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question everything

(49,291 posts)
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 05:39 PM Jan 7

Do the DUers that bash Liz Cheney for a recent brave comment realize that her life is in danger?

The usual comments: she is a Republican, her daddy is a war criminal, the usual F**k Cheney. How pathetic, how irresponsible. It was not just her career that she sacrificed; Trump wants to put her in front of a firing squad. Oh, that’s the way he talks, someone will say. But we already know that there are too many idiots who take what he says as a command.

What happened to the “if you cannot say something nice just keep your mouth shut?”

Is this the new 2025 face of DU?

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Do the DUers that bash Liz Cheney for a recent brave comment realize that her life is in danger? (Original Post) question everything Jan 7 OP
I'll wait for her to denounce the republican party... Think. Again. Jan 7 #1
Actually, she must. Clouds Passing Jan 7 #2
As I said there; she did a Good Thing, even if I disagree w 90%+ of her views. electric_blue68 Jan 7 #3
Lots of people mr715 Jan 7 #4
Hard to believe canetoad Jan 7 #5
Right?! obamanut2012 Jan 7 #6
Feel a need to defend the original comments? I do hope that this is not what DU 2025 will become. question everything Jan 7 #8
Yes...even here, just no pleasing some ppl PortTack Jan 7 #13
It's mostly people sympathetic to Maga bigots that hate her JI7 Jan 7 #7
This orangecrush Jan 7 #19
I do see your point. Frank D. Lincoln Jan 7 #9
She is a VP's kid, does she still have cpamomfromtexas Jan 7 #24
Never had question everything Jan 7 #34
That's a good question. Frank D. Lincoln Jan 8 #38
Picking on Liz Cheney is low-hanging fruit, mostly done I'm guessing by Mike 03 Jan 7 #10
Good points Hekate Jan 7 #15
Thank you "question everything". The enemy of my enemy is my friend. flashman13 Jan 7 #11
I'm not one who believes we always need to be nice. But I agree Scrivener7 Jan 7 #12
Absolutely...she deserves that PortTack Jan 7 #14
If she's allied against Trump then I'm in agreement with her on that. hadEnuf Jan 7 #16
CORRECT Skittles Jan 7 #23
Yes, it does. We can fight her/their type again as needed. Right now we have an even Bigger Problem w drumphf's ... electric_blue68 Jan 7 #35
'The enemy of my enemy is my friend' Joinfortmill Jan 7 #17
So China's Xi should be our friend? What about the Ayatollah? Wonder Why Jan 7 #28
China is not Russia's enemy. China is an enemy to America. Irish_Dem Jan 7 #29
Trump wants to put tariffs on China to "hurt" them. So if we hate trump, we should like China. Wonder Why Jan 7 #32
I hate to say you are correct. William769 Jan 7 #18
Democrats' lives are also endangered because of her soooo live love laugh Jan 7 #20
Not much in this world canetoad Jan 7 #21
There is a clear difference between Cheney and the crazies. dalton99a Jan 7 #22
When did this become "Republican Underground" angrychair Jan 7 #25
you got enough anger to go around?t stillcool Jan 7 #30
On a day angrychair Jan 7 #33
Then Don't Read these posts! Some DU'rs are talking about what we could, should, might do as things unfold....think.... electric_blue68 Jan 7 #37
I disagree with 99% of what Liz Cheney stands for/advocates/ voted for (or niyad Jan 7 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author LetMyPeopleVote Jan 7 #27
Praise where praise is due. I think she is very brave... unlike 99% of her GOP colleagues IcyPeas Jan 7 #31
No! Liz Cheney did the right thing! Initech Jan 7 #36

Think. Again.

(19,908 posts)
1. I'll wait for her to denounce the republican party...
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 06:01 PM
Jan 7

...for causing her life (and many others) to be in danger.

mr715

(1,037 posts)
4. Lots of people
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 06:11 PM
Jan 7

do not have the luxuries Liz Cheney has.

I will eat my words if she is put before a firing squad.

canetoad

(18,407 posts)
5. Hard to believe
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 06:13 PM
Jan 7

That some people replied to your post to further criticize Cheney. No pleasing some folk.

K&R

question everything

(49,291 posts)
8. Feel a need to defend the original comments? I do hope that this is not what DU 2025 will become.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 06:20 PM
Jan 7

JI7

(91,058 posts)
7. It's mostly people sympathetic to Maga bigots that hate her
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 06:18 PM
Jan 7

she is targeted becsuse she is a woman. They especially hate when women speak out.

