Liz Cheney: I was wrong' in opposing gay marriage in past

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By JOSH BOAK

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Liz Cheney says she was wrong to oppose gay marriage in the past, a stand that once split her family.

Cheney, R-Wyo., a fierce critic of fellow Republican Donald Trump, also tells CBS News’ “60 Minutes” that she views her reelection campaign as the most important House race in the nation as forces aligned with the former president try to unseat her. She voted to impeach Trump over his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

In the interview aired Sunday night, Cheney said she had little affection for President Joe Biden, who she believes has embraced harmful polices for the economy and national security with the Afghanistan withdrawal. “But the alternative cannot be a man who doesn’t believe in the rule of law, and who violated his oath of office,” Cheney said.

The daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney was an ascendant Republican leader before the Jan. 6 riot, yet she is increasingly defined by her public opposition to Trump and his hold on the GOP. Cheney, 55, noted that she still talks with her father every night and that they share the same views on rejecting Trump.



FILE - In this July 27, 2021 file photo, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wy., listens to testimony from Washington Metropolitan Police Department Officer Daniel Hodges during the House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jim Bourg/Pool via AP, File)


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[Skittles]

1. LOL

a CHENEY talking about RULE OF LAW

[Joinfortmill]

2. I saw. For me, with her it's a bit of,

"the enemy of my enemy is my friend" ...sort of.

[FoxNewsSucks]

6. She's still the enemy.

When it was politically expedient she threw her own sister under the bus and got her rancid walking corpse of a daddy to go along with it.

She may be anti-tRump, but that is only because the MAGAts are in the way of HER power-grab. She couldn't give a rat's ass about us, the Constitution or anything else. They're in the way of her ilk, that's all.

[wnylib]

19. +1000.

[onetexan]

36. +1 -K&R

[bucolic_frolic]

3. The war over which set of right wing crooks will fleece America rages on

Trickle down was cooked up as early as 1820 in Britain, revived in the 1880s, and the 1920s, and the 1990s. It never rained, it just drizzled. Republicans offer nothing but excuses and empty promises that allow them to scalp workers and the environment. The bitch is bald now, everyone knows what is going on.

[dflprincess]

4. Liz Cheney is an opportunist

She was willing to throw her own sister under the bus when she thought it mght bring her a few votes. Now that supporting marriage equality makes her look like a "reasonable Republican" she's changed her tune.

Just because she was right about Trump doesn't mean she's right about much else.

[cadoman]

5. is she looking for a landing spot in the Democratic Party??

Almost feels like it.

[FoxNewsSucks]

7. No. MAGAts are in her way.

That's all there is to it.

[Rebl2]

9. Hardly

She has no use for President Biden and his policies. Like someone else said she is an opportunist.

[Autumn]

24. You should watch it just to hear what she said about Biden and the Democrats.

She can land on a red hot poker and that will make me happy. Every time a republican says something hateful about her I enjoy it.

[Javaman]

31. +1000 nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. "I was wrong. I was wrong." says Rep Liz Cheney about condemning same-sex marriage

Link to tweet

[BradAllison]

10. Phony like her dad n/m

[fantase56]

11. Positioning herself for 2024..... n/t

[IronLionZion]

13. I doubt she'll be reelected in Wyoming

let alone run for president

[maxsolomon]

29. She could pull a Murkowski and run as an Independent

after losing the primary to a nutcase.

The few Librulz living in WY would cross over to keep a Trumpist out. Might just be enough to get her to the finish line.

[Hulk]

12. Well, sure she's for "gay marriage".....these repuKKKes have ZERO empathy for anyone....

....if it doesn't directly affect them. Couldn't care less.

Even the most evil son-of-a-bitch walking upright today, darth cheney and his fire-breathing witch for a bride, are also for gay marriage.....BECAUSE, AND ONLY BECAUSE their daughter is gay.

If they didn't have a gay family member, they'd be fighting gay marriage with all the rest of the cult and gQp stooges.

[OnDoutside]

18. Isn't that the point with Republicans though ? They're against everything

until it affects them personally.

[Achilles Skye]

14. Democrats were correct all along...

right Liz?

[PoliticAverse]

15. "she views her reelection campaign as the most important House race in the nation"

Of course she does.

[BradAllison]

25. LOL

Wyoming shouldn't have a rep, never mind two fucking Senators. They're all so self reliant right?

[Behind the Aegis]

16. That's nice.

[Corgigal]

17. You weren't wrong,

you were lying for political points against a family member.

[Rhiannon12866]

20. 60 Minutes video: Liz Cheney now supports same-sex marriage

The Republican Congresswoman tells 60 Minutes she has reversed her 2013 statements about same-sex marriage: “I was wrong.” Aired on 09/06/2021.

[markie]

21. of course she was wrong...

and she still is wrong about many other things... the one thing she has right is opposing trump... not enough to support her

[Sherman A1]

22. That's nice

What an opportunist……..

[Ray Bruns]

23. Rep. Liz Cheney says she was wrong to oppose gay marriage in the past,

Anyone check the temperature in Hell today?

[CTyankee]

26. Get to "pro-choice" on abortion and maybe I'll listen to you. But you've got a way to get there.

What you don't seem to realize is that being "pro-choice" on abortion doesn't mean that more women will run out and get one. Look it up.

[NurseJackie]

27. I'm very happy to hear it.

[Pluvious]

28. Additional excerpts re her gay sister...

The full context:

Liz Cheney famously broke with her family in 2013 by opposing gay marriage ahead of a failed Senate bid. Her objections caused a rift with her sister, Mary, a married lesbian. Mary’s spouse, Heather Poe, posted on Facebook that year that Cheney’s position was offensive and that “I always thought freedom meant freedom for EVERYONE.”

In the interview, Cheney said her opposition to gay marriage was misguided and she channeled her sister-in-law’s Facebook post in explaining why she changed her position.

“I was wrong. I was wrong,” she said. “It’s a very personal issue — and very personal for my family. I believe that my dad was right. And my sister and I have had that conversation ... Freedom means freedom for everybody.”

[maxsolomon]

30. Her dad wasn't right in 2004.

No problem using prejudice to get re-elected.

[Marcuse]

32. Liz is still wrong. Stopped clock ....

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) told "Axios on HBO" that she won't support Democrats in their fight against the GOP's push for more restrictive voting laws — a sign that she'll be no hero to the resistance.
[link:https://www.axios.com/liz-cheney-trump-voting-laws-20cf8bea-ced3-4cf6-9f57-76e6309166bb.html|

[monkeyman1]

33. well crap , wish Dick would invite TFG to go hunting up in Wyoming ?

but ,think that will happen ! ol'matty g. wasn't to keen on the idea !

[Sapient Donkey]

34. I actually believe that is how she feels....but

I wonder if she always felt that way, but she pretended otherwise because she knew being against gay marriage would work best for her. Which, I think, is probably worse than just being wrong.

[Tom Rinaldo]

35. She took an opportunist stance regarding gay marriage. Now that there is no political upside for her

in opposing it, she regrets her prior stance. Got it. Clearly Liz Cheney is not a woman of unwavering integrity. And even more clearly, she is not our ally on virtually any issue regarding policy. But I don't think that her opposition to Trump is opportunistic on her part. There people in politics who routinely compromise their integrity for political expediency, who still sometimes recognize a line that even they won't cross. A few are even conscious of the role they will play in history. When the ultimate test came, did they or did they not defend our republic and its constitution?

Liz Cheney could have chosen to be another Kevin McCarthy. She didn't.