Following her resounding primary defeat last night, lame-duck U.S. Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) tried to compare herself to Abraham Lincoln in a speech.
Cheney pointed out that Lincoln had both lost a House and a Senate race prior to being elected president.
Despite Cheney’s history lesson being accurate, the circumstances were certainly far different in Lincoln’s case.
Lincoln won the House seat the following election after he lost the Whig party nomination and it was also his first attempt at a higher office after being a state legislator.
In regards to the Senate, Lincoln lost due to the fact that the state legislature elected the Senators at the time and Democrats held the majority.
Liz Cheney hints at run for President: "Abraham Lincoln was defeated in elections for the Senate and House before he won the most important election of all…"
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) August 17, 2022
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U.S. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) fired back at Cheney’s comparison attempt in a tweet.
“A clear message is being sent about what the Republican Party needs to be,” Greene declared.
Greene explained that “It’s not anything like liar Liz Cheney, who is nothing like Abraham Lincoln.”
A clear message is being sent about what the Republican Party needs to be.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) August 17, 2022
It’s not anything like liar Liz Cheney, who is nothing like Abraham Lincoln.
After Cheney told NBC News that she is thinking about running for president, Greene stated in a quote tweet of a clip of her interview, “.@RepLizCheney has a mental illness called Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
“Just like the rest of the globalists who are obsessed with power and money and don’t give a damn about America or the good hard working American people. Our party is no longer her party, she’s the Uniparty,” Greene insisted.
.@RepLizCheney has a mental illness called Trump Derangement Syndrome.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) August 17, 2022
Just like the rest of the globalists who are obsessed with power and money and don’t give a damn about America or the good hard working American people.
Our party is no longer her party, she’s the Uniparty. https://t.co/3Gu7NF8JDz
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