Rep. Liz Cheney says she's a YES on bill to repeal DOMA + codify federal recognition for marriage...

[demmiblue]

Rep. Liz Cheney says she’s a YES on bill to repeal DOMA + codify federal recognition for marriage equality.

Link to tweet

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. K & R!

[DURHAM D]

2. Is she planning to run as an Independent? nt

[regnaD kciN]

3. I'm getting the feeling she may if TFG gets their nomination...

[WiVoter]

12. Me Too

[PTWB]

25. Conservative Republicans and independents?

The last two Presidential elections have been decided by razor thin margins. Any spoiler candidate on the Republican side could easily tip the scales to our favor even if they only managed to siphon off a percent or two from Trump.

[FakeNoose]

4. Probably because her sister is married to a woman

Liz used to be anti-gay rights, (or at least against equal marriage rights) but her own sister has changed her mind.

[JohnSJ]

5. I think so too

[PortTack]

7. This

[sheshe2]

18. Yes, it is about her sister.

She tossed her under the bus once for her political career. They made amends. Glad to see she is sticking to it.

[Gore1FL]

21. She came out against that in the past.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/11/18/cheney-parents-defend-liz-cheney-in-gay-marriage-feud-with-sister/


She said in 2021 that her position was "wrong." It's unclear if she meant morally or politically.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/09/26/liz-cheney-says-she-wrong-oppose-gay-marriage-past/5879352001/


I am happy for her vote on this. I am happy for her work to uncover Jan 6th information. It's difficult for me to applaud her for the occasional moments she does the right thing, though, as mostly, she doesn't.

[slightlv]

34. I side with your difficulty.

They do the right thing when it impacts them. Otherwise, they go with the defacto party line, I'm afraid. She's not going to vote for Choice, is she? And she's a woman. Yet I'll lay odds she'll throw all women under the bus of forced birth, no exceptions.

Besides, it was her father who helped start the original slow moving coup. Politics makes strange bedfellows, it's true. But I'll never trust her. She has her own agenda. Whether or not she actually has a chance in hell to carry it out, is up to her, her father, and her father's cronies. But if she does, watch out... because we'll not be on her short list of friends.

[LiberalFighter]

29. I wonder how her mind got changed.

Was it just personal family relationship or based on science?

[Tree Lady]

30. I bet it's because of the riff

Between her and her sister, doesn't want problems again.

[FakeNoose]

31. Liz Cheney's sister is gay, I guess that was upsetting to her

But her sister continued in her lifestyle, and now she's married. By all accounts Liz and her sister have reconciled and they get along fine now.

The story I read about the Cheneys said that their father Dick was always OK with his gay daughter. Anyway Liz is married with kids, and she's a lot more conservative than her sister. They get along fine now, and Liz has changed her attitude towards gay people in general, and the laws that discriminate against them.

[LakeArenal]

6. At least she sees reality. That's huge to me.

[vanlassie]

8. Now she needs a personal experience in which an abortion is lifesaving to someone she similarly

cares about…..

[flying_wahini]

9. I take this as a sign she is most definitely running for President.

[multigraincracker]

14. Thus giving Independents a choice of

sane candidates. They will decide the election.

[leftieNanner]

15. Yep

I've been saying this for a long time.

She wants to one-up her Dad.

[comradebillyboy]

10. Well that's a shocker given how she threw her sister under the bus

way back when she decided to run for office.

[Mr.Bill]

11. And yet I saw video last week when she was interviewed

after her speech at the Reagan library, she said Democrats in many states are proposing legislation that would allow killing babies after they are born. I mean WTF?

[Ilsa]

13. Awesome! This is another

right that ted cruz shouldn't be able to roll back.

[Turbineguy]

16. Republicans will crucify her

It's against their law to be happy.

[cloudboy07]

17. Right vs. left --- every fucking day ! Democrats ---

need to pick up the pace & prove this country might be for everybody! that's what the U. stand's for in "United" ? the media suck's large, the only good site's is D.U.& Kos & Palmer Report ! All other's just tabloids with a sharpie pen ! just a damn opinion from a ol' veteran!

[Paul Eeez]

19. Give the Devil's Daughter Her Due

And throw in more people to guard her!

[Lucky Luciano]

20. Of course. It affects her (sister), so she'll vote that way.

[AnrothElf]

22. I registered as a RINO today...

... but the polling doesn't look good.

OBVIOUSLY I'll vote Dem in the general. But... This is Wyoming. The general is basically decided by the Repuke primary

[Zambero]

27. Meanwhile on the RINO Idaho front

A few statewide GOP primary races barely went for mainline (very) conservative candidates over far-right extremists. New state party chair and bona-fide nutbag Dorothy Moon in particular is absolutely livid that crossover votes cost her the secretary of state nomination by a narrow margin.

[rso]

24. Cheney

Fine, but the problem is in the Senate, not the House.

[Evolve Dammit]

28. At least she is human. Not sure her Dad was. Seems way smarter and committed to her oath?

[bucolic_frolic]

32. If she moves to the middle on a host of issues she could be a viable candidate for anything

[BoomaofBandM]

33. Unless she is pro choice, she will not rep me.