Once she refused to 'bend the knee' to the former president, the handwriting was on the wall.
But, Cheney eventually came to her senses about Trump and the malign influence of Trumpism on her party and the country as a whole. While one can criticize her previous support for Trump as a cynical, political decision, it must be accompanied by the acknowledgment that in voicing her criticism of Trump today—so loudly and so persistently—she was not blind to the political consequences. It would likely end her political career, and she knew it. Yesterday, that’s precisely what happened.
In recent weeks, there’s been talk that the soon-to-be former congresswoman may challenge Trump in the 2024 Republican primaries. Good luck with all that.the 2022 Profile In Courage Award by the John F.
There is no constituency in the modern Republican Party for Cheney’s principled conservatism and her allegiance to basic and universal American political traditions. She would garner little support in Republican presidential primaries. If she ran as an independent, her unapologetic conservatism would allow few Democrats to cast a vote for her. She is today a politician without a political home.
Yet, one doesn’t have to agree with Cheney’s politics to acknowledge that her willingness to criticize, investigate, and expose Donald Trump’s Big Lie about the 2020 election is the kind of courage worthy of applause. Rather than engaging in the cynical and craven political machinations of her fellow Republicans, Cheney has, with steadfast adherence to principle and clear eyes, torpedoed her political aspirations.
Cheney might be an imperfect hero, but she is a hero, nonetheless, and the country is poorer for her defeat.
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