Watching hearings last night
on January 6
hard not to be wildly impressed
by Liz Cheney’s courage and clarity
last night she was the moral voice
outraged disgusted taking on Trump
and her own party she could not
have been more clear graphic
footage stark testimony
(Officer Edwards! Even Ivanka!)
showing the depth of the attack
dishonor and shame
and we who were watching
held on to hope that maybe
people even Fox News
could hear her now.
Sadly, I don’t think that Fox News and probably their followers were impressed. I accidentally tune into the Fox News channel right after the hearings and they were saying that the hearings were a gaslighting and that it was all ridiculous and white about the “riots“ that happened in the summer of 2020 in relation to Black Lives Matter. I think they are a hopeless case. Maybe some viewers of their persuasion might have changed their minds after the footage that we saw but I am not optimistic.
This is a very topsy turvy, dark time but I feel hope for the long game because truth and justice, democracy and equality DO have value to many Americans. Getting there will be circuitous and long. Cheney and Thompson did a great job. Civil servants exist. That was great to witness.