The problem with Liz Cheney being the face of the Hearings

[edhopper]

Too many voters don't understand the overall picture. They see Republican Cheney up there and don't know that 95% of the other Republicans oppose these hearings and that if they take over next year they will kill the committee and do everything they can to hide the truth and turn the focus on some new bullshit "crisis". Or have Hearings on their own about Hunter Biden's laptop or worse, how the 2020 election was "stolen".
They will unthinkingly vote for some Trumper candidate because they say they will do something about inflation or gas prices (they can't do a damn thing) and we will see the slow moving coup go forward as they continue to chip away with Democracy.
I get that Cheney lends legitimacy to the Hearings, but she also obscures that the GOP is still the Party of Trump.

I need to make clear that this is an observation about voters, not a criticism of the committee or Cheney. Everything they can do before next year is welcome.

[inthewind21]

1. Only

If your a total moron. And in that case, we're screwed either way.

[HelpImSurrounded]

2. You just defined Trump's base

[edhopper]

5. Have you seen who people voted for?

After 4 years of Trump, we LOST seats in the House and Senate.

People vote against the current President in the midterms. It's a gut reaction, not a logical decision.

[HelpImSurrounded]

3. Kinda late to shut the barn doors on this one

The horses are gone already.

[edhopper]

6. True

but it's still an apt observation.

[jimfields33]

15. We had no Choice

At first, There was a list of names submitted to the house on who the republicans wanted and it was turned down. They ended up with two. We couldn’t not have any.

[edhopper]

19. Yes

I am not criticizing the committee so much as looking at how many voters think, or rather don't think.

[jimfields33]

22. I understand. I think polls show that voters are paying attention and

Approve of the way they’ve been conducted. I think it helps in November.

[edhopper]

24. I do too

I hope it is enough to overcome the normal midterm bias.

I think the Dems need to make clear that 90% of the GOP running oppose the Hearings and support Trump.

[FBaggins]

4. Being the best of three bad options...

... doesn't change the fact that there would be downsides.

[edhopper]

7. I agree

I am not saying she should not be co-chair, just seeing some downside we may face.

[Kaleva]

8. She has said R's have to make a choice. Either follow the Constitution or follow TFG

[edhopper]

11. And considering she is losing to her

primary opponent by over 20%, they are choosing TFG.

[Kaleva]

20. So then, that shows the Republican Party is the party of TFG and it isn't obscured.

[edhopper]

23. Which won't stop all those gerrymandered Red State voters

from giving us a Repub Congress.

I am talking about voters who don't follow things closely and voter on their feelings.

[Kaleva]

26. Those voters probably don't follow the proceedings then

Or know who Liz Cheney is

Your comment:

"I am talking about voters who don't follow things closely and voter on their feelings."

[edhopper]

28. They probably don't

but see the headlines that Republican Cheney is heading the committee.

[Irish_Dem]

9. But her presence makes it clear this is not a partisan "witch hunt."

And Cheney made it clear that these were R witnesses, Trump's own handpicked staff.

I think this offsets the issues you raise.

[edhopper]

13. Yes

And i am not saying she should not be there, just seeing what it could also mean.

In November, the Dems should make clear that the GOP will kill this committee and everything they have done.

[Irish_Dem]

17. Yes. People do not realize Cheney is a maverick.

She is certainly not the face of the GOP by any means.

[question everything]

10. Except, the Rs will do their best to not include her in their ads

[edhopper]

14. She won't be running in November

they will run on Inflation and cancel culture.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

12. I disagree with the contentions here.

Having an established conservative Republican like Elizabeth Cheney making withering (and well-reasoned) attacks on TFG is having an effect. Especially with those who are Republicans themselves and/or Trump voters.

She is a major asset to the committee.

[edhopper]

16. I agree

I am not saying she should not be there, just looking at how many swing voters could see it.

[FakeNoose]

18. Doesn't it seem obvious that she will leave the Repuke Party?

I'm guessing that by this fall Liz Cheney will be an Independent candidate. Maybe she can win as an independent, maybe not. But she could receive some kind of appointment in the Executive Branch if she fails to win her seat again. Liz Cheney has earned that, and I believe Biden will reward her with something.

[edhopper]

21. Yes

I didn't mean this as a criticism of the committee, rather an observation about voters.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

25. I'm not so sure.

Liz Cheney seems like a die-hard Republican to me and one who is committed to saving her party from Trumpist-populism against all odds.

[KPN]

27. I'm not sure it's a negative at all regarding voters.

Idiots will vote for Repuqs for sure, but they would have done that regardless. That’s my view. There is no significant downside regarding votes and voters to having Liz Cheney on the Special Committee even as Vice Chair.

[edhopper]

29. There are a great many swing voterts

who go from Dem to Repub. Those are the ones I mean. Almost half the voters register as independents.