Tonight, I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.
– Rep. Liz Cheney
June 9, 2022
June 9, 2022
Mitchell Zimmerman: Quote of the Day
– June 23, 2022
Related Off-site Links:
Liz Cheney Offers a Stark Message to the GOP Members Who Continue to Support Trump – Rachel Treisman (NPR News, June 9, 2022).
Republican Liz Cheney’s Leading Role in January 6 Hearings Threatens Her Own Future – Deirdre Walsh (NPR News, June 9, 2022).
When the U.S. Is Truly Run by These Fascists It Will Be Too Late – Thom Hartmann (Common Dreams, June 8, 2022).
UPDATES: George Conway: Hard for DOJ to Ignore Liz Cheney’s “Masterful” Statements Against Trump – Mary Papenfuss (The Huffington Post, June 10, 2022).
The 11 Most Consequential Lines From the January 6 Committee’s Prime-time Hearing – Chris Cillizza (CNN Politics, June 10, 2022).
“Attempted Coup”: First Public January 6 Hearing Puts Trump at Center of Plan to Overturn 2020 Election – Democracy Now! (June 10, 2022).
“Bullshit”: Bill Barr and Ivanka Trump Told House January 6 Probe They Didn’t Believe Stolen Election Lies – Democracy Now! (June 10, 2022).
Oops: Unearthed Footage Shows Ivanka Trump Was All In on Her Father’s Attempt to Overthrow the Election – Bess Levin (Vanity Fair, June 22, 2022).
“Who Were They?” January 6 Panel to Name Republicans Who Sought Pardons From Trump – Jessica Corbett (Common Dreams, June 10, 2022).
The Insurrection Isn’t Over: January 6 Hearings Reveal Threat of Future Election Violence – Michael Latner (Common Dreams, June 10, 2022).
Nation “On the Precipice . . . of Fascism,” Warns Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – Andrea Germanos (Common Dreams, June 10, 2022).
Tattered Nation – Marianne Williamson (Transform, June 12, 2022).
Second Day of January 6 Hearing Offers Yet More Proof That “Trump Lied” and “He Knew He Lied” – Jake Johnson (Common Dreams, June 13, 2022).
“Not Only Was There the Big Lie, There Was the Big Rip-Off” – Charles P. Pierce (Esquire, June 13, 2022).
A Drunk Rudy Giuliani Urged Trump to Declare Victory on Election Night, Trump Aides Testify – Democracy Now! (June 14, 2022).
“Detached from Reality”: Bill Barr Says Trump Embraced Lies and Conspiracy Theories After His Election Loss – Democracy Now! (June 14, 2022).
Pennsylvania GOP Election Official Tells January 6 Committee His Family Faced Death Threats Because of Trump “Hang Mike Pence!”: January 6 Hearing Shows Trump Targeted VP, Knew Plan to Overturn Vote Was Illegal – Democracy Now! (June 17, 2022).
Top Arizona Republican Testifies He Rejected Trump Plot to Overturn Vote, Then Faced Violent Threats – Democracy Now! (June 22, 2022).
“Whatever You Can Do”: January 6 Hearing Lays Out “Fake Electors” Scheme to Rig 2020 Election for Trump – Democracy Now! (June 22, 2022).
Georgia Poll Workers Falsely Targeted by Trump as “Scammers” Faced Racist Harassment, Lived in Fear – Democracy Now! (June 22, 2022).
House January 6 Committee Reveals “Seditious Six” GOP Lawmakers Who Sought Trump Pardons – Brett Wilkins (Common Dreams, June 23, 2022).
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Two Conservative Voices of Integrity
• “How Can One Overreact to a Mortal Threat to American Democracy?”
• A Deeper Perspective on What’s Really Attacking Democracy
• “The Coup Attempt on Jan. 6th Was a Warning for What’s to Come If We Don’t Act”
• “My Biggest Worry Is for My Country”
• Republicans Pose an “Existential Threat” to American Democracy
• The Big Switch
• The Republican Party in a Nutshell
• Republicans Don’t Care About American Democracy
• Heather Cox Richardson on Combating the Republican Party’s “Rigging of the System”
• Refuting Surface Level Comparisons Between the Insurrection at the Capitol and Black Lives Matter Protests
• David Remnick: Quote of the Day – February 13, 2021
• Dan Rather on America’s “Moment of Reckoning”
• Michael Harriot: Quote of the Day – January 6, 2021
• Insurrection at the United States Capitol
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