Liz Cheney's ouster is no isolated incident -- Republicans are already back to defending Trump's coup
After Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., was ousted from her role as third highest-ranking member of the GOP in the House on Wednesday, Republican leaders tried very hard to convince mainstream reporters it was for some other reason than what it obviously was: Cheney remains unwilling to go along with Donald Trump's Big Lie.
"I don't think anyone is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election," House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., blatantly lying about Trump's claims that the election was stolen from him and that the Capitol insurrection was a good thing, told reporters Wednesday. Trump who is clearly still the de facto leader of the GOP also spoke out on Wednesday, raving on his blog: "If a thief robs a jewelry store of all of its diamonds (the 2020 Presidential Election), the diamonds must be returned."
McCarthy's little tapdance is meant to hoodwink mainstream political reporters into believing that Republicans aren't actually an anti-democratic party lining up behind a fascist who literally tried to overthrow a democratic election. But it's a lie so hamfisted that it's not even getting by the notoriously credulous D.C. press corps. After all, everyone knows Cheney was a fierce ally of Trump's until he incited a mob to storm the Capitol, threatening the lives of her and her colleagues. Remember, it was a bridge so far that even McCarthy was angry at the time, until his ambition caused him to slither back on his belly to the man who sent a violent mob to the Capitol.
But regardless of who McCarthy thinks he's fooling, the reality of where the GOP is headed was made all too clear elsewhere on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/liz-cheney-s-ouster-is-no-isolated-incident-republicans-are-already-back-to-defending-trump-s-coup/ar-BB1gHAC3
All the GOP's opponents need to do in the 2022 election is play the videos from the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Champp
(2,114 posts)Shame on them. Hereby calling in an all-American Angelic kozmo-force-block (WHAM-ZAMMY) upon their evil darkside republiqon russian lies and deeds.
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,717 posts)Thats Liz.