White House lowers support for Dick Cheney
The White House lowered the flag in memory of Vice President Dick Cheney, who died at the age of 84.
WASHINGTON – Vice President J.D. Vance lashed out at former two-term Vice President Dick Cheney, a Trump critic who died last week, as he discussed his approach to the job with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a MAHA health event.
Mr. Kennedy said that while Lind B. Johnson felt sidelined as vice president by his uncle, former President John F. Kennedy, Mr. Cheney “seemed to actually run the county” during the George W. Bush administration.
“As it turns out, it’s not very good,” interjected Vance with a laugh.
Kennedy responded, “We agree with that.”
Mr. Cheney died on November 3 of complications from pneumonia and cardiovascular disease. He passed away at the age of 84. Funeral services will be held on November 20th at the Washington National Cathedral.
The former Wyoming congressman, White House chief of staff and secretary of defense was an architect of the “war on terror” and defended the Bush administration’s interrogation and indefinite detention of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay. He is considered the most powerful vice president in American history.
President Donald Trump said the Bush administration made a “mistake” in bringing the country into war with Iraq. Mr. Vance has also been critical of the war he saw up close as a combat correspondent for the Marine Corps in 2005.
President Trump has not commented on Cheney’s death, and the White House suggested last week that it was not involved in funeral arrangements.
Hours after Cheney’s family announced her death on Nov. 4, White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt said, “I don’t think the White House is involved in that plan, or at least hasn’t started yet. We know the president is aware of the former vice president’s passing, and as you can see, the flags were lowered to half-staff in accordance with statutory law.”
Former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, daughter of the former Republican vice president, is also an outspoken critic of Trump. She lost the 2021 primary for the House seat to a pro-Trump challenger after voting in favor of impeaching the Republican president over the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
She and her father supported former Vice President Kamala Harris against Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
“After voters rejected him, he used lies and violence to try to steal the last election and maintain his power,” Dick Cheney said at the time. “We cannot allow him to assume power again. As citizens, each of us has an obligation to put country above party and uphold the Constitution.”
Contributor: Kinsey Crowley
