{"id":62665,"date":"2021-04-28T14:11:57","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T18:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=62665"},"modified":"2021-04-28T14:11:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T18:11:57","slug":"has-rino-liz-cheney-totally-lost-the-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=62665","title":{"rendered":"Has RINO Liz Cheney Totally Lost the Plot?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liz Cheney thinks January 6 should be \u2018disqualifying\u2019 for some GOPers<\/strong><\/h1>\n

ABC17<\/p>\n

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Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney\u00a0has made no secret<\/a>\u00a0of her opinion that the riot at the US Capitol on January 6 was incited by then-President Donald Trump \u2014 and that for her party to maintain any sort of credibility with voters it must acknowledge that fact \u2014 and try to move on from Trump with all due haste.<\/p>\n

On Monday, at a Republican retreat in Orlando, Florida, Cheney took that criticism a step further as she discussed the 2024 Republican field.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we have a huge number of interesting candidates, but I think that we\u2019re going to be in a good position to be able to take the White House,\u201d\u00a0she told the New York Post.<\/a> \u201cI do think that some of our candidates who led the charge, particularly the senators who led the unconstitutional charge, not to certify the election, you know, in my view, that\u2019s disqualifying.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cI think that adherence to the Constitution, adherence to your oath has got to be at the top of the list. So, I think, you know that certainly will be a factor that I\u2019m looking at and I think a number of voters will be looking at as they decide about \u201924.\u201d<\/p>\n

Which, well, bold! Cheney is making clear that she believes that anyone who voted for \u2014 or supported \u2014 the objections to the Electoral College count early this year simply cannot be seriously considered as future leaders of the party.<\/p>\n

And that covers a WHOLE lot of people. After all, almost 150 Republicans \u2014\u00a0139 House Members and eight senators<\/a> \u2014 voted to object to the Electoral College certification in Pennsylvania, Arizona or both. And since Cheney specifically mentioned the senators who voted to object to the results, here they are:<\/p>\n

* Tommy Tuberville (Alabama)<\/p>\n

* Rick Scott (Florida)<\/p>\n

* Roger Marshall (Kansas)<\/p>\n

* John Kennedy (Louisiana)<\/p>\n

* Cindy Hyde-Smith (Mississippi)<\/p>\n

* Josh Hawley (Missouri)<\/p>\n

* Ted Cruz (Texas)<\/p>\n

* Cynthia Lummis (Wyoming)<\/p>\n

Three of those eight quite clearly have 2024 ambitions: Scott, Hawley and Cruz. In fact, their opposition to the Electoral College count was almost certainly fueled by their presidential ambitions \u2014 knowing that Trump, who continues to insist sans proof that the election was stolen from him, is still the most revered figure (by a lot) within the GOP. The easiest path to the 2024 nomination, then, is to court Trump base voters. And the way to do that is to keep saying there were major questions about the 2020 election \u2014 even though that is simply false. (In a Quinnipiac University poll in February,\u00a076% of self-identified Republicans\u00a0<\/a>agreed with the statement that there was \u201cwidespread fraud in the 2020 election.\u201d)<\/p>\n

What that proves is that Cheney is in the minority, again, within her party. While she continues to push the envelope on what January 6 meant \u2014 and how it should be a defining moment in the history of the GOP \u2014 others like House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (California) are actively trying to rewrite the history of that day in a way more favorable to Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I talked to President Trump about, I was the first person to contact him when the riots was going on,\u201d McCarthy said on Sunday. \u201cHe didn\u2019t see it. What he ended the call was saying \u2014 telling me, he\u2019ll put something out to make sure to stop this. And that\u2019s what he did, he put a video out later.\u201d (Very little of that statement is accurate<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Being out of step with her party \u2014 although in step with the truth \u2014 has already created major political problems for Cheney. Trump has pledged to beat her in the 2022 Republican primary for her House seat and\u00a0several aspiring candidates have signaled they will run<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And in an interview with Politico on Monday, McCarthy seemed to issue a not-so-veiled threat to Cheney, who is the third-ranking Republican in House leadership. \u201cThere\u2019s a responsibility, if you\u2019re gonna be in leadership, leaders eat last,\u201d\u00a0McCarthy said.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cAnd when leaders try to go out, and not work as one team, it creates difficulties.\u201d When asked whether Cheney was still a \u201cgood fit\u201d for the leadership team,\u00a0McCarthy said<\/a>, \u201cThat\u2019s a question for the conference,\u201d Punchbowl News\u2019 Jake Sherman reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Add it all up and what\u2019s clear is this: Cheney is on an island in her party when it comes to her views on what happened on January 6 and what the consequence should be for those who aided and abetted the riot. Which means Trumpism is, uh, trumping truth in the latest version of the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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