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submitted 9 months ago by DevCat@lemmy.world to c/usa@lemmy.ml

“He’s told us what he will do. It’s very easy to see the steps that he will take. People who say, ‘Well, if he’s elected, it’s not that dangerous because we have all of these checks and balances,’ don’t fully understand the extent to which the Republicans in Congress today have been co-opted. One of the things that we see happening today is a sort of a sleepwalking into dictatorship in the United States. If you look at what Donald Trump is trying to do, he can’t do it by himself. He has to have collaborators. And the story of Mike Johnson is a story of, of a collaborator and of someone who knew then – and knows now – that what he’s doing and saying is wrong, but he’s willing to do it in an effort to please Donald Trump. And that’s what makes it dangerous.” – Former Rep. Liz Cheney, speaking to CBS News.

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[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago

Pretty hilarious how Cheney has now become a liberal icon.

[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago

Liberals long for the bush/clinton years, it was a big reason Hillary Clinton still has the support she has.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml -3 points 9 months ago

Indeed, it's the nostalgia for a time when liberal world view was essentially unchallenged.

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