25-01-2024, 02:39 PM
https://slate.com/culture/2023/12/liz-ch...trump.html
"Without a doubt, the nation owes a debt to Liz Cheney, whose new memoir,┬áOath and Honor, rocketed to the top of the bestseller lists this week. The book recounts the aftermath of the 2020 election, as CheneyÔÇöa politician of the type that used to be described as a rock-ribbed conservativeÔÇöfound herself increasingly at odds with the party that has dominated her life.
ÔÇ£The things we do for the Orange Jesus,ÔÇØ she overheard Republican Rep. Mark Green of Tennessee sigh as he signed a document objecting to the electoral count on Jan. 6, 2021, not long before a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. As the rioters attempted to break down the doors to the House chamber, members were told they needed to prepare to hide under their chairs. ÔÇ£We need to get the ladies off the aisle,ÔÇØ announced Trump loyalist ringleader Ohio Republican Jim Jordan, who reached a hand out to Cheney, offering, ÔÇ£Let me help you up.ÔÇØ Cheney understandably went ballistic (this was not the first time sheÔÇÖd been treated with clueless condescension by her GOP colleagues) and swatted his hand. ÔÇ£Get away from me,ÔÇØ Cheney reports she retorted. ÔÇ£You fÔÇöing did this.ÔÇØ
"Without a doubt, the nation owes a debt to Liz Cheney, whose new memoir,┬áOath and Honor, rocketed to the top of the bestseller lists this week. The book recounts the aftermath of the 2020 election, as CheneyÔÇöa politician of the type that used to be described as a rock-ribbed conservativeÔÇöfound herself increasingly at odds with the party that has dominated her life.
ÔÇ£The things we do for the Orange Jesus,ÔÇØ she overheard Republican Rep. Mark Green of Tennessee sigh as he signed a document objecting to the electoral count on Jan. 6, 2021, not long before a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. As the rioters attempted to break down the doors to the House chamber, members were told they needed to prepare to hide under their chairs. ÔÇ£We need to get the ladies off the aisle,ÔÇØ announced Trump loyalist ringleader Ohio Republican Jim Jordan, who reached a hand out to Cheney, offering, ÔÇ£Let me help you up.ÔÇØ Cheney understandably went ballistic (this was not the first time sheÔÇÖd been treated with clueless condescension by her GOP colleagues) and swatted his hand. ÔÇ£Get away from me,ÔÇØ Cheney reports she retorted. ÔÇ£You fÔÇöing did this.ÔÇØ
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)