This article is part of D.C. Simply put, Time's political newsletter. To get articles like this delivered to your inbox, sign up here. Liberals are sometimes better than conservatives at responding to alternative facts. Call it the Aaron Sorkin effect. Bill Clinton fan fiction The West Wing-created Halo is created with the idea that progressives can win political battles with good speeches, so Hollywood is back at its fountain. Often this takes the form of Hillary his Clinton fan his fiction. Like, for example, Sigourney Weaver playing the fictional Secretary of State, a little-seen political animal with feminist fervor willingly challenging for the party's nomination. Even Téa Leoni's Madame Secretary got the chance to step up to the oval at the end of the show. Liz Cheney — a former senior official in the George W. Bush administration, an appointed member of the Republican leadership in the House, and the current Republican chairman of the committee investigating the January 6 attacks — is the Republican leader. Appear in the primary with one headline. for defeat. To many he's liberals in DC circles, Cheney is the saneest Republican available in Washington, MAGA he's a true conservative who didn't buy Kool-Aid. Despite potentially embarrassing losses in her own state on Tuesday, some people who love Cheney say she has a bright political future, including a run for president in 2024. argue that it is possible. Caption: No, she doesn't. On the
paper, Liz Cheney has a lot to offer as the party's nominee in two years. She is a member of the GOP dynasty. Both of her parents are major figures in Republican politics. That could endanger the top echelon of conservative thought leaders at any time. Based on this record, her family has been demanding dollars since the 1970s, so she shouldn't be struggling with cash. And if she does, she can wipe the floor with Trump supporters on politics and history without breaking a sweat.The problem is this: Liz Cheney has surpassed Donald Trump. rice field. She publicly acknowledged the unacceptable behavior of the former president on January 6, 2021 and signed a pledge to cooperate in an investigation into its causes and how to prevent a recurrence. Not a fun job. Accepting the role has forced her out of leadership.
Normally, such a straight shooter would rival past partygoers like John McCain. But these days, the threshold for the underdog in the Republican Party has dropped significantly. As much as our friends at brunch are rooting for her and writing her checks, the prospect of her possibly making a second appearance in 2024 as Trump's legitimate main challenge is far from over. Liz Cheney may still have a future in Republican politics as she emerges as the leader of the Jan. 6 investigation. But polls show that in her own state, among members of her own political party, she is in dire straits, to the point where she can't even hold public events for fear of violence.Cheney may eventually emerge as some sort of major conservative, the embodiment of what the Republican Party has given up for Trump's quick solution. It's hard to imagine how he would succeed in influencing so many Republican primary voters not after building a national brand against the most popular figure in the Republican Wyoming elementary school. Road to national nomination. She, her family, and her sister were in the room where these pitches were being made. The former vice president was probably the first to say it was time to consider a new framework. More rooted in the current environment. Know what matters in Washington. Sign up for D.C. letter newsletter.
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