Kevin McCarthy's vile attack on Liz Cheney shows the dangers of a GOP House

[Nevilledog]

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EJ Dionne
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.⁦@ThePlumLineGS⁩ illuminates how GOP leader Kevin McCarthy’s attack on Liz Cheney & his opposition to 1/6 accountability is plain evidence of the dangers of a Republican takeover of the House. It’s not just about policy. It’s about democracy itself.

Opinion | Kevin McCarthy’s vile attack on Liz Cheney shows the dangers of a GOP House
Threats, intimidation and efforts to protect Donald Trump signal trouble ahead.
washingtonpost.com
9:12 AM · Oct 22, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/22/kevin-mccarthy-liz-cheney-threats-jan-6-committee/

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For governments to function amid deep disagreements between their major players, they sometimes evolve shared understandings. Their premise is that in some conflicts, preserving the integrity of the system, and its fidelity to serving the public, must take priority over pursuing political Total War all the way down.

One such understanding might be that if one party’s leader and his co-conspirators try to overturn a legitimate election with mob violence, a broad cross-party effort at accountability must follow. Another might be that Congress has legitimate oversight powers, and that while some resistance to this is within bounds, absolute resistance to it is not.

A vile new attack from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), and Stephen K. Bannon’s flouting of a subpoena from the House select committee investigating Jan. 6, both underscore the fragility of such shared understandings.

In so doing, both episodes demonstrate once again just how dangerous a GOP-controlled House might truly prove to be.

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[Lovie777]

1. I hope Liz C and the other republican(s) on the committee have security . . .

GOPs are a violent group.

[SoCalDavidS]

2. Hard To Feel Sorry For Liz

She still loves and supports the party that would string her up if they could. Tots & Pears.

[Hekate]

3. What a bunch of thugs. More from the article about the threat...

The New York Times reports that a prominent lobbyist and longtime McCarthy confidant has essentially delivered a message to GOP consultants inclined to work for Cheney that would shock the most inventive “Sopranos” scriptwriter: Nice consulting practice you have there. Shame if something happened to it.

The McCarthy consigliere told consultants to choose between working for Cheney and working for McCarthy, the Times reports. With McCarthy potentially the next House speaker, consultants must take such threats seriously, so one firm working for Cheney severed their relationship.

This threat surely had McCarthy’s assent. Importantly, McCarthy has good reason for assenting: Cheney’s high-profile participation in holding Donald Trump accountable for the insurrection and effort to subvert the election, which will implicate House Republicans, shines a harsh light on GOP radicalization, threatening the GOP’s midterm chances.

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4. Of course, it has nothing to do with policy

Republicans are bankrupt when it comes to policy ideas. This is all about regaining power and holding it in perpetuity.

As for McCarthy? He's complicit as well as other House members. They want Trump's version of the 'Truth,' the distorted version where accountability becomes a witch-hunt and laws apply only to 'little' people. In fact, the push against the commission's on-going investigation is as Joe Walsh (and yes, can't believe I'm quoting him) has said:

Republicans are not simply opposing a Democratic investigation. Republicans are opposing the rule of the law with every utterance and action.

Why? Because it's all they've got at this point after riding the Trump tsunami for five years. Follows R. Wilson's prediction, too--ETTD.