{"id":1194589,"date":"2022-01-06T16:05:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T21:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1194589"},"modified":"2022-01-06T16:05:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T21:05:08","slug":"dick-and-liz-cheney-join-democrats-for-january-6-capitol-festivities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dick-and-liz-cheney-join-democrats-for-january-6-capitol-festivities\/","title":{"rendered":"Dick and Liz Cheney Join Democrats for January 6 Capitol Festivities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdick-and-liz-cheney-join-democrats-for-january-6-capitol-festivities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1194589&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Former Vice President Dick Cheney and daughter Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) joined Democrats for Thursday\u2019s January 6 festivities at the Capitol building.<\/p>\n<p>After Democrats reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/bensiegel\/status\/1479133345300852738\">introduced<\/a> themselves on the House floor to the former vice president, Dick Cheney slammed the Republican leadership for enacting American First policies while praising his daughter for \u201cdoing a hell of a job\u201d combating those policies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a leadership that resembles any of the folks I knew when I was here for 10 years,\u201d Dick Cheney, who was the former House whip in the 80s,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2022\/jan\/6\/liz-cheney-and-dad-dick-cheney-join-democrats-capi\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m deeply disappointed we don\u2019t have better leadership in the Republican Party to restore the Constitution,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/dick-cheney-capitol-jan-deeply-disappointed-gop-leadership\/story?id=82112349\">continued<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an important historical event,\u201d Dick Cheney added about the&nbsp;January 6 festivities. \u201cYou can\u2019t overestimate how important it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great coming back,\u201d he told reporters before assuring the establishment media that not only is his daughter \u201cdoing a hell of a job,\u201d but he is \u201chere to support her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans ousted Liz Cheney from Republican leadership in 2021 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/13\/us\/wyoming-liz-cheney.html\">losing<\/a> the trust of the caucus after siding with Democrats during House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s (D-CA) impeachment trials of former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?client=internal-element-cse&amp;cx=partner-pub-9229289037503472:6795176714&amp;q=https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/02\/liz-cheney-appointed-vice-chair-controversial-january-6-commission\/&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiE1svk6J31AhVtjIkEHXQlAkA4KBAWegQIBRAC&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Vw8FusD4OBTMDaeUkqr0q\">named<\/a> Liz to the January 6 investigatory committee.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16457534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nancy-pelosi-liz-cheney-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16457534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nancy-pelosi-liz-cheney-getty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stefani Reynolds\/Getty, Melina Marr-Pool\/AFP\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMy daughter can take care of herself,\u201d Dick defended Liz, who also slammed the Republican Party for following a \u201ccult personality.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>I think we clearly have got to get to a place where we are focused on substance and on issues,\u201d Liz told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>She is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?client=internal-element-cse&amp;cx=partner-pub-9229289037503472:6795176714&amp;q=https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/07\/26\/liz-cheneys-polling-plummeting-wyoming-gop-voters\/&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiD98nF6J31AhV7kIkEHU6rDkc4CBAWegQIAxAC&amp;usg=AOvVaw1zjXg6fnTY5bYAY9qpMZpK\">facing<\/a> a difficult reelection campaign against Trump-endorsed