Bill Kristol

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

“On Jan. 5 Steve Bannon warned that ‘All hell is going to break loose tomorrow.’ All hell did not break loose for Steve Bannon. He was able to broadcast his threat against the republic, nestle in at a luxury hotel, and be back on his podcast the next day.” https://t.co/hS4jQ4X43k — PolitiTweet.org

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“And that’s a theme running through Trumpism. It’s all about gaslighting and cos-play and never admitting a mistake and never saying sorry. Which combines to give permission to people who never want to take responsibility for their actions.” https://t.co/hS4jQ4X43k — PolitiTweet.org

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“The very system that the Trumpists were trying to undermine and overthrow, saved these people from experiencing the same immediate consequences that most people would experience in an attack against the police.” https://t.co/byi7roV7Rd — PolitiTweet.org

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"It had become fashionable ahead of the hearing to dismiss the January 6 committee as an exercise in futility...The Thursday New York Times included columns...preaching the doctrine of hopelessness. But those predictions could prove misguided." https://t.co/0PZpTIaGWG — PolitiTweet.org

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Just recorded an excellent (as usual) @SykesCharlie podcast along with @SarahLongwell25 and @Timodc. (Due to the presence of cool kids Sarah and Tim, Charlie and I didn't discuss our latest British police procedural favorites, so to those of you interested in that--next time!) — PolitiTweet.org

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6. "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it." -- Lincoln, Feb. 27, 1860 END — PolitiTweet.org

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5. "...Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government nor of dungeons to ourselves... — PolitiTweet.org

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4. "...such as Union appeals beseeching true Union men to yield to Disunionists, reversing the divine rule, and calling, not the sinners, but the righteous to repentance--such as invocations to Washington, imploring men to unsay what Washington said, and undo what Washington did. — PolitiTweet.org

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3. "...contrivances such as groping for some middle ground between the right and the wrong, vain as the search for a man who should be neither a living man nor a dead man - such as a policy of 'don't care' on a question about which all true men do care ... — PolitiTweet.org

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2. Lincoln: "If our sense of duty forbids this, then let us stand by our duty, fearlessly and effectively. Let us be diverted by none of those sophistical contrivances wherewith we are so industriously plied and belabored... — PolitiTweet.org

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1. Short 🧵 I wrote that Liz Cheney's presentation "reminded me of some of Lincoln’s speeches...which were similarly plainspoken and evidence-heavy." My friend @michaelwoodtx texted brief excerpts from Lincoln's Cooper Union speech of Feb. 27, 1860. https://t.co/njw61NWL2P — PolitiTweet.org

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"The Trump/GOP is not bothering to refute the evidence that is piling up. The playbook seems to be to delegitimize the committee & change the subject by talking about other things...This is a tell. Some things can’t be defended, they can only be ignored." https://t.co/HFneYWBlQQ — PolitiTweet.org

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"All the Conservatism Inc. types on Twitter, cynically yawning and saying some version of 'nothing to see here' or 'we already know this' are some of the most grotesque actors in our politics." https://t.co/Ywj4X6ZZAr — PolitiTweet.org

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"What it does do is refresh my rage at the Republican apparatus that has worked so tirelessly to memory-hole January 6th...A reminder of what elected Republicans—save the few who voted for impeachment—are willing to justify in the name of political power." https://t.co/rWyR7Fc7Ku — PolitiTweet.org

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"The contrast between the savagery of the mob, and the orderly, legally-constituted procedures of a congressional committee was stark...Cheney’s dignified yet devastating indictment of Trump...walked through the evidence, and confronted the stakes." https://t.co/HFneYWBlQQ — PolitiTweet.org

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The parts of the conservative elite that still have some self-knowledge know Liz Cheney is right. But they can't take a stand against the new MAGA establishment of which they desperately want to be a part. So it's all evasion and deflection. To quote Bill Barr, it's all bullshit. — PolitiTweet.org

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Tons of counter-programming from the Right. But no counter-evidence. — PolitiTweet.org

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I assume this won't happen. But in truth, for the sake of defending democracy and the rule of law, and of constitutional duty: After the Committee's report, the House, in light of new evidence, should impeach Trump again; the Senate should convict and bar him from future office. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alexbward: This statement gets more stark with each read https://t.co/HhDIcAvZgv https://t.co/yishdsUsHx — PolitiTweet.org

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Perhaps the Committee should release Gen Milley's complete testimony ASAP? Trump's dereliction of duty led to a dangerous breakdown in US government chain of command. And of course it wasn't simply dereliction of duty. Trump was on the side of the insurrection. He was its leader. — PolitiTweet.org

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"We all complain, often justifiably, about the failures of our leaders. But the Jan. 6th Committee will do its job. The question is whether we the people will do our duty...Will we make these hearings an inflection point in strengthening our democracy?" https://t.co/njw61NWL2P — PolitiTweet.org

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"The hearings [may] have little practical effect. Churchill’s speeches in the '30s made little difference in the short term...What one can do is make one’s fellow citizens proud. That is what the Committee did tonight. That is what Liz Cheney did tonight." https://t.co/njw61NWL2P — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BulwarkOnline: The committee rises to the occasion. Will we? New from @BillKristol https://t.co/z8AQAO29h4 — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW, from me: "But I am open to the possibility that the hearings will have little practical effect...One can’t guarantee an effect...What one can do is act in a way that makes one’s fellow citizens proud. That is what Liz Cheney did tonight." https://t.co/njw61NWL2P — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @chrislhayes: Honestly, it’s in some ways an obvious point, but an important one: Trump *knew* he lost. He wasn’t just in the grip of de… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @amandacarpenter: The SEVEN ways Trump tried to overthrow the election 1) He spread lies 2) Corrupt plan to oust the AG 3) Corrupt press… — PolitiTweet.org

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Another friend emails: "I thought Cheney was just phenomenal tonight. She was to Kevin McCarthy and Elise Stefanik as Joseph Welch was to Joe McCarthy and Roy Cohn." — PolitiTweet.org

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A friend e-mails: "Not since a dying Stephen Douglass supported Lincoln on the secession crisis has a leader of the opposing party showed more devotion to the Constitution than Liz Cheney showed tonight." — PolitiTweet.org

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Beneath. Contempt. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AccountableGOP: Liz Cheney calls out Trump’s GOP enablers: “Tonight, I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the inde… — PolitiTweet.org