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question everything

(50,219 posts)
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 06:39 PM Jan 2025

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

Think. Again.

(22,330 posts)
1. I'll wait for her to denounce the republican party...
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 07:01 PM
Jan 2025

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

mr715

(1,721 posts)
4. Lots of people
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 07:11 PM
Jan 2025

do not have the luxuries Liz Cheney has.

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

canetoad

(18,999 posts)
5. Hard to believe
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 07:13 PM
Jan 2025

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

K&R

question everything

(50,219 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, 07:20 PM
Jan 2025

JI7

(91,861 posts)
7. It's mostly people sympathetic to Maga bigots that hate her
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 07:18 PM
Jan 2025

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

Frank D. Lincoln

(894 posts)
9. I do see your point.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 07:20 PM
Jan 2025

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

(50,219 posts)
34. Never had
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 10:38 PM
Jan 2025

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

(18,444 posts)
10. Picking on Liz Cheney is low-hanging fruit, mostly done I'm guessing by
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 07:22 PM
Jan 2025

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

(55,661 posts)
12. I'm not one who believes we always need to be nice. But I agree
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 07:37 PM
Jan 2025

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

(3,178 posts)
16. If she's allied against Trump then I'm in agreement with her on that.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 07:46 PM
Jan 2025

All hands on deck.

Other than that she is just another right-winger.

Skittles

(164,058 posts)
23. CORRECT
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 08:33 PM
Jan 2025

she's fighting for old-school conservatism but the problem is, THAT SUCKED TOO

electric_blue68

(21,310 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 ...
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 12:21 AM
Jan 2025
autocratic, and fascist leanings.
Imho.

Look Out(!) Day 1!
😔

Wonder Why

(5,685 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, 09:30 PM
Jan 2025

William769

(58,805 posts)
18. I hate to say you are correct.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 08:13 PM
Jan 2025

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

(18,999 posts)
21. Not much in this world
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 08:28 PM
Jan 2025

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

angrychair

(10,593 posts)
25. When did this become "Republican Underground"
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 09:04 PM
Jan 2025

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

(10,593 posts)
33. On a day
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 09:31 PM
Jan 2025

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

(21,310 posts)
37. Then Don't Read these posts! Some DU'rs are talking about what we could, should, might do as things unfold....think....
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 12:31 AM
Jan 2025

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

(123,663 posts)
26. I disagree with 99% of what Liz Cheney stands for/advocates/ voted for (or
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 09:09 PM
Jan 2025

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

(23,538 posts)
31. Praise where praise is due. I think she is very brave... unlike 99% of her GOP colleagues
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 09:29 PM
Jan 2025

Pence also did one good thing.

Initech

(104,766 posts)
36. No! Liz Cheney did the right thing!
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 12:27 AM
Jan 2025

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

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