Almost makes me wonder if kinda like forcing Biden out if there an escalating list of prominent Rs who waiting to see if they have to publicly weigh in or not.
I don’t think Cheney gets any extra points for the quintessential Republican move of only having empathy when something personally impacts them just because Elon is an even shittier human being.
Cheney is absolutely a shitty human being. But there are still degrees. Liz Cheney is even more complicated. She would probably be Speaker of the House if she hadn’t broken with Trump. Instead she ended her career.
The Cheneys have horrendous political views overall, but they truly care about democracy and they have integrity, and that’s more than you can say of the vast majority of Republicans.
Parents visiting, and my father is a big fan of Dubya. I shared the news that Dick Cheney endorsed Kamala and called Trump the biggest threat to the republic in its history.
You could have heard a pin drop, just awkward silence.
So thankful he doesn’t live in a swing state and we don’t have to really fight about it, although the debate will be interesting if we’re home for it because he thinks Kamala is a total moron and I imagine it’s going to be very obvious she’s not.
It’s been interesting to see him process that California isn’t a shithole. He’s pivoting to “Well, San Francisco must be.”
At the very least if this can’t generate a week worth of articles about the grave concerns it raises about Trump makes plainly obvious how in on this whole thing media is