Republican resistance to Trump rings hollow as ‘moderates’ say no on voting rights
by David Smith in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#5V9PD)
Romney, Cheney and others were hailed as the conscience of the party but their deeds in the Senate have provoked accusations of hypocrisy
They have been hailed as the conscience of the Republican party, heroes of the resistance to former US president Donald Trump's hostile takeover.
But Senator Mitt Romney, Congresswoman Liz Cheney and others this month helped kill off a voting rights bill that Democrats say is essential to protecting democracy from a Trump-driven onslaught.
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