Welcome to Big To Bae to Differ. The Bulwerks Weekly Roundtable

discussion featuring civil conversation across political spectrum.

We range from center left to center right. I'm Mona Charen, syndicated columnist and

policy editor at the Bulwork and I'm joined by our regulars, Bill Galston of the Brookings Institution in the Wall Street Journal, Damon Linker of the Week, and Linda Chavez of the Niskan Center.

Our special guest this week, making first but I hope not last appearance on Begg to Differ is Washington Post

chief correspondent Dan Balls.

Welcome one and all.

Well, this week, the January 6th committee, about which some people were skeptical when it was formed,

this week it really, it set off fireworks reminding all of us of the

awful events of January 6th the anniversary of which is coming up. So there are so many things to consider. Let's just begin with Liz Cheney's

role here. I'm going to pitch this to you first Linda. I was a little bit critical of Liz Cheney a few

months ago saying you know she was awfully late to the anti-Trump team but I have to say she has really risen to the occasion and really become

the image of what you hope a principal leader will be don't't you? Absolutely.

She has joined my triumvirate of three heroes,

starting with Jinger Patrick, Maggie Thatcher,

and now Liz Cheney. I think she is a real hero in this battle.

And I don't falter for not being more critical of Trump while he was in office in the sense that much of his

agenda she agreed with. Now I happen to disagree with Liz Cheney on a few things immigration.

I think she is not where I am on immigration, but I agree with her on a lot of other things

and more importantly she agreed with Donald Trump in a lot of his policies so I think that

kept her relatively quiet but she's certainly during the last impeachment and certainly after January 6 she rose to be the

leader of the anti-Trump movement on the right and unfortunately she doesn't have a whole lot of

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