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One thing Washington politicians and Hollywood celebrities have in common is a tendency to give themselves meaningless and unearned awards, and this week President Joe Biden took the practice to a whole new level of absurdity.
On Thursday, former Wyoming House representative, and prominent Trump hater, Liz Cheney received the Presidential Citizens Medal for co-chairing the House Select Committee on the January 6 attack with the other co-chair, Representative Bennie Thompson. ,
Biden awards Liz Cheney, Jan. 6 A medal to the chairman of the committee: America ‘is better because of his dedication’
So, the point is this: No matter how one feels about the events of J6, the January 6 committee, with its dazzling prime-time hearing, was an abject and complete failure by any reasonable measure.
The American people were promised a smoking gun that would end Donald Trump’s political career forever. Instead, Cheney and Thompson delivered a bone-dry super soak. Oh, and by the way, Trump is scheduled to be back in office in two weeks.
Cheney’s hatred of Donald Trump may cause her to lose her seat in the House. (AP Photo/Julia Demari Nikhinson; Reuters/Kevin Lamarck)
Keep it up guys! Here is your medal.
How big a failure was the Soviet-style show trial, under Cheney’s leadership? Well, according to Monmouth University, before the hearing in 2022, 42 percent of Americans held Trump directly responsible for the riot on January 6, and after the farcical spectacle, that number dropped to 38 percent.
Millions of dollars were wasted, thousands of man hours were wasted, a former ABC News producer was brought in to polish things up and to no avail, as the American people know whenever they see something like this. This is a sham test.
After all, this is the same Liz Cheney who, before falling victim to Trump Derangement Syndrome, said in 2020 that the FBI’s actions against Trump during Russiagate “looked like a coup, and even” “Treason” may also occur.
But by the summer of 2022, Cheney has a chance to get rid of Donald Trump once and for all and restore the Republican Party to good old-fashioned establishments like its own.
Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS). The person who chaired the January 6 committee also received a medal. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) ((Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images))
Cheney argued that Trump was an insurgent who illegally opposed the certification of ballots in a free and fair election! Of course, never mind that co-chair Thompson himself refused to vote to certify the 2004 election. He was apparently different somehow.
At these hearings, a parade of disgruntled former White House officials and a handful of Capitol Police officers were lavishly praised from a stage filled with Trump-hating Democrats and two Republicans, Cheney and Representative Adam Kinzinger, who might have hated it. Trump even more so.
What really happened to Cheney was how unbearable she became when she became obsessed with Trump.
The entire ridiculous enterprise had the utmost fidelity to the fairness of tossing a coin and shouting, “Heads I win, tails you lose.”
And speaking of losing, midway through the committee’s ten televised hearings in the summer of 2022, Liz Cheney lost her primary to Harriet Hageman by nearly 40 points. The fire of hatred towards Donald Trump ultimately consumed Liz Cheney’s political career.
What really happened to Cheney was how unbearable she became when she became obsessed with Trump.
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Nothing else matters. Not the border, not the economy, not Joe Biden’s corruption or incompetence. The only thing that existed in the universe was the unique and evil perceived threat of Trump.
Even the lackluster Kamala Harris campaign brought out old Angry Liz to stoke fear among the non-existent “Republicans for Harris.” Trump’s staunchest critics are unable to understand why not everyone is waking up in a cold sweat like they are.
Liz Cheney could stand with her party and her caucus in 2022. She could have refused to participate in Trump’s unfair trial even while criticizing him. If she had done this, she would probably still be in Congress. But, instead, the insufferable scion of the Cheney political dynasty threw it all away because she thought she knew better than the people she served.
Now, instead of a seat in the corridors of power, Cheney has a worthless toy handed to her by a defeated, lame-duck president.
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Who can say what’s next for Liz? Maybe she should have her own Netflix special, after all, if someone extremely unpopular like Meghan Markle can get a show, maybe someone as insufferable as Cheney can too.
Perhaps, one day Cheney will add an Emmy to her Presidential Citizens Medal, but one thing is for sure: Liz Cheney will never again be anywhere near power in the Republican Party, and that’s very good news indeed.
Enjoy the medal, Liz. And early retirement.
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