Not all Republicans are dedicated to Donald Trump, like former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, who previously endorsed Joe Biden over the former president. Donald Trump does still have a surprisingly supportive base, but it appears to be withering. Still, most Republicans are still propping up the twice impeached one-term president even though he cost them the House, Senate, and the White House.
Whitman tore into House Republicans on Twitter, who are likely about to ouster Rep. Liz from her leadership role because the Wyoming Republican has been critical of Trump following the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.
She said that Cheney is forcing the GOP to face what it has become.
#LizCheney is doing what ONLY someone in her position can do: forcing the party to face what it’s become. When someone who voted with the Republicans more than 80% of the time is booted from leadership because she told the truth about 2020 being a fair & accurate election (1/4)
— Governor Christine Todd Whitman (@GovCTW) May 6, 2021
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election (which has been reaffirmed through 60 different legal challenges), then clearly legislative principles doesn’t matter. The party has come down to a single loyalty test – the support of one man who lost. My father, who was a #GOP state chairman for 10 years, always (2/4)
— Governor Christine Todd Whitman (@GovCTW) May 6, 2021
“Facts don’t care about House Republicans’ feelings,” she tweeted out in a strongly-worded statement.
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— Governor Christine Todd Whitman (@GovCTW) May 6, 2021
She wasn’t done.
described parties as being like umbrellas. The handle represented the party’s principles, and the ribs represented different ways of interpreting those principles & reaching the party’s goals, but everyone was still under the umbrella. That meant you could take different (3/4)
— Governor Christine Todd Whitman (@GovCTW) May 6, 2021
She called her party, and she’s still a Republican, a “cult of loyalty to one person.”
positions; as long as you adhere to the core, you’re still an R or D. With the furor caused by Liz Cheney telling the truth, it’s clear this is no longer the #RepublicanParty, which has become a cult of loyalty to one person. That can’t last & it’s dangerous for our country.(4/4)
— Governor Christine Todd Whitman (@GovCTW) May 6, 2021
She’s not wrong. Ever since Republicans put Donald Trump over the country’s best interests, their party became a cult.
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