Liz Cheney: Displaying Patriotism vs Trumpism
Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump’s radical, fascist-leaning party will call her a “traitor.” The truth is, Liz Cheney is one of the few remaining members of the once Grand Old Party. Her values are not always my values, but she shares one trait we both value above all else: patriotism. We are both loyal Americans who reject an illegitimate presidential candidate who hates our country. The former Representative and daughter of a former Vice-President, joined Kamala Harris during a campaign stop in Wisconsin Thursday. She represents what the Republican Party was and why I have been an Independent voter for my entire adult life. “I was a Republican even before Donald Trump started spray-tanning,” she joked at the event. “Donald Trump was willing to sacrifice our Capitol, to allow law enforcement officers to be beaten and brutalized in his name, and to violate the law and the Constitution in order to seize power for himself,” she later added. “I don’t care if you are a Democrat or a Republica