In a recent campaign ad for his daughter Liz Cheney, who is now campaigning for re-election in Wyoming against Trump-backed challenger Harriet Hageman, former US Vice-President Dick Cheney made an appearance.
The senior Cheney is shown in the ferocious advertisement denouncing former US President Donald Trump as “a coward” and a “danger to our republic”:
“In the 246-year history of our country, no one has posed a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump. He attempted to rig the most recent election by lying and using force to maintain his hold on power when the people rejected him. The coward he is. A real man wouldn’t tell his backers a falsehood.
Continuing, the 46th Vice President said:
“He suffered a significant loss in his election. I am certain that he is aware of it, and I believe that most Republicans are as well.
Dick Cheney went on to congratulate his daughter for “honoring her pledge to the Constitution,” standing up for the “truth,” and acting morally.
Liz lacks fear. She never gives up in a struggle. There is nothing she will ever accomplish that is more crucial than to spearhead the campaign to ensure that Donald Trump never again occupies the White House.
He added that he was happy to support Liz Cheney and expressed his wish for the general electorate to do the same:
“I’m Dick Cheney, and I happily cast my ballot for my daughter. I sincerely hope you will.
Between 2001 to 2009, while President George W. Bush was in office, Dick Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States. Since 2017, his daughter Liz has served as the congresswoman representing Wyoming’s at-large congressional district.
Between 2019 to 2021, she presided over the House Republican Conference as its chair. Liz was one of only 10 Republicans who voted to impeach the previous President after the January 6 Capitol Attack and one of the few Republicans to turn against Donald Trump overall.
Detailed information on Dick Cheney
Between 2001 through 2009, Dick Cheney was the 46th vice president of the United States.
Between 2001 through 2009, Dick Cheney was the 46th vice president of the United States (Image via David Hume Kennerly via GettyImages)
Former Secretary of Defense and Vice President of the United States under President George W. Bush, Dick Cheney served in both positions. He was born on January 30, 1941, in Nebraska parents Richard Herbert Cheney and Marjorie Lauraine and raised in Wyoming.
The politician enrolled at Yale University in 1959, but dropped out before receiving his diploma. Instead, he obtained a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Wyoming in 1965. In 1966, he also received his master’s degree in the same field from the same college.
Before arriving in Washington, D.C., as a congressional fellow, Cheney was also a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin. In 1969, he began working for President Richard Nixon’s administration as well. In 1974, he began working as a deputy assistant to President Gerald Ford. Between 1975 and 1977, he also took on the role of chief of staff for the latter.
He was elected as a conservative representative from Wyoming to the House of Representatives the following year and worked on topics such as abortion rights, environmental regulation, and gun control, among others.
Cheney began working as the secretary of defense under President Bush’s administration from 1989 and 1993 after his time in the House of Representatives. He oversaw the US invasion of Panama and the participation of US soldiers in the Persian Gulf War as part of his duties.
After Bush’s loss in 1992, Cheney moved on to become a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. In 1995, he also assumed the roles of chairman and CEO at the Halliburton Company.
Cheney assumed leadership of the committee charged with selecting the vice presidential candidate after George W. Bush officially announced his selection. In the end, he was chosen to be the US’s 46th vice president, a position he held until 2009.
Even after leaving office in 2009, Dick Cheney remained involved in politics. He constantly spoke about politics and made public appearances. Cheney married Lynne Vincent in 1964, a personal milestone.
Elizabeth and Mary, their two daughters, were born to them together. Cheney has experienced cardiac problems all of his life. He experienced one of his first mild cardiac arrests in 1978. He had quadruple bypass surgery about ten years later.
The former vice president had a heart transplant in 2012 after experiencing his fifth cardiac arrest in 2010. In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir, Dick Cheney’s autobiography, was released in 2011. 2015 saw the release of his second book, Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Strong America.