This is what confounds me about liberals who refuse to give Liz Cheney credit.
The whole point is she rejects her party's position that democracy is a partisan issue. That *anything* can morally or intellectually outweigh its preservation in American society.
The whole point is she rejects her party's position that democracy is a partisan issue. That *anything* can morally or intellectually outweigh its preservation in American society.
https://twitter.com/SER1897/status/1393230746911838209
Liberals profess to believe this too. But if liberals say, "well, Liz Cheney's other beliefs are so horrible I don't want to give her a platform," ...then aren't we siding with Trump over her? That democracy *is* up for debate, and *can* be outweighed by partisan considerations?
I mean, if you want to fault Cheney for not taking her pro-democracy stand to its logical conclusion — calling out voter suppression, backing HR1/S1 — that's another issue. But to fundamentally reject the idea her stand is worthy of praise seems at odds with liberal principles.
In fact, I would argue that is the real reason the GOP threw her under the bus. Not just because she challenged Trump — but because that challenge throws into question a bunch of other anti-democratic things the Republican Party, and for that matter she, believes.
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