Thread by @donmoyn

Cheney is being ejected from the Republican Party because she continues to speak out against its anti-democratic wing.
Greenwald avoids talking about that when attacking those who praise her. Much easier to mock people's bios.

"Ha-ha, look this person who supports BLM and MeToo also praises politicians who don't vote to overturn elections" is perhaps just less of an own than GG thinks it s.

GG will talk about Cheney's past and all the reasons she is a terrible person. But thats not why she is being exiled from GOP party leadership though, is it? Or why some liberals are praising her? It's almost like some people want to downplay efforts to overturn US democracy.

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.

There was a window after the Capitol insurrection when the GOP could have punished the anti-democratic elements of the party. But they kept Trump, and now those refute the Big Lie are being exiled because they are an awkward reminder of that choice. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…

GG's whole shtick is that liberals are hypocrites. Fine. But by standard political science measures US democracy has gotten weaker, and the threat is not over yet (see @ThePlumLineGS).
Its not hypocrisy to prefer the pro-democratic wing of the GOP.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…