Liz Cheney - rising House Republican leader?

[lpetrich]

‘She Kind of Reminds You of Margaret Thatcher’: Liz Cheney Prepares To Make Her Move - POLITICO - "Could the daughter of one of the more reviled leaders in recent GOP history become the face of the party as soon as next year?"

Liz Cheney is Dick Cheney's daughter and WY-01 Representative. She recently turned down a chance to run for the Senate. She seems to want to be in the House leadership.

She is especially interested in foreign policy, and her positions there may be described as "Like father like daughter".

She has also managed to do that while being one of the few Republicans to repeatedly reprimand Trump and his allies—on everything from abandoning the Kurds to criticizing former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch to sowing distrust of Dr. Anthony Fauci—without completely alienating them. Her sharp wit in swatting down GOP firebrand Jim Jordan, known for his frequent challenges to House leadership, when he and several members questioned her loyalty to Trump—“I look forward to hearing your comments about being a team player when we’re back in the majority”—became a hit among many of her Republican colleagues who long ago tired of Jordan’s tactics.

They also quietly cheered her “there, there” put-down of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) at the same meeting, when she responded to his barrage of criticism by telling him how much she was looking forward to watching his upcoming HBO documentary but that filming a documentary isn't how Republicans win back the majority. After the meeting, Gaetz tweeted in frustration that Cheney ought to be removed from her leadership position. She wasn’t. He declined to comment further.

 

[lpetrich]

However,

“The Bush-Cheney policies of forever war in the Middle East were rejected by GOP Primary voters in 2016 and no longer reflect the views of most Republican voters,” Donald Trump Jr. told POLITICO in a texted response to questions about Liz Cheney, noting “unfortunately, there’s still a gigantic disconnect between some elected Republicans in Washington, D.C., and actual Republican voters on these issues, but those elected Republicans who still endorse forever war are dinosaurs in our Party.”

He added: “Even if they STILL don’t realize it yet.”

I doubt that Trump has a coherent foreign policy.

Behind her veneer of support for President Trump—she votes with him “something like 97 percent of the time,” she bragged on “Fox & Friends” in July—there’s a far harsher reality: Many of her and her father’s closest friends and ideological allies have become the most virulent Trump critics. The large group, which includes former national security adviser John Bolton, Steve Schmidt, Steve Hayes, Bill Kristol, and Jennifer Rubin, are rooting for Liz to restore their brand of conservatism after Trump.

 

[Rhea]

I woulld rather fight Cheney’s ilk than Trump’s ilk, especially if it means Trump’s ilk is pissed and won’t support Cheney’s ilk, thereby splitting the GOP.

 

[Cheerful Charlie]

I woulld rather fight Cheney’s ilk than Trump’s ilk, especially if it means Trump’s ilk is pissed and won’t support Cheney’s ilk, thereby splitting the GOP.

They are both toxic. Arsenic or strychnine. Such a choice.

 

[Jarhyn]

I woulld rather fight Cheney’s ilk than Trump’s ilk, especially if it means Trump’s ilk is pissed and won’t support Cheney’s ilk, thereby splitting the GOP.

They are both toxic. Arsenic or strychnine. Such a choice.

More like cobra vs rattlesnake. Hopefully they bite each other and leave us with a solid win.