Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) is coming to the defense of Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) amid a high-profile feud with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) that is sparking fresh questions about her future in GOP leadership.
“Every person of conscience draws a line beyond which they will not go: Liz Cheney refuses to lie,” Romney tweeted on Tuesday about the No. 3 House Republican.
“As one of my Republican Senate colleagues said to me following my impeachment vote: ‘I wouldn’t want to be a member of a group that punished someone for following their conscience,'” he added.
Cheney is coming under new, intense scrutiny over her recent criticism of fellow Republicans. That includes her response to a statement from former President Trump earlier this week in which she said that his claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen is the “big lie.”
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She isn’t refusing to lie. That implies some sort of noble sacrifice for truth. What she is actually doing is going out of her way to pick a fight with someone (Trump) For the sake of a fight. She isn’t fighting because she has an alternate vision and plan that she is offering.
Even if what she is saying is true there is absolutely commendable about her doing so.
Don Moynihan – Its really not that complicated. One party refusing to accept the outcome of the election is not a “trivial partisan concern” – it’s a threat to democracy. It’s actually good to have a system where people can set policy differences aside to agree on basic democratic protections.