Never in a zillion years would I have imagined myself saying what I am about to say … which is that I fear that U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney is going to lose her fight to stay in Congress. 

I have seen some recent polling data that suggest that Cheney is going to lose by 20 percentage points to a challenger who’s been endorsed by Donald John Trump, the twice-impeached former POTUS who has declared Cheney — a fellow Republican — to be Public Enemy No. 1.

And why? Well, Cheney has determined that Trump is a lawless buffoon, a danger to democracy and an existential threat to the security of this nation. Why does she say that?

Because of the 1/6 insurrection that Trump incited.

Cheney is serving on the House select committee examining the insurrection and has been a stalwart, stellar champion for the rule of law. She has declared that one cannot be “loyal to Trump and be loyal to the Constitution.” She has chosen to honor her congressional oath, which pledges loyalty to the governing document.

For that she is likely to be punished by losing her GOP primary battle next month.

A lot of center-left, Democrat-leaning American patriots — such as yours truly — are sickened by the notion of Cheney losing to a Trumpkin.

Let me be clear once again. Liz Cheney is far too conservative a politician for my taste. However, she has earned my undying respect and admiration for standing up for the rule of law.

I will admit that her ferocious defense of the rule of law against Donald Trump’s cavalier notion that he stands above the law has all but wiped the slate clean as far as her previous record is concerned.

It’s not a lead-pipe cinch that she will lose the primary in Wyoming. However, it appears to be looking that way. And for that, the Republican primary voters in Wyoming should cower in shame.

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Roll this one around for a moment: A critic of this blog believes U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney is a “sellout” because she doesn’t profess loyalty to Donald J. Trump.

This critic, a fellow with whom I worked at the Amarillo Globe-News — and a guy I still consider to be a friend — predicts that Cheney will lose badly in the Wyoming GOP primary in August. He’s probably right. However, it is worth asking: why?

She is likely to lose because most Wyoming Republican primary voters believe the same as my critic/friend, that she has “sold out.”

To whom? Or to what?

I want to be clear about something. Liz Cheney remains an ardent conservative lawmaker. She is far too conservative for my taste. However, she takes her responsibilities seriously and is faithful to the core of her being to them.

My view is that she has sold her soul to the search for truth behind the 1/6 insurrection. Cheney has sold out, too, to the oath she took when she joined Congress nearly eight years ago. That oath was to the United States Constitution, to the laws of the land and to the government; she did not pledge an oath to an individual.

Cheney is a “sellout”? If that’s how these right-wing, Trumpkin Cabal of Kooks define the term … well, I welcome it!

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Liz Cheney is stealing the show at the 1/6 House select committee televised hearings.

It’s a cinch that the Wyoming Republican member of Congress — one of its most conservative members — is emerging as the star of the hearing to determine whether Donald Trump should be prosecuted for inciting the 1/6 insurrection against the federal government.

I want to join a University of Texas professor in proclaiming that although Cheney is far from my favorite member of Congress, she has earned my respect and admiration for the way she has handled herself in the face of stern opposition … from those within her own party!

Richard Cherwitz writes in The Hill: Perhaps most noteworthy was Cheney’s withering message to her fellow Republicans. It was rhetorically powerful and no doubt will be remembered for a long time: “Tonight, I say this to our Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.”

I’m no fan of Liz Cheney, but she has earned my respect (msn.com)

Cheney is a right-winger, to be sure. I oppose her on critical issues of the day: on abortion, on gun control, on judicial appointments. You name it and I am likely to take a different view from those espoused by Rep. Cheney.

However, we do share a common interest. It is fealty to the Constitution. She has said repeatedly that she and her fellow members of Congress took the same oath, that they are faithful to the Constitution. She has parted company with most of her GOP colleagues, though, on whether they are more faithful to Donald Trump than they are to the nation’s governing document.

Compare her rhetoric to what we hear coming from many of the Trumpkins who are serving in the House. She argues that Donald Trump should be held accountable for his actions on 1/6; the Trumpkin Corps says “Pfftt! Why does that matter?”

Trump has endorsed a GOP opponent running against Cheney in the primary election this year. I don’t know whether Liz Cheney will lose that fight. I hope she survives. Why? Because we need more people in Congress who are loyal to the Constitution and who show courage when faced with political pressure from within their own partisan ranks.

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