by jpitney | Nov 11, 2021 | civic virtue, Patriotism
Fox News interview, November 7: CHRIS WALLACE:Congresswoman Cheney, how do you balance being partisan and patriotic? REP. LIZ CHENEY:You know, I think a lot of it has to do with being focused on substance and recognizing that there are places where we’re going to...
by jpitney | Jul 28, 2021 | Congress, House of Representatives, Insurrection
Text of the Statement: Thank you very much, Chairman Thompson. Thank you to all of my colleagues on this committee, and thank you to each of the witnesses appearing before us today. It is because of you — you held the line, you defended all of us, you defended the...
by jpitney | May 12, 2021 | Insurrection
by jpitney | May 6, 2021 | civic virtue, Congress, Constitution, Election Security, Elections, Electoral College
Liz Cheney: I am a conservative Republican, and the most conservative of conservative values is reverence for the rule of law. Each of us swears an oath before God to uphold our Constitution. The electoral college has spoken. More than 60 state and federal courts,...
by jpitney | May 5, 2021 | Civility, Congress
In Profiles in Courage, JFK wrote: [W]hat then caused the statesmen mentioned in the preceding pages to act as they did? It was not because they “loved the public better than themselves.” On the contrary it was precisely because they did love themselves...
