Liz Cheney actually said...
This sacred obligation to defend the peaceful transfer of power has been honored by every American president except one. Standing on the east front of the United States Capitol on a snowy morning in 1961, President Kennedy said in the long history of freedom, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom and its hour of maximum danger. Today, that roll is ours. As we face a threat we have never faced before a former president attempting to unravel our constitutional republic. At this moment, we must all summon the courage to stand against that. The question for every one of us is in this time of testing, will we do our duty? Will we defend our Constitution? Will we stand for truth? Will we put duty to our oath above partisan politics? Or will we look away from danger, ignore the threat, embrace the lies and enable the liar. As we leave here tonight, I ask all of you to remember this sacred duty that is passed to us to remember that in our republic, some things have to matter. The defense of our Republic, the defense of the constitutional foundations of our nation have to matter. In a republic, there are no bystanders, there are no spectators. As citizens, every one of us has a duty to set aside partisan battles and stand together to perpetuate and preserve our great Republic. Ladies and gentlemen, we are engaged in a battle we must win and with courage and clarity and grit. It is a battle we will win.
05/23/2022