Dick Cheney and the False Nostalgia for the Good Republicans
News Source : New York Magazine
News Summary
- In death, there are now two Dick Cheneys.
- One is the Cheney who was, without question, the most powerful vice-president in the history of the U.S.
- The other is what contemporary Democrats and Republicans, bereft of real memory, perceive: a politician almost completely defined by his opposition to Donald Trump.
- Cheney’s daughter, Liz, was a proud conservative congresswoman who voted to impeach Trump after January 6.
- For her bravery, she faced down a Trump-backed challenger and lost badly.
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