Tag: Liz Cheney
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One of the biggest surprises at the DNC — all the Republicans | Vince Bzdek
One of the things that struck me most about the Democratic National Convention last week was the number of Republicans there, with prominent speaking roles. Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois spoke in prime time Thursday night. “I am proud to be in the trenches with you as part of this sometimes awkward alliance…
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Liz Cheney: Bruised tiger with a mission | Tom Cronin
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Liz Cheney is a Ford-Reagan-Bush-Romney-Dick Cheney Republican. But she is not a Trump Republican. She served as the U.S. representative from Wyoming from 2017 until January 2023. Earlier, she had worked for Fox News for a while after she was a State Department official. She…
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The loneliness of Romney Republicans | Cronin and Loevy
“Romney: A Reckoning,” by McKay Coppins, $32.50 “Enough,” by Cassidy Hutchinson, $30 These two best-selling biographies share the stories of two Republicans who publicly rebuked Donald Trump. Trump responded by castigating Mitt Romney — even though Trump had endorsed Romney for president in 2012. Trump also trashed Cassidy Hutchinson — even though Trump had praised…
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Colorado College alum Liz Cheney delivers commencement speech; graduates turn chairs away from stage in protest
More than 450 Colorado College students, many of whom were forced to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic just a few months after beginning college, celebrated their accomplishments during Sunday’s commencement ceremony at Ed Robson Arena. But the event was marked by a group protest of this year’s commencement speaker, CC alumna Liz Cheney, just minutes…
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What if Watergate had happened today? | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save My kids and I used to love playing Mad Libs, the storytelling game in which you ask somebody for a list of random verbs and nouns and adjectives to inject into blank spaces in a…
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El Paso County GOP mulls punishing Republicans deemed insufficiently Republican
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save El Paso County Republicans plan to decide whether the local party can censure its members for violating its platforms or getting crosswise with GOP leaders. The county GOP’s central committee — made up of precinct leaders, party officers and elected officials — is scheduled to…
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El Paso County Republicans consider banishing members accused of bucking GOP
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Crossing the party line could take on a new meaning in El Paso County if local Republicans adopt a proposed rules change to allow for “formal censure and removal” of party members who cross the GOP. In a move some local Republican officials are comparing…
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Transfer of power in 2021 was eventually ‘peaceful’ | Cronin & Loevy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The United States recently completed its 59th presidential election. We have never postponed one, even in times of war or depression. A few weeks ago we witnessed the 25th transfer of power. The departing president…
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Crow ‘disappointed’ that Colorado Republicans Lamborn, Buck backed lawsuit to overturn election
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, an Aurora Democrat, said Friday that he was concerned some Colorado Republicans were throwing in with efforts by President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory, including…