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Twitter Overrun with Speculation Over Cheney Purge: ‘Trump Republicans are Not Republicans — They’re Fascists’

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As everyone knew and predicted, the GOP House caucus dumped Liz Cheney from their number three position this morning. Somewhat surprisingly, the decision was made by voice vote, nothing written down, very little discussed afterward (so far.) It is dangerous to read too much into the “voice vote” and lack of information on the vote totals, but given that the entire point of this endeavor was to please Donald Trump, if the vote would have pleased Donald Trump, it would likely have hit the news.

Maybe the vote wasn’t the type that would please Donald Trump. Kevin McCarthy may call Trump later today and lie, saying that the support was “overwhelming,” and maybe that will be true. As said, maybe it is not.

What is true is that some surprising developments occurred in the run-up to the vote, none more surprising than Joni Ernst’s letter in support of Liz Cheney’s right to speak her mind. Ernst didn’t go so far as to say that Cheney is correct in calling the MAGA response a “lie,” nor that Biden legitimately won the election. Ernst is no hero. And yet no one said she had to back Cheney either. Perhaps Ernst is implying that Cheney “has a point.”

Whatever one wants to make of the days leading to the inevitable, there is a palpable sense that the Republican party is different today than yesterday. Of course, there was never any doubt that there was the “Trump-is-god” wing, and the “I’ll Support Trump when I need” wing. But there’s something different today, one can feel it. The GOP just sacrificed a woman with impeccable conservative credentials and a powerful family name, for a woman that doesn’t have a great conservative voting record and until two weeks ago was almost unheard of. TheMAGAs just gave the country the single clearest sign yet that from this point forward, fealty to Trump is an entry-level requirement for any Republican politician in Washington hoping to play any role in anything, at least in the House.

If a group of Republicans decided to go “rogue” (to use a statement from the past) and remove itself from the MAGA caucus, it would be one powerful group. That group would be necessary to “take the House back” in 2022 and might provide some cover to move votes in the Senate. It is something for them to consider and Democrats would be smart to reach out to them in “some” negotiations.

Twitter is overrun this morning with similar thoughts:

There are a lot more, and the vast majority are mocking the GOP eating their own.

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Jason
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Jason Miciak is a political writer, features writer, author, and attorney. He is originally from Canada but grew up in the Pacific Northwest. He now enjoys life as a single dad raising a ridiculously-loved young girl on the beaches of the Gulf Coast. He is very much the dreamy mystic, a day without learning is a day not lived. He is passionate about his flower pots and studies philosophical science, religion, and non-mathematical principles of theoretical physics. Dogs, pizza, and love are proof that God exists. "Above all else, love one another."

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