Liz Cheney is a rare political figure. She is extremely conservative on political issues, voting in agreement with Trump’s policies more than 90% of the time during his presidency. However, unlike the weak, silent and opportunistic Republican members of Congress, she experienced a moral awakening when Trump incited the insurrection, watched it happen on television and did nothing to stop it. In “Oath And Honor,” Cheney accuses her fellow Republicans of enabling Trump’s assault on our democracy. The House could have voted to impeach him for having twice met the constitutional criteria for high crimes and misdemeanors. However, they voted not to impeach him, remained silent, lied for him, and broke their oath of office.
His book reveals extensive evidence that validates his claims that Trump is corrupt, dishonest and dangerous to democracy. In her book, she calls her colleagues “enablers and collaborators” who, after the 2020 election, were “willing to violate their oath to the Constitution out of political expediency and loyalty to Donald Trump.” Cheney, along with Representative Adam Kinzinger and Senator Mitt Romney, were the few members of Congress who showed loyalty to the Constitution rather than to party.
- Kevin McCarthy – He told Cheney that Trump knew he lost the election. “He knows it’s over,” McCarthy said, according to the book. “He has to go through all the stages of grief.” McCarthy announced on Fox “President Trump has won the election” and knew what he was saying wasn’t true.
- Jim Jordan – “House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan was “dismissive” of the legal process for challenging election results and “did not seem to think the rules had any importance. “The only thing that matters is winning,” Jordan said, according to Cheney.
- Speaker Mike Johnson – “Johnson pressured Republican members to support an amicus brief to reject the election results in four states that Trump had lost. We just need to do this one last thing for Trump.
- Republican Rep. Mark Green of Tennessee-Cheney writes: “As he moved down the line, signing his name to newspapers asking to object to the results of the electoral votes in the states they contested, Green sheepishly said to person in particular: “The things we do. for the Orange Jesus.
Cheney had no support from other Republican members of Congress, and she wrote of her growing fear of violence as Election Day approached. When Joe Biden’s victory was announced, Cheney questioned whether Vice President Mike Pence would have the courage to certify the vote that would confirm Joe Biden as the rightful winner. Cheney cites facts that reveal Trump and his allies planned to overturn the election to illegally keep Trump in power. Examples of disturbing revelations in his book are:
- In a Jan. 4 call, Cheney heard Ttump allies plan to convince Vice President Mike Pence not to certify the Electoral College vote that elected Joe Biden.
- On January 6, Trump told the Ellipse rioters, “we have to get rid of the Liz Cheneys of the world.”
- Cheney revealed conversations with Sen. Mitch McConnell in which he admitted he was considering voting to convict Trump.
- Right-wing media, led by Fox and Tucker Carlson, spread disinformation about the 2020 election results. This fake news led millions of Republican Fox viewers to believe the “big lie” that incited a movement targeting to discredit the rule of law and justify violence against the government.
- Cheney sadly asserts: “America can no longer count on a corps of elected Republicans to protect the republic. »
- She concludes by pleading: “Each of us – Republican, Democrat, Independent – must work and vote. together to ensure the defeat of Donald Trump and those who appeased, aided and collaborated with him.
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