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Open Letter on Liz Cheney & the Big Lie

May 4, 2021
https://mailchi.mp/4570b36fd275/7x2chc5hbi?mc_cid=17345fe49f&mc_eid=a696d0184e

Republican Members of Congress: The upcoming leadership vote on Liz Cheney’s role as a leader of the House Republican Conference is about much more than her. The vote is a referendum on the “Big Lie” and whether the Republican Party will continue to embrace a conspiracy theory that poisons our constitutional republic.

Liz Cheney is a principled conservative. In fact, on policy, she is more conservative than most members of the House of Representatives. She opposed large spending initiatives like the $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill last July. She opposed expansion of the Affordable Care Act. She is unapologetically pro-life. Liz Cheney is not a Democrat and this is not a vote about policy disagreements.

House Republicans are mad at Liz Cheney because she possesses the temerity to call out Donald Trump’s lies—about the 2020 election and those that led to the January 6th terrorist attack on our Capitol.

Facts don’t care about House Republicans’ feelings. The election was not stolen; Donald Trump did not win; and the terrorists who attacked our Capitol on January 6th were not peaceful. They deserve no space or apology in American life. Liz Cheney knows that – and any Republican who votes to remove her from House leadership tells the world that the truth doesn’t matter.

We are calling on every member of the House Republican Conference to do three things:

MAKE THE VOTE ON LIZ CHENEY PUBLIC so that your constituents can see where you stand on these critical issues of truth, honor, and our constitutional republic.

PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE YOUR PERSONAL SUPPORT for Liz Cheney continuing her role in House leadership, especially if the conference vote is held in secrecy.

CONDEMN THE BIG LIE. Once and for all, disown the tyranny of lies that led to the tragic events of January 6th and which continues to poison our constitutional republic.

If you fail to do any of the above, the American people can and should assume that you have no respect for facts, no respect for truth, and no respect for our constitutional republic.

Less than 14 days after the Constitutional Convention kicked off in Philadelphia, George Washington wrote a letter to his French friend, Marquis de Lafayette, explaining that his primary motivation in attending the Convention was to prevent a demagogue from seizing power in our young nation and destroying it. He saw “anarchy and confusion” as the chief threats that could threaten the rule of law and security of the American people. Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts also saw this threat clearly. “Demagogues are the great pests of our government,” he said. They are the “pretended patriots,” the unprincipled schemers who prey on the people’s passions to steer the masses toward “baneful measures” through “false reports.”

We know the Founders would have stood next to Liz on the Big Lie. Stand with them and put principles first.

The American people are watching.

Principles First

We know the Founders would have stood next to Liz on the Big Lie. Stand with them and put principles first.

The American people are watching.

Principles First
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We know the Founders would have stood next to Liz on the Big Lie. Stand with them and put principles first.

The American people are watching.

Principles First
Please sign as you would like your name to appear on the letter.

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