Liz Cheney, a former Republican congresswoman and longtime opponent of abortion rights, on Monday condemned Republican-imposed bans on the procedure and urged conservatives to support Kamala Harris for US president.
Cheney was speaking at the first of three joint events with the vice-president in the suburbs of three swing states aimed at prising moderate Republican voters away from party nominee Donald Trump. She has become the Democrat’s most prominent conservative surrogate and is rumoured to be in contention for a seat in a potential Harris cabinet.
At the first event in Malvern, a Philadelphia suburb, against a blue backdrop that said “a new way forward” and red one that said “country over party”, Cheney suggested that Republican-led states have overreached in restricting abortion since the supreme court’s 2022 Dobbs decision ended it as a constitutional right.
if the Democrats win, the aftermath of the election will bring forth a hoard of former Republicans with no home. do you want them courted by more right wing fascist fuckheads we know nothing about, or the right wing fascist fuckheads who, at least for now, decided full fasch was not their best option?
the Republican herd needs a soft landing to mitigate future issues. as bad as the Cheney’s are, they still have cachet in some important conservative circles. in this fucked up moment, the price might be worth it.
Can we get at least four fucking years without neocons poisoning the administration??
I initially agreed with that first post, but you make a lot of sense. If Republicans have nowhere to go after Trump loses, they’re going to continue to be radicalized by more extremists in their party. We need to extend some sort of fig leaf, but it has to come with conditions. Like admitting that Trump lost the 2020 election, that would be a good start. And admitting that January 6th was a coup. If we just allow them to come back like nothing happened, they’ll just do this shit again next election.