Liz Cheney Removed From GOP Leadership for Telling the Truth

[kpete]

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Source: Mother Jones

House Republicans on Wednesday officially voted to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) from her leadership position after she continued to openly condemn both Donald Trump's lie that he won the 2020 election and his actions leading up to the January 6 Capitol insurrection.



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[Champp]

1. The Party of Lies (R)

Disgusting. Disgraceful. Dangerous.

[Beachnutt]

2. Now she should vote with the Dems on everything

🤷‍♂️

[cstanleytech]

6. Cold day in hell before she does that. nt

[AngryOldDem]

21. Will never happen.

She’s a rock-ribbed GOPer who can just happen to tell the difference between right and wrong. Ideologically, she’ll never fit with the Dems.

That said, I really have to respect someone for putting country before party, regardless of the initial after her name.

[hlthe2b]

3. Voice Vote. So, they wouldn't dare allow some opposition with anonymous votes...

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Twitter replies:

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[IronLionZion]

5. No good deed goes unpunished

Her party has no mercy for anyone who doesn't toe the Trump line.

This is the only time I've ever supported a Cheney on anything.

[DENVERPOPS]

9. I think

that with this action, it will be most fascinating to watch where it goes from here...........

It is obvious with this vote, that these Quasi Republicans have abandoned ALL of the old Republican Party's beliefs......
and truly have become a Corporate Fascist Tyranny, rather than a Democracy.

Welcome to THEIR new Republican world................

[Danascot]

20. You know she's not going to take this and meekly accept their treachery

I can't wait to see how she responds.

[DENVERPOPS]

26. They will obliterate her

as they have done with everything/everyone these past 4-5 years.........

Along with any other Republican Politician that dares to confront what the Republican party does................

There is one way they can handle it.....Defect to the Dem Party, along with a dozen Republican Senators.....

But they won't.

The Russian people are laughing their asses off at how easily Putin has played the Republican Party and their voters, destroyed the USA and Democracy, without starting a war, and without firing a single missile or rocket..................

[DENVERPOPS]

10. totally absent

is any comment from Daddy Cheney, W, Rumsfeld, etc etc etc................

[Volaris]

22. They've already written the checks, is my bet.

The LP shiv crew will be all over this.

[JohnSJ]

7. Every Republican who voted for her ouster because she refused to lie, is an insurrectionist, just

as much as those who attacked the capital on January 6th

[Lokee11]

12. FACTS!

✊!

[gab13by13]

8. Kevin McCarthy is a weak man,

if, god forbid, the GQP retakes the House in 2022, I guaran-fucking-tee that McCarthy will never be Speaker.

[Polybius]

33. Why not?

Do you think he'll be challenged from his left or his right?

[Cosmocat]

44. 100%

he is a stunningly spineless POS to be in his position.

[AngryOldDem]

11. Doing this by voice vote is the ultimate in cowardice.

But then, I expect nothing more from these seditionist bastards.

[George II]

13. McCarthy showed himself to be the coward he is.

[twodogsbarking]

14. Three cheers for the GOP

and watching them self-destruct.

[dreamland]

15. This is a modern day stoning

Voice vote... truly cowards just like Pee45.

[tanyev]

16. First Battle of Bull Run in The War Between The Hates.

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. Your 'read more' link points to the DU LBN page

I like how Reuters titled this: "Cheney excommunicated from Republican leadership for Trump criticism" . Yeah, it's a cult, by now. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/liz-cheney-vote-us-house-republicans-reach-watershed-over-trump-2021-05-12/

[oldsoftie]

18. She should give a "kiss my ass" speech afterward nt

[Autumn]

19. Not a single fuck to give. This is what she and her ilk wrought, I'm glad it bit her in

her Republican ass. There are many more asses in the Republican party to be bitten.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

23. My question about all this stuff is;

what is the hold tRump has on the GOP? Does he have 'pictures'? Does he have some kind of dirt? Is he connected financially to whomever would bankroll an effort to primary any one daring oppose him? The real question is WHY is this happening? The answer is not 'because she's not loyal to tRump'. The answer is what has he done to elicit this blind obedience to him? A head scratcher for sure.........

[AngryOldDem]

27. Been asking this for years.

You can wonder the same about any strongman throughout history. Only answer I have is the man is the ultimate Svengali/demagogue.

Or, he’s just a really talented bullshit artist to a party whose collective IQ barely reaches room temperature.

[onetexan]

31. I've said b4, the Con's got dirt on most of them. As for those who oppose him whom he doesn't

He threatens to back a primary challenger or work w his compliant ilk like mccarthy to oust them.

Remember the RNC's server got hacked as well, but never leaked. This is his stranglehold behind their pushing the Con's big lie.

