Posted on 08/18/2022 4:54:19 PM PDT by cotton1706
Tuesday night, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming lost the Republican primary by 37 points to Harriet Hageman. Cheney has drawn relentless fire from Donald Trump for being one of two Republicans on the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection. Hageman, on the other hand, ran on a platform of advocating Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 election and denouncing efforts to investigate the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Late Tuesday, Trump gloated about Cheney's loss, posting that "Cheney should be ashamed of herself" for standing up against Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The very next day, Georgia's Republican governor, Brian Kemp, filed a 121-page motion asking a judge to reject a subpoena to testify in a case investigating Trump's efforts to steal the state's electoral votes from President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
On the surface, these two events may seem unrelated. The timing, however, is likely not a coincidence.
Kemp has gained an undeserved reputation as a "moderate" since Trump's failed coup efforts in 2020, largely because he refused to void out Biden's win in Georgia in 2020 and declare Trump the winner instead. But Kemp's resistance to Trump's anti-democracy efforts has been reluctant, at best.
Cheney's primary defeat was expected, but there can be no doubt that the size of it sent a chilling message to the rest of the party: Stand by Trump or else. With his refusal to testify against Trump, it seems Kemp got the message loud and clear.
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Ignorant democrat scrunt seems to think Kemp came up with a 121 page motion over night. Right.
Vote Kemp out.
Worse than Cheney in that his anti-Trump actions had consequences.
Important that his career end.
Yes. GA deserves Abrams. Then maybe they’ll pull their heads out of their butts.
Amanda Marcotte - the WORST!!
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Yup, no bias detected in that article at all. /s
Maybe Trump should Endorse Abrams. And do it with enthusiasm so he burns down Atlanta one more time.
Good,
Cheney is roadkill at this point.
A rather large Orange Semi was last seen in the vicinity.
Kemp would only hurt his election chances if he decides to play ‘patty cake’ with the kangaroo committee.
“Stand by Trump or else.”
She gets it.
All that has to happen is that conservative portion of the Georgia conservative-Republican coalition stays home to wash its hair on "election day" in November, and lets those Georgia Republicans take on the non-existent Democrat ballot mules, and the Fulton County ballot wondergirls Shaye Moss & Ruby Freeman.
The Donald should say, “Vote for the candidate with the most integrity . . . Stacey Abrams.”
“...Kemp came up with a 121 page motion over night.”
Maybe it was prepared as a just-in-case. Editors have obits written ahead of time. Outcomes of elections, win OR lose, are pre-written.
So much for this guy being motivated by "principles."
He's a coward.
So the fake news gave up on every election trump endorsed being a referendum because the wins are so numerous and HUGE
MSN is butthurt after their buddy Lez was squashed like a fat worm and it shows
“Amanda Marcotte - the WORST!!”
She might really be the worst.
yes indeed.
He will defy the prosecutor until after the election, and then he will say anything to prosecutor wants him to say against Trump. If you’re dumb enough to vote for him, don’t be angry when he turns on you (Trump) after the election.
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