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12 May, 6 tweets, 1 min read
It's great that Liz Cheney is trying to drag the GOP into the realm of reality, but the Big Lie isn't just about Trump claiming he won. It's about states passing all kinds of laws to respond to non-existent fraud and irregularities.
It's all well and good to assert that Trump lost the 2020 election, but that's just part of the job. I don't know where Liz Cheney stands on the voter suppression laws in Georgia, Florida, etc. But she did vote against HR 1
In fact, she called HR1 an "unconstitutional federal takeover" of elections. cheney.house.gov/2021/03/03/che…
So, yeah, fine, Liz Cheney's taking this stand against disputing the 2020 election results. But she sure doesn't seem to have a problem with undermining voting rights based on the very lie she's standing against.
To put it another way, Cheney is calculating that she can oppose Trump but still allow the GOP to benefit in the future because so many believe the lie.
So until Cheney, Kinzinger, and other anti-Trump Republicans oppose the efforts to limit voting (which would help Trump possibly win in 2024), count me out of cheering for them.

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