Liz Cheney blocked January 6 scrutiny of Ginni Thomas, book says
Liz Cheney blocked January 6 scrutiny of Ginni Thomas, book says
Anti-Trump Republican stymied investigation of activist married to supreme court justice, says reporter David Brock
Liz Cheney, the Republican vice-chair of the House January 6 committee, did “all she could” to protect the rightwing supreme court justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, the political activist Ginni Thomas, by blocking an in-depth investigation of Ginni’s involvement in Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election, a new book says.
In Stench: The Making of the Thomas Court and the Unmaking of America, the reporter and Democratic operative David Brock writes that “two Capitol Hill sources with personal knowledge” revealed a “dramatic truth, which might shock even some jaded Washington veterans not easily surprised by callow examples of power protecting power.
“Liz Cheney herself, the star of the hearings, doing her turn as independent-minded maverick Republican, did all she could behind the scenes to protect Ginni and Clarence Thomas and thwart the move to investigate further the implications of the Ginni Thomas texts to [Mark] Meadows”, Trump’s final White House chief of staff.
I have had people tear my ass up on multiple occasions for trying to remind people that Liz Cheneys anti-trump performance does not, in fact, make her a good person.
That she is still, at her core, a republican piece of shit.. and her saying one thing that I agree with (That Trumps a threat) does not make her a good person.
I am 100% not surprised that she secretly tried to protect one of Trumps biggest anchors on the supreme court, who is vital for their 2025 goals and seizing of power.
Because she, like all republicans, are performative assholes who say whatever they think will get them more support and power.
I have had people tear my ass up on multiple occasions for trying to remind people that Liz Cheneys anti-trump performance does not, in fact, make her a good person.
I respect her for calling bullshit on trump, but yeah. that's like one point against many hundreds of others.. Now, if she takes trump to a pheasant hunt... welllllll we can discuss that after....
That she is still, at her core, a republican piece of shit
Seconded. I like to remind people that while in office, she voted with Trump over 92% of the time.
Republicans like her, and Mitt, are only opposing Trump because he's come in and snatched up everything they and their dynasties have been trying to take for themselves for decades.
Either that, or they are trying to position themselves in a power position post-trump.
Oh, she's definitely not a lovely person politically, she wants the gop to run things but just doesn't want fascists to run the gop and do away with democracy.
Currently it's just an alliance of convenience, much like how we allied with Stalin in WW2. We can go back to fighting with conservatives after the fascist wannabes are beaten in the upcoming election. First things first, priorities are important.
Well said. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
Or as that war criminal Henry Kissinger said, "there are no allies, only temporarily-shared interests."
So, this "good" Repub who stood up to the orange bad was furthering their corrupt court capture in the background. And the media treats her like a hero.
Ginni Thomas is a conspiratorial nutjob whose husband sits on the highest court in the country accepting bribes from billionaires and Liz Cheney protected her from scrutiny.
I love when these awful politicians write a book about the horrible things they did, and act like they are the hero for exposing the awful truth...
You were totally on-board the fuck-everybody train, and are only calling it out because you got kicked off...
She's not the one who wrote the book.
I've been convinced for some time the whole R-D schtick is good/bad billionaire club routine, but it's screaming into the void. The rightward sprint continues.
Where do Democrats enter into this? Liz Cheney is a Republican and so is Ginni Thomas.
I don't know how to state it any plainer than I have for months, now. I intend to enjoy my day and not bicker with those I consider equal and friend. You know what the good/bad cop routine looks like. You can consider that in this context or not, at your leisure. Enjoy your Sunday and give Ghost a belly rub for me, if you please.
It's bad and worse. People are so worried about keeping the worse party out of office that they refuse to criticize the bad party.
I get it. People are scared and the major parties are juicing that up to their advantage and our disadvantage. The prefrontal executive functioning center is wired to take a back seat to the fight/flight/freeze/fawn instinct of the amygdala for important reasons. But feedback loops happen. I'm scared, too. And watching things go from bad to worse played into that loop, activating anger that fed right back into the loop. Now I'm calm. That doesn't mean I don't experience momentary feelings of fear and/or anger. It means I remind myself that the best decisions aren't made from that plane 6, and I need to think long term. It's going to be painful, either way. There's going to be suffering, either way. There's going to be an event horizon, either way. The point is, can I muster the courage and face it head on, because delaying the inevitable means pain and suffering will be worse the longer the delay. Am I willing to take the brunt now so the generations behind me have hope of shaping a future for themselves that sees benefits of Gen X and Boomers, on the political landscape? Because if I'm not willing to take that chance, the politicians will make sure the coming challenges weigh most heavily on the many, for the least suffering of the few.
This is why we have no accountability for the powerful.