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, Oath and Honor, rocketed to the top of the bestseller lists this week. The book recounts the aftermath of the 2020 election, as Cheney—a politician of the type that used to be described as a rock-ribbed conservative—found herself increasingly at odds with the party that has dominated her life.
“The things we do for the Orange Jesus,” 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. “We need to get the ladies off the aisle,” announced Trump loyalist ringleader Ohio Republican Jim Jordan, who reached a hand out to Cheney, offering, “Let me help you up.” Cheney understandably went ballistic (this was not the first time she’d been treated with clueless condescension by her GOP colleagues) and swatted his hand. “Get away from me,” Cheney reports she retorted. “You f—ing did this.”
"Without a doubt, the nation owes a debt to Liz Cheney, whose new memoir, Oath and Honor, rocketed to the top of the bestseller lists this week. The book recounts the aftermath of the 2020 election, as Cheney—a politician of the type that used to be described as a rock-ribbed conservative—found herself increasingly at odds with the party that has dominated her life.
“The things we do for the Orange Jesus,” 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. “We need to get the ladies off the aisle,” announced Trump loyalist ringleader Ohio Republican Jim Jordan, who reached a hand out to Cheney, offering, “Let me help you up.” Cheney understandably went ballistic (this was not the first time she’d been treated with clueless condescension by her GOP colleagues) and swatted his hand. “Get away from me,” Cheney reports she retorted. “You f—ing did this.”
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)