A review by isabel_reyes
Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney

5.0

is liz cheney…. smart? jk but here are my extremely lengthy notes on this truly remarkable book

quotes:

• “republicans can not both be loyal to donald trump and to the constitution” - liz cheney
• “the press takes trump literally, but not seriously, whereas trump supporters take him seriously, but not literally” - some reporter she quoted in the book
• “the things we do for the orange jesus” - a congressman said this when referring to his support for election fraud claims. most republican congressmen and women chose to placate trump in an attempt to ensure their own political careers rather than uphold the ideals of our republic. house republicans are hostages of trump-ism
• ”i am very sad to say that america can no longer count on a body of elected republicans to protect our republic” - liz cheney
• “if trump is on the ballot in 2024… we will be voting on whether to preserve our republic… this is the cause of our time” - liz cheney (the above two quotes are so so powerful coming from such a prominent republican as liz)

food for thought:

• country over party idea (i actually really like this notion and i wish it wasn’t so strongly connected to republican ideology). i greatly admire republicans who distanced themselves from trump in this time
• mike pence was so close to effectively overthrowing the US government. a ministerial position nearly became the most powerful vote in the world. while certainly not a proponent of mike pence, as an american, i will always be grateful for what he did, or did not do, that day. while this book slightly improved MP in my mind, kevin mccarthy has come to represent a figure who’s placation of DJT was nothing short of despicable
• the confederate flag has only flown in the capital once, and that was on january sixth. not even during the civil war did this happen 
• election denying congressmen and women did not deny the full ballot, just the presidential ballot. if they were fully disbelievers of the 2020 election, they would have contested their own wins to house and senate seats 
• how can someone as well spoken and smart as liz cheney honor such figures as margaret thatcher and ronald reagan? where is the disconnect between her more liberal values (that i will call her smarter values) and her extremely republican economic views? is it simply because she is from wyoming and sees the effects of democratic climate policy on the oil industry there? i would love to hear her speak on this in another book
• additionally, how can you call the republican party the party of lincoln in the same sentence you call it the party of ronald reagan? 
• this book was a love letter to her dad. and while i am definitely no dick cheney supporter, i do appreciate their outspoken love for each other. they were honorably the only republican attendees of a house mourning session for the lost lives of january sixth, which certainly horrifies me for the future of the republican party
• this was a furiously damning work on donald trump. she pulled no punches and i respect that, especially considering liz cheney and i probably see eye to eye on very very few issues. she also knew she was giving up any future in the republican party by heading this committee which is extremely admirable
• this was so so wow