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Elizabeth Lynne "Liz" Cheney (1966–) is a daughter of Dick Cheney. She has held some positions within the Bush Administration in the State Department. No, she's not the lesbian one.[1]

In January 2010, she followed in her father's august footsteps by taking a "Waaah, we're all going to die!" approach to the foreign policy of the 44th president Barack Obama, to wit:

“”President Obama has weakened American security by treating terror as a law enforcement matter,[note 1] refusing to use every tool at his disposal to prevent attacks, and taking his eye off the ball.[2]

In plain English, this means that she disliked Obama's policy against torturing prisoners and his failure to invade Iran or nuke North Korea.

She thought the fact that then-Attorney General Eric Holder employed some lawyers who gave trials for terrorists at the Justice Department was absolutely treasonous.[3] Even some conservatives called her out for that one.[4]

She was the co-founder and co-chair of the now-defunct wingnut fear-mongering group "Keep America Safe,"[5] along with Bill Kristol.[6]

Failed Senate run[edit]

In July 2013, Cheney announced that she would be running for a seat in the U.S. Senate in Wyoming in 2014. As scary as the thought of another Cheney being in Washington is, she ran into several major problems. The most obvious one is that she was born in Wisconsin and never lived in Wyoming till late 2012, although she claimed that she didn't move for political gain.[7] While Wyoming is about as solid red as states come, her opponent in the primary was Mike Enzi, a three-term incumbent with an extremely conservative voting record behind him.[8]

This predictably led to her doing poorly in early polls.[9] In November, with calling Enzi a RINO, a plainly-ridiculous assertion (and quite ironic in hindsight), and her mediocre poll results, Cheney decided to try to gain support by doing something so evil that her father never attempted to directly do, come out against gay marriage.[10] This led to immediate backlash from almost everybody, especially her married lesbian sister Mary Cheney, who had previously helped re-elect Bush and threw Mittens, who wanted to amend the Constitution to ban all gay marriage, a $2,500 check back in 2012.[11]

In early 2014, she gave up on running for Senate to serious health issues in her family.[12]

She ran for Congress again in 2016 as a Representative and ended up winning. Cheney had no real opponents during her race since all of the more-or-less terrible Republicans in the primary couldn't match the former Vice President's daughter's name recognition, and with Wyoming being a wingnut state that no Democrat could've stood a chance either.[13]

Stopped clock[edit]

See the main article on this topic: Stopped clock

She has called for the resignation of Iowa Representative and hardcore racist Steve King after he said that white supremacy isn't bad.[14] Also, she was one of ten House Republicans to vote in favor of Donald Trump's second impeachment.[15] Cheney was vice chair and one of two Republican members of the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 AttackWikipedia investigated the 2021 U.S. coup attempt, but in 2024 it was reported that Cheney actively prevented the investigation into the role of Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, in the coup attempt.[16][17]

However, Cheney's opposition to Trump's criminality had a cost in the deep-red state of Wyoming, and in 2022, she lost her re-election bid in the Republican primary to the Trump-endorsed Harriet Hageman by a landslide.[18]

In October 2022, Liz Cheney came forward to support Democratic candidate for Senate Elissa Slotkin in Michigan. This is the first known case of Liz Cheney siding with a Democrat in an election.[19] In November 2022 Liz Cheney endorsed a second Democrat candidate named Tim Ryan over J. D. Vance in the 2022 Ohio Senate race.[20]

In early September 2024, Cheney endorsed Kamala Harris for president over Donald Trump.[21]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ Terrorism shouldn't be a law enforcement matter, apparently.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ See the Wikipedia article on Mary Cheney.
  2. ↑ The most influential US conservatives: 100-81 by Toby Harnden (11 January 2010 • 1:30pm) The Telegraph. See number 95.
  3. ↑ Liz Cheney: Parody Becomes Reality by Ed Brayton (March 9, 2010) Dispatches from the Creation Wars, Science Blogs (archived from 8 May 2015 15:34:08 UTC).
  4. ↑ Conservative Legal Scholars Blast Cheney by Ed Brayton (March 10, 2010) Dispatches from the Creation Wars, Science Blogs (archived from 8 May 2015 15:34:07 UTC).
  5. ↑ Have You No Sense of Decency? by David Luban (March 06, 2010) Balkin.com.
  6. ↑ Board Members Keep America Safe (archived from March 3, 2013).
  7. ↑ Liz Cheney: Time for 'new generation' in US Senate by Mead Gruver & Ben Neary (July 16 9:20 PM EDT) Associated Press (archived from August 11, 2013).
  8. ↑ Mike Enzi's Voting Records Vote Smart.
  9. ↑ Uphill battle for Cheney in Wyoming by Tom Jensen (July 23, 2013) Public Policy Polling.
  10. ↑ Liz Cheney sells out gay sister for shot at U.S. Senate seat by Robin Abcarian (Nov. 18, 2013 10:16 AM PT) Los Angeles Times.
  11. ↑ Recently Married Lesbian, Mary Cheney, Donates to Mitt Romney Campaign by Christopher di Spirito (July 5, 2012) From the Left.
  12. ↑ Liz Cheney abandons Senate bid by John King and Peter Hamby (January 6, 2014) CNN.
  13. ↑ 2016 Wyoming House Results (12/13/16 1:57 PM ET) Associated Press via Politico.
  14. ↑ House Overwhelmingly Condemns GOP Rep. Steve King For White Supremacy Remarks by Susan Davis (January 15, 201911:11 AM ET) NPR.
  15. ↑ Here are the Republicans who voted to impeach Trump by Orion Rummler (Jan 13, 2021) Axios.
  16. ↑ Liz Cheney blocked January 6 scrutiny of Ginni Thomas, book says. Anti-Trump Republican stymied investigation of activist married to supreme court justice, says reporter David Brock by Martin Pengelly (15 Sep 2024 07.00 EDT) The Guardian.
  17. ↑ Stench: The Making of the Thomas Court and the Unmaking of America by David Brock (2024) Knopf. ISBN 0593802144.
  18. ↑ Liz Cheney Is Defeated by Trump-Backed Harriet Hageman in Wyoming by Johnathan Martin (16 August 2022) New York Times.
  19. ↑ Republican Rep. Liz Cheney Wades into Michigan Congressional Race — by Endorsing Her First Democrat by Virginia Chamlee (27 October 2022) People.
  20. ↑ Liz Cheney backs second Democrat, picking Ryan over Vance for Ohio Senate by Martin Pengelly (2 November 2022) The Guardian.
  21. ↑ Liz Cheney says she is voting for Harris for president by Jamie Gangel, Rashard Rose & Piper Hudspeth Blackburn (2024 September 5) CNN.
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