I voted for Trump – twice. Liz Cheney's book and DOJ Jan. 6 indictment changed my mind
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Jason Scott Montoya @JasonSMontoya
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Mar 28, 2024
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“Following the 2020 election, I admit to having stuck my head in the sand as a citizen. I didn’t want to pay much attention to all the ridiculous haranguing about stolen elections and other crazy political rhetoric. I have to admit that I was intrigued by some of the conspiracy theories about ballot stuffing and crooked voting machines.”
Jason Scott Montoya @JasonSMontoya
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Mar 28, 2024
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“Didn’t really give much thought to how it developed and who was behind it. I suppose I just chalked it up to the seemingly never-ending, incredibly irresponsible behavior that has become all too common in our country. Then came the Jan. 6 Select Committee investigation and more political haranguing, finger-pointing and fighting. It made me nauseous. I didn’t want to hear it, didn’t want to see it.”
Jason Scott Montoya @JasonSMontoya
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Mar 28, 2024
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“I came away from the book thinking that Liz Cheney is an intelligent, highly organized, honest and patriotic American citizen. Her most impressive attribute is that she is a politician for whom honoring the Constitution and the rule of law comes above all else, including her own political career. She readily sacrificed her career as a member of Congress in order to communicate the truth.”
Jason Scott Montoya @JasonSMontoya
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Mar 28, 2024
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“I was very surprised and proud of myself having read the entire book! More surprising is what an impact it has had on my thinking about Trump’s role in the whole process of attempting to overturn the results of the election and the incitement of the Jan. 6 mob attack on the Capitol. I even went further after finishing Liz’s book. I was inspired to read the entire Executive Summary of the official finding of the Jan. 6 Select Committee, which is about 100 pages of a pdf document not including about 800 footnotes! Finally, I have read the actual indictment filed by the Justice Department against Mr. Trump. All three documents, the book, the findings and the indictment are very clear, well documented and all tell a very consistent story.”
Jason Scott Montoya @JasonSMontoya
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Mar 28, 2024
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“Practically all of the witnesses who testified at the committee hearings were members of Trump’s own party. They were his advisers, his supporters, his employees. And the most scary element of all is that he clearly incited the ugly incident at the Capitol, and once it was underway, he actively avoided taking steps to stop it even while hundreds of people were injured and some were killed. Further, and equally dangerously enlightening is the number of Republican politicians who supported Trump’s irrationality and disturbing behavior and continue to do so to this day.”