Move over Abe! ABC’s Karl Compares Liz Cheney to Teddy Roosevelt

Days after recently ousted anti-Trump Congresswoman Liz Cheney laughably compared herself to former Republican President Abraham Lincoln, ABC’s This WeekJonathan Karl, the co-moderator, took it one step further by comparing Cheney with former President Theodore Roosevelt. The ahistorical idol worship didn’t end there, USA TodaySusan Page, bureau chief, suggested Cheney may have the same ideology-based long-term impact on GOP voters as Bernie Sanders on the Democrat Party. 

After first declaring Cheney the face of the “opposition to Donald Trump in this country,” Karl turned to Page who happily noted how Cheney told Karl during an exclusive interview that “she’ll be campaigning for some Democrats, who are running against election deniers” and gushed that Cheney “has the statute and the ability to raise money to have an influence on some of those races.” 

 

 

Page wouldn’t rule out the possibility that Cheney could run for president in the future: “Liz Cheney is 56 years old, she can run for president in 2024 or 2028, or 2032. Sometimes there are political figures who seem to be making symbolic stances and you look back with the benefit of some hindsight, and you see the influence they had on their party and the country,” she gushed. 

“Bernie Sanders who not everyone took very seriously at the beginning and who had a great effect on his party. We’ll see if Liz Cheney has a similar course,” Page proclaimed. 

Karl jumped in to compare Cheney to Teddy Roosevelt noting how “you could say Teddy Roosevelt left the Republican Party, ran as the Bull Moose candidate, and then the party actually tried to recruit him eight years later to run as a Republican again.” 

Atlantic staff writer Mark Leibovich chimed in to celebrate the fact that it seemed to him that Cheney “has committed not only to sort of take down Donald Trump but to take down the sickness of her party.” 

Leibovich speculated: “she’s talking about denial, she’s talking about election denial, January 6 denial. The question now is whether she will go in for climate denial or COVID denial.  

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ABC’s This Week
August 21, 2022
Eastern 9:16 a.m. 

JONATHAN KARL – Susan, you could say Liz Cheney doesn’t have a path to the Republican nomination. Democrats will remember why they don’t like her. However, if she does run for president, it is clear that she is currently the face of opposition to Donald Trump. So what’s she got to do with the new political organisation? 

SUSAN PAGE: In the short term she told you she would campaign against election deniers, she confirmed that means she’ll be campaigning for some Democrats, who are running against election deniers, she has the statute and the ability to raise money to have an influence on some of those races. Who knows what the future holds for long-term? Political life isn’t a straight-line. Liz Cheney, 56, can run in the 2024, 2028 or 2032 elections. Sometimes, political figures take symbolic stances. If you have some backsight, you will see their impact on the party and country. I’m thinking, Bernie Sanders who not everyone took very seriously at the beginning and who had a great effect on his party. We’ll see if Liz Cheney has a similar course. 

KARL

Mark, What is your opinion on this role? 

MARK LeIBOVICH (Male): She has, well, she would probably say she unleashed but before the election she seemed pretty unrestrained. However, I believe that she will continue to be a very relevant figure within her party. 

It seems she is thinking a lot more than January 6. She’s talking about denial, she’s talking about election denial, January 6 denial. Is she going to COVID or climate denial? These are just some of the things she will do moving forward. But ultimately, I think she’s gonna raise a ton of money and I think she’ll get a ton of media attention and I think that she, her place in our politics is solidified for the time being and probably beyond next year.

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