Liz Cheney's primary defeat tells us today's Republicans want lawmakers who listen, not lecture
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Liz Cheney's primary defeat on Tuesday in Wyoming was not really about her antipathy for Trump. I was about how the Republican Party has changed since her father was vice president.
Republican voters have learned a lesson. They are in charge, and politicians who refuse to be responsive to them can be ignominiously shown the door. Even if their name is Cheney. David Marcus is a columnist living in New York City and the author of "Charade: The Covid Lies That Crushed A Nation."
The pre-populist GOP, perhaps best exemplified by the 2012 presidential ticket of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, was a party whose candidates told voters, "I am smart, I am competent, and I will do what I know is best for you."
Beginning with Donald Trump, but now with Govs. Ron DeSantis, Glenn Youngkin and a cavalcade of populists behind them, the Republican Party’s message is squarely, "elect us and we will do what you want us to."