Frank D. Lincoln

(738 posts)
9. I do see your point.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 06:20 PM
Jan 7

I couldn't stand Liz Cheney's politics, but I really do respect her courage in standing up to Trump and trying to hold him accountable, especially since she knows full well the dire consequences she might have to face once he returns to power.

Liz Cheney is that rare Republican who puts country before party and who values the rule of law.

question everything

(49,291 posts)
34. Never had
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 09:38 PM
Jan 7

Vice presidents typically do not have Secret Service protection after their term of service is up, unless some threat or danger exists. If the vice president runs for the office of president, however, he or she — and all other major candidates in the primary and general presidential election — are likely to receive protection. Just how soon this is provided may be based in part on the profile of the candidate and any possible early threats, which are not that uncommon, to a candidate’s life.

https://www.americaexplained.org/who-receives-secret-service-protection.htm

Mike 03

(17,663 posts)
10. Picking on Liz Cheney is low-hanging fruit, mostly done I'm guessing by
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 06:22 PM
Jan 7

people who in actual reality couldn't do what she did if they were in her shoes.

We say that we value alliances, and depend on them when autocracy flourishes. That means having the backs of people like Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger and other "Never Trumpers" who have come to our aid over the past four years. MAGA will go against them hard and early. In the Rwandan genocide, the Hutus didn't go after the Tutsis until after they had eliminated Hutus who were Tutsi sympathizers.

Scrivener7

(53,496 posts)
12. I'm not one who believes we always need to be nice. But I agree
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 06:37 PM
Jan 7

about Cheney. I agree with her on very, very few issues, but I admire the way she has stood up for Democracy. I respect her for that.

hadEnuf

(2,858 posts)
16. If she's allied against Trump then I'm in agreement with her on that.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 06:46 PM
Jan 7

All hands on deck.

Other than that she is just another right-winger.

electric_blue68

(19,228 posts)
35. Yes, it does. We can fight her/their type again as needed. Right now we have an even Bigger Problem w drumphf's ...
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 11:21 PM
Jan 7
autocratic, and fascist leanings.
Imho.

Look Out(!) Day 1!
😔

Wonder Why

(4,821 posts)
32. Trump wants to put tariffs on China to "hurt" them. So if we hate trump, we should like China.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 08:30 PM
Jan 7

William769

(56,259 posts)
18. I hate to say you are correct.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 07:13 PM
Jan 7

Makes me wonder what I am doing here anymore. While our numbers get smaller, I blame this past election on the peoples numbers that grow bigger. That does not bode well for the Democratic party or democracy for that matter.

canetoad

(18,407 posts)
21. Not much in this world
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 07:28 PM
Jan 7

Is pure black and white. It's the nuances in the shades of grey that matter.

angrychair

(9,977 posts)
25. When did this become "Republican Underground"
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 08:04 PM
Jan 7

I'm just tired of hearing it. We should be talking about Democrats and talking about how we can help each other in the times to come. Not playing sycophant to a Republican that voted with Trump 90% of the time and once accused Democrats of killing babies after they were born.
never going to compitulate to Republicans, people that want to force little girls to have their rapist's baby. Never.

angrychair

(9,977 posts)
33. On a day
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 08:31 PM
Jan 7

When Republicans are cheering the military invasion of our closest allies and friends.
When Democrats in office are largely silent about the Republican desire to invade our closest allies and friends.
When reporters treat the clear desire of Republicans to invade our closest allies and friends as if they were talking about a minor trade dispute.
When I come to DU to listen to fellow Democrats praise a Republican.

Hell ya I'm angry.

electric_blue68

(19,228 posts)
37. Then Don't Read these posts! Some DU'rs are talking about what we could, should, might do as things unfold....think....
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 11:31 PM
Jan 7

still in shock In some ways. expletiive!
I'm still partly in shock. And furious, at times, too.
Folks have a right to say what they need to say.
I can't quite believe this is gonna happen on J20, myself.

.I'm also reading what others are trying to fathom "what are we going to do" ie Congress, Dem voters etc

niyad

(121,165 posts)
26. I disagree with 99% of what Liz Cheney stands for/advocates/ voted for (or
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 08:09 PM
Jan 7

against), but give her credit for her stance on TRAITOR**. I stil have trouble with the fact that she (and her mother) and I are alumna of the same college.

Response to question everything (Original post)

IcyPeas

(22,943 posts)
31. Praise where praise is due. I think she is very brave... unlike 99% of her GOP colleagues
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 08:29 PM
Jan 7

Pence also did one good thing.

Initech

(102,848 posts)
36. No! Liz Cheney did the right thing!
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 11:27 PM
Jan 7

The crazy psycho MAGA ass kissing lady they replaced her with does not. Big difference.

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