Cheney Stands On Graves To Revive Political Career

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May 16, 2022
Office of Representative Liz Cheney, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) has taken to Twitter in the hopes of reanimating her quickly ending political career by exploiting the deaths of 10 innocent victims in Buffalo, NY. Cheney intimated on Monday that GOP leadership was somehow to blame for the recent shooting that took place in a New York supermarket. She did not explain her accusations.

In a shameless and dishonest move, Cheney, who recently voted to send billions in aid to neo-Nazis in Eastern Europe, accused GOP leaders of enabling White supremacy and anti-Semitism. While the leadership in the Republican Party may be guilty of many things, enabling such views is decidedly not one of them.

Taking a line directly from the 2016 election, Cheney demanded that GOP leadership “renounce and reject” White supremacist and anti-Semitic views. Cheney is adopting a common leftist tactic, borrowed from networks like CNN and MSNBC, by implying that it isn’t simply assumed that they’re rejected.

Is the expectation that GOP leaders should now march out and apologize for something they and their beliefs have nothing to do with? Cheney is grandstanding.

Ominously, Cheney seems to be implying something else in her tweet, saying that, “History has taught us that what begins with words ends in far worse.” In the age of the Disinformation Governance Board, the daughter of a main architect for the Department of Homeland Security seems to be joining a chorus of Democrats, who are now growing even louder, in their public demands for the death of free speech through “hate speech” legislation and government imposed online censorship.

It doesn’t make sense on it’s surface. Why, with a primary approaching, would a Republican in a deep red state be publicly blaming Republicans in such a transparently dishonest way? Why would she be flirting with such leftist ideas, joining radicals like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama — and, most recently, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) — in demonizing free speech?

Cheney sees the writing on the wall. More and more, she’s realizing that, despite her massive out-of-state fundraising accomplishments, Republicans are not going to elect her to Congress again. And she is looking to the left to dig her out of her hole. To court them, she’s punching right and hinting at policies leftists are seeking to enact in this country.

Many such cases:

It seems like a lot to infer. But it is, to borrow a phrase, a dog whistle to her only chance in the coming primary.

 

Cheney has a new strategy to retain her seat in Congress. She is ubiquitously despised among conservatives. In her own state, she’s been censured and isolated for her countless betrayals. But she’s not giving up, fighting to stay in Congress to do the work of her father, the former vice president and Halliburton CEO.  

What’s her angle? How can she win in a deep red state where the vast majority of red is against her? The strategy is simple: appeal to Democrats.

And here’s how you do that:

Cheney is actively marketing herself as the best choice for Democrats in a state destined for a Republican to fill her seat. Her plan is to inch by her Trump-backed primary opponent, Harriet Hageman, in an election that polls show she is struggling in, by enlisting the State’s Democrats to support her.

Her funding has come from liberals and anti-Trump Republicans, outpacing challengers in fundraising by a huge sum. And she hopes to again call on liberals to support her as the anti-conservative candidate in a primary that would allow voters to change their party affiliation on the day of the primary.

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Liz Cheney will shamelessly exploit any tragedy to get what she wants. And what she is aiming for right now is to retain power in a primary election she seems almost certain to lose.

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