Cheney is right to remind us that it takes real commitment to be such free men and women, writes QuinHillyer.
Better yet, she put that praise into a broader context, focusing less on President Donald Trump's specific effort to overturn the 2020 election than on the importance of defending the peaceful transition of power and on"the defense of our republic, the defense of the constitutional foundations of our nation.""I left the House floor that night, and I walked to Statuary Hall," she said.
In a bit of profound symbolism, she said that among the eight murals above the resting SWAT teams was one that"depicts George Washington resigning his commission. At this moment in 1793 depicted in the painting, Washington voluntarily relinquished power. He handed control of the Continental Army back to Congress."
To defend that freedom, some 140 officers were injured in the line of duty, a large number of them seriously. Cheney paid tribute to them but then made her message more about what all of us must do, not just in the crucible of one riot but as citizens for life of a morally grounded, freedom-enshrining constitutional republic.
Then, Cheney said this should be our commission:"In a republic, there are no bystanders, there are no spectators. As citizens, every one of us has a duty to set aside partisan battles and stand together to perpetuate and preserve our great republic."
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