Posted on 02/02/2021 8:29:48 AM PST by RandFan
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday defended Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the No. 3 ranking Republican in the House who has come under fire for her vote to impeach former President Trump.
Graham called Cheney a valuable asset to the Republican party as many GOP members of Congress have targeted the congresswoman over her impeachment vote.
"I believe [Cheney] is one of the strongest and most reliable conservative voices in the Republican Party," Graham said in a tweet. "She is a fiscal and social conservative, and no one works harder to ensure that our military is well prepared."
Graham added, "In the eyes of many - Liz Cheney’s experience, leadership, and strength are invaluable to the Republican Party."
Liz knows that a strong America is a safe America. She believes we must confront radical Islam and take the fight to them to ensure there are no more 9/11’s.
The senator's statement comes just hours after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) issued a similar defense of Cheney while blasting Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a staunch defender of Trump who has faced fierce criticism for promoting a number of conspiracy theories.
"Liz Cheney is a leader with deep convictions and the courage to act on them," McConnell said to CNN of the Wyoming lawmaker.
On Wednesday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy plans to hold a meeting of rank and file Republicans as some members are looking to oust Cheney from her leadership position over her impeachment vote.
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) and Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) are circulating a petition to demand Cheney resign from her post as Chairwoman of the Hosue GOP conference, the Hill reported.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has spent time in Wyoming in recent days, railing against Cheney during small gatherings of Trump supporters.
"I think you’ll have, you know, three constituencies in our conference — those who want to drive out the populists, those who want to drive out the establishment and those who simply want peace,” Gaetz said on Monday.
Graham, a top ally of Trump while he was still in office, has since backed off unfounded claims of voter fraud peddled by Trump and his allies and said it is time for the party and the country to move on.
He, along with McConnell and all but five other GOP senators, voted in favor of a measure introduced by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) arguing the second impeachment of Trump was unconstitutional because he has already left office.
The House impeached Trump after a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol Building on Jan. 6.
The irredeemable republican party, in their mad dash to the Left, are leaving conservative principles strewn in their wake. What true conservative politician would want to be associated with the GOP? Gang of Prostitues?
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Will she win the GOP primary for Congress in 2022? That could be a race to watch. Party leaders can say things, but what do the actual voters think of her now?
Remember Eric Cantor thought he had a safe seat, and he lost in a primary election. The same could happen to Liz Cheney.
Absolutely!
And, I apologize that I voted for Cruz & Cornyn.
Again! 😢😡
Exhibit “A” in favor of a new “Patriot Party”. The Republicans need to go the way of the Whigs.
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What do we have to lose by forming a new party? The GOP is never, ever going to represent us. GOP voters must suffer from something akin to battered wife syndrome. They keep voting for the same people who betray and abuse them over and over again.
I don’t want to vote for the White Flag Party anymore. I want to vote for a party that stands for something and fights like hell for it. There’s honor is fighting for what you believe in.
Her seat is a Republican lock.
Get rid of her.
It doesn’t matter what these pinhead politicians think. Hopefully the WY voters have enough sense to do the right thing.
Where was Liz in May when there was a true insurrection and attempted breach of White House grounds and attacked on secret service and police. Where was Liz and Mitch? They are a disgrace.
Party leaders can say things, but what do the actual voters think of her now?
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The party will funnel lots of money and other support to her. The party will also assist with her campaign to polish up her image and conservative credentials. The GOP apparatchiks will come to her rescue. She’ll ride out the storm.
The irony is, if the Democrats alleged she said something , even totally fabricated, or taken out of context, the GOP would’ve already jettisoned her.
But they still need votes, unlike the Rats who can just manufacture them. If nobody votes for them, they are gone.
NEVER vote for the enemy
TERM LIMITS should be voted on by the people!
Why proactively come out with a statement like this? A lot at play in the back rooms and it ain’t good for you and I.....
They don’t need actual voters any more. Elections have been automated.
The Republican Party can burn to the ground for all I care. Right now they are more harm to this country than Democrat majorities because we know Democrats. Republicans are cowardly chameleons who lie to their supporters.
In a few short months we'll all start seeing the emails telling us how important it will be to stop Biden and get the majorities back. You mean so you can promise to overturn Obamacare and then refuse to do so after elected? You want me to trust Paul Ryan clone Kevin McCarthy? Nope. I'm out. Call me when real patriots run for office. Then I will open up my checkbook.
“...and no one works harder to ensure that our military is well prepared.”
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Money line... While I am a strong supporter of our military, Ms. Cheney is part of the deep state Military Industrial Complex. Perpetual wars.
I despise rino white knight cuckolds.
I despise rino white knight cuckolds.
I’m expected to support a party that supports these (use any name you choose)???
I did that over and over, and the results were the same.
I will not do it again.
I was just gonna say girl power!
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