On Wednesday, March 12, Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming was removed from her leadership position in the House of Representatives because she refused to go along with Donald Trump's false claims he won the 2020 election.
Trump lost both the popular vote and electoral college by decisive margins.
Meanwhile, many other Republicans have doubled down on the ousted President's conspiracy theories since he still enjoys a wide following among the Republican base.
For instance, George P. Bush, the grandson of former President George H.W. Bush and son of former Presidential Candidate Jeb Bush, took to Twitter to say he supported Cheney's removal.
Unfortunately, in his tweet, the young Bush committed a spelling error that caught Twitter's attention.
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In his tweet, Bush used the wrong form of the word "raining," resulting in an embarrassing mistake.
Apparently this young Bush does not know the difference between 'reigning' and 'raining'.https://twitter.com/shoutingboy/status/1392663457439182849\u00a0\u2026— Social utilitarian--when is government "too big" ? (@Social utilitarian--when is government "too big" ?) 1620874204
reigning? Yeah - you're a Bush alright.— Don (@Don) 1620875294
Barbara Bush would be mortified, not only by the thought but by the English. "Reigning" fire?— Ed Nickinson (@Ed Nickinson) 1620873577
Many online mockingly wondered what George P. Bush could possibly mean.
What does \u201creigning fire\u201d mean?— Hussein Ibish (@Hussein Ibish) 1620873571
If Liz Cheney were actually \u201creigning fire\u201d on Trump, that would make her an elemental spirit from a fantasy novel.\n\nAnyway, the next generation of the Bush family has totally thrown in with Trump and the effort to violently overthrow democracy in the United States.pic.twitter.com/N7rpQfaV6u— Eric Kleefeld (@Eric Kleefeld) 1620870486
pic.twitter.com/KeG79jSf9a— Billy Corben (@Billy Corben) 1620876240
There were others online who felt the actual content of Bush's tweet was more embarrassing than his accidental mistake.
How disappointing to see something like this from a person in the Bush family.— John Thornton (@John Thornton) 1620872355
If he can't see the con now, I doubt that a warning years ago would have helped— \ud83c\udfd2David\u26bd\ufe0f (@\ud83c\udfd2David\u26bd\ufe0f) 1620876507
Being a Bush, you can afford a dictionary. It's "raining" not reigning— Linda Bowser@\ud83c\udfe0\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6\ud83d\ude37 (@Linda Bowser@\ud83c\udfe0\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6\ud83d\ude37) 1620876834
The embrace of Trump by a member of the Bush family—who have long been a staple of the Republican party and Trump critics—is the latest sign of the party's continued fealty to Donald Trump.
Anyone else remember when in 2015 Trump RTed a tweet that said about @georgepbush\u2019s parents \u201c#JebBush has to like the Mexican Illegals because of his wife\u201d? \n\nThen refused to apologize to her \u201cbecause I said nothing wrong\u201d?https://twitter.com/georgepbush/status/1392816807027875843\u00a0\u2026— Jake Tapper (@Jake Tapper) 1620931886
Yes, yes, personal vendettas are bad and that's why ... you support Donald Trump? \n\nWait, that can't be right.— Kevin M. Kruse (@Kevin M. Kruse) 1620910441
We also need leaders who know the difference between "reign" and "rain"— Tom Nichols (@Tom Nichols) 1620877707
It\u2019s even more pitiful that @georgepbush thinks by fixing his misuse of the word \u201creign\u201d he improved his statement.— Amanda Carpenter (@Amanda Carpenter) 1620910108
Bush would later return to Twitter to correct his mistake...but the damage had already been done.
And the new version changed reigning to training.
Republicans deserve leadership that represents the views of their constituents, not their own personal vendettas. We need leaders in Congress that stand up for conservative Republican ideology, and Liz Cheney is not that leader.pic.twitter.com/0Mpo0D6jeW— George P. Bush (@George P. Bush) 1620908378
It seems some Republicans—like George P. Bush—will compromise any of their beliefs and integrity for continued popularity among a base focused on White nationalism, White supremacy and QAnon conspiracy theories—the core of Trump's support.
Leaders lead. They don\u2019t parrot lies. Kissing the ring won\u2019t save your dying career, George. And even if it did, no one needs yet another politician without a spine or core values. You\u2019ll never be a tenth as brave or strong as @Liz_Cheney.pic.twitter.com/FhWalczMwT— Joseph Winberry (@Joseph Winberry) 1620908752
George P. Bush seems to think "conservative idealogy" is about denying the truth if you don't like it and making up facts when the real ones are inconvenient.
Perhaps he needs to learn a lesson or two from Liz Cheney.