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As long as I live I will never fully comprehend it. There should have been a line of honest and wise men a mile long standing behind Cheney on Thursday. But their cowardice, their venality, their shameful abdication of responsibility only served to make this moment in Ripon more powerful.

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[–] sxan@midwest.social 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

She's an ally in this issue. She's demonstrating some backbone; many Republicans oppose Trump, but few are willing to speak out for fear of their jobs. That's what this article is about: the cowardice of the many, and the bravery of a few.

Nobody is saying Liz is a progressive, or any kind of liberal, just that she's standing up against a bully.

Absolutists are at the core of what's wrong with American politics today.