based on truth

I would imagine Cheney has a plan. Today's event were inevitable. The choice of wording "based on truth" sounds like a battle cry that may have put out there today to use as an anchor in what ever the plan may be. Anyone have any guess on what her next move will be?

[BigmanPigman]

4. I was listening to CNN or MSNBC

earlier and I heard a politician say that she is not going quietly and she and her family have some pretty strong ties to the real GOP. They didn't go into details of course. I am hoping that her "big daddy" has a few cards and connections up his sleeves to nail the new GQP. He must be super pissed off.

[JoeOtterbein]

5. Now, that would be really...

...fun!

[TheBlackAdder]

6. She's like the guy in the room who won't drink or do drugs, and that makes the others uncomfortable.

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Her not joining in shines a contrasting spotlight on the other's behaviors, highlighting their debauchery.

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[yankeepants]

7. Donald Trump was the guy in the room who wouldn't drink, yet,

he made all of the crazies feel comfortable.