[LiberalLovinLug]

38. I think its a case of who else do they have?

Who else do they have who has that unique mix of qualities. A "successful businessman", a "TV star", a "playboy ladies man", a "not a career politician who tells it like it is". Who will lie about anything.... for himself first, but also for them.

Yeah its all very hypocritical. They say they hate the Hollywood elite, but have no problem using popular entertainment star power and celebrity to their advantage. Much like they did with Ronnie Reagan. They preach "family values" but dismiss those values in their leader. Multiple wives, cheating even while his last child was in the mother's womb.

I think leadership of the GOP sees Trump as the easiest, less complicated way to gain back the majority and presidency, with the built in engine of attracting the backing of the loudest, most influential part of the R base.

And the alternative, The Cheney Rebuild, is just too daunting a process, which would involve admitting they were wrong, and inviting the backlash of all those poor MAGAts that are fully committed to the the Trump cult.

[chowder66]

43. They see someone who gets away with everything. He's their mentor of grift.

They are laying waste to law and order now that they have learned how to do it.
It's been in their wheelhouse all along but it took that Criminal in Chief to show them how it's really done.

I don't think he has anything on them, maybe... but doubt it.
They have enough baggage as it is and probably wouldn't care at this point if something was revealed. At this point they see it as a badge of honor to get accused then spin it around or attempt to normalize it.

The republican party is a degenerate party with a degenerate leader and they only care about their bank accounts and the continued grifting to keep them overflowing.

[ThatJustHappened]

24. Follow The Money

McCarthy wants to be Speaker in 2022
so therefore he can't afford to cross Trump
or so the reasoning goes
but that's just the cover story

cuz Trump's poll numbers are weak
in the 2022 House swing districts
(the same polls that senior GOPs are withholding
from their own membership)

the real reason McCarthy
and senior GOPs still suck Trump off
is not cuz they can take back the House
it's cuz of the millions in campaign donations
they are reaping from MAGA suckers

just like how MTG lost her committee memberships
but has raised millions ever since

senior GOPs are backing Trump
cuz they're cashing in on MAGA sucker donations
it's not about winning the House in 2022
it's about keeping the gravy train rolling

[relogic]

25. Be Wary

Don’ fall for the SOP used by Rethugs. This is how they do their dance. Throw the Democrats/the left/progressives some sane, courageous, comments on preserving the Democracy (aka Rethug speak-“Republic Government”). Then as the swell of relief and congratulations pours forth from we Democrats of-Cheney as our ally. Mission accomplished. Now the right meme is rehabilitated once again. See there are sound, conservative, war mongering profiteers of the likes of Cheneys’, Bushes’, etc. that care about the integrity of true Democracy. Don’t fall for it.

Come back to reality. The Cheney’ of the world will dismantle your franchise to vote faster than they can say Biden stole more than 7 million votes from that other guy.

[malthaussen]

28. Coventry is lovely this time of year. n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

29. The GOP can't handle the truth

They have a fantasy about strong alpha males. Whether the so-called alpha male is really that strong doesn't matter. They don't like their fantasy interrupted.

[peppertree]

30. Why else?

She could've shot her mother and eaten a baby on live television - and as long as she endorsed the Big Lie, no problemo.

[Polybius]

32. The Mother Jones link doesn't work

Please edit and fix.

[LiberalFighter]

34. A voice vote? With something this serious it should had been by ballot.

Will they do a voice vote for her replacement?

[COL Mustard]

35. I Think She's Already Been Anointed

Elise Stefanik, unless someone outmaneuvers her.

[COL Mustard]

36. A Ballot Might Not Have Worked

Voice vote was the only way to go, I guess.

[AngryOldDem]

41. It's cowardly, common tactic...

....when they don’t want to have to own up to/publicly defend their votes. The loudest voices win. I think it’s a bullshit procedure that needs to go away, especially on motions as consequential as this one was.

(Same goes for governors who sign unpopular bills behind closed doors or in the dead of night, but that’s another thing.)

You truly do not want to see how the sausage gets made.

[Polybius]

37. Major news organizations are saying the vote didn't happen yet

No one is saying it's official.

[LaMouffette]

39. For GOP politicians, it's all about that base, 'bout that base (no treble).

The only reason they still support Trump is because they believe maintaining the support of his rabid supporters is their best bet for winning elections. If Trump supporters suddenly came to their senses and dumped Trump, it would be "Trump? I barely knew the guy," from the GOP members who are currently pledging their undying loyalty to Orange Julius Caesar.

[Beaverhausen]

40. what was the vote count?

does anyone know?

[AngryOldDem]

42. It was by voice vote.

Not roll call.

[Ford_Prefect]

45. The Party's over, It's time to call it a day...It's The Trump Party and He'll Lie If He Wants To.

Time to retire the Republican brand name and trademarks as they no longer apply.

[Omaha Steve]

46. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING

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