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ruthieduthie 's review for:
Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
by Liz Cheney
This is an important but chilling book. Calmly and clearly it relates the events in Washington DC on January 6th 2020, and analyses exactly how these events, and actions taken by the then President, constituted an assault on American democracy. No-one can be left in doubt that there are ways according to the Constitution that election results can be challenged (through the judicial system) but that Congress has no say in the matter apart from officially declaring the result. To do so would be tantamount to disenfranchising the electorate. The judicial challenges were made and rejected in all but one case. Nevertheless the then President tried to force Congress into overturning the result, culminating in the events of January 6th 2020.
The first part of the book describes these events, while the second part concentrates on the Select Committee proceedings which elicited much of this information. The Congressional Republican Party does not come well out of this, apparently preferring to kowtow to the former President than say and do what their consciences must surely have urged them by standing up for the Constitution and democracy.
Liz Cheney should be applauded for her calm and rational exposition. One is just left wondering why the former President is still free to walk the streets, let alone be a potential presidential candidate.
The first part of the book describes these events, while the second part concentrates on the Select Committee proceedings which elicited much of this information. The Congressional Republican Party does not come well out of this, apparently preferring to kowtow to the former President than say and do what their consciences must surely have urged them by standing up for the Constitution and democracy.
Liz Cheney should be applauded for her calm and rational exposition. One is just left wondering why the former President is still free to walk the streets, let alone be a potential presidential candidate.