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Many Republicans secretly tell Liz Cheney they support her but won't say it in public for fear of Trump, a new book says
businessinsider.com ^ | 7/11/22 | Tom Porter

Posted on 07/11/2022 1:39:45 PM PDT by cotton1706

Republican lawmakers privately support to Rep. Liz Cheney but refuse to do so in public for fear of former President Donald Trump, according to extracts from a new book.

The claim appeared in "Thank You For Your Servitude," by Mark Leibovich, a political writer who speak years at The New York Times Magazine and now writes for The Atlantic.

The book is devoted to exploring Trump's circle, and alleges that many people who support him in public are hypocrites who privately dislike him.

One Republican member of Congress to vocally oppose Trump is Cheney, who was stripped of a party leadership role in 2021 for criticizing the former president.

Since then, Cheney has found an influential spot as one of two Republicans on the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol.

In his book, Leibovich wrote: "The wonder of this was that many Republicans agree with Cheney, quite a few of them members of her caucus. They say as much, tell her what a great job she is doing, how heroic she's been."

"But they only ever tell her this privately, always privately—just between you and me, please don't repeat this, off the record, okay?"

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


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To: cotton1706

so her daddy and the bushes talk to her, big deal.


61 posted on 07/11/2022 2:15:15 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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62 posted on 07/11/2022 2:16:13 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Lindsey Graham: How can anyone be Mad at Joe Biden)
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To: cotton1706
yeah, right...

63 posted on 07/11/2022 2:16:18 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: adorno

145 GOP House members voted for her in Feb 2021


64 posted on 07/11/2022 2:16:38 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: cotton1706

Many? Like 10?


65 posted on 07/11/2022 2:16:45 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: ElkGroveDan
If this agitprop source is true, what they're really saying is that nobody fears Cheney.

-PJ

66 posted on 07/11/2022 2:17:02 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: cotton1706

...ah, I’m sorry, but this just sounds really strange to me.

You think the book is mostly accurate. And you think of Liz as a RINO... and so (it seems like) you must want all 145 House members that secretly support her to be out of Congress. Wouldn’t the Republican party have a lot LESS strength if they were out?

I mean, sure, no doubt you’d want them all replaced by card-carrying Trumpists. But that’s not something you can get. It looks to me like the more so called RINOs the Trumpists attack, the likelier it will be that at least some of their seats will be taken by Democrats instead. It certainly makes the possibility higher, at least. This can’t be good for the party.


67 posted on 07/11/2022 2:17:56 PM PDT by Blurp2 (...though it's tawdry and plain, it's a lovely old lane...)
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To: Blurp2

It might be a temporary setback, but we will get nowhere until the GOP is purged.


68 posted on 07/11/2022 2:18:45 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: freespirit2012

... and a bunch of Republicans also secretly tell her she is super hot


She has plumped up quite nicely. Probably for all those meals on the taxpayers’ dime.


69 posted on 07/11/2022 2:19:01 PM PDT by beekay (Justice for Ashli Babbitt! Say her name.)
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To: dfwgator
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70 posted on 07/11/2022 2:20:02 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Lindsey Graham: How can anyone be Mad at Joe Biden)
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To: cotton1706

I don’t doubt cowardly GOP “lawmakers” support her.

The voters of Wyoming — and the country — don’t…


71 posted on 07/11/2022 2:20:03 PM PDT by Magnatron
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To: AnthonySoprano

Darn good post, nearly got them all in on one.


72 posted on 07/11/2022 2:20:17 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: All
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All Biden’s Judge’s, Appointees, Legislation and Spending (sans one) was pushed through with the Republican’s help.

People learned nothing from the Comey / Mueller attack on Trump.


73 posted on 07/11/2022 2:23:17 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Lindsey Graham: How can anyone be Mad at Joe Biden)
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To: ElkGroveDan

Many RINO Republicans support Liz. So do many Democrats and Hate Trumpers, Chinese Agents, Uber Liberals, Coruptocrats, and race baiters.


74 posted on 07/11/2022 2:24:22 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade ( Ride to the sound of the Guns!)
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To: cotton1706

If Cheney wins....I will run naked thru a chigger and a tick infested forest.


75 posted on 07/11/2022 2:24:30 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Had a tag line a couple times....maybe have another someday.)
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To: cotton1706

Dear Liz, Thank you for your sabotage...


76 posted on 07/11/2022 2:25:01 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (No food in the stores; fuel prices too high? Thank a liberal.)
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To: cotton1706

Big Deal Liz. Now get lost.


77 posted on 07/11/2022 2:25:06 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: antidemoncrat

I’ll bet if people knew exactly how many RINOs in Congre$$ helped the Democrats oust Trump they would probably never donate to Republicans again.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Don’t know the approximate number but it was their blatant dishonesty that finally drove me to permanently renounce my GOP membership. Meanwhile I keep getting tons of email and snail mail solicitations for financial support. Damn fools!


78 posted on 07/11/2022 2:26:08 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Democrat politicians and voters are dangerous psychopaths. They confirm it everyday.)
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To: cotton1706; Impy; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; LS; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; ...

Be courageous ! Step up and be counted publicly as Cheney supporters !


79 posted on 07/11/2022 2:28:10 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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80 posted on 07/11/2022 2:28:43 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Lindsey Graham: How can anyone be Mad at Joe Biden)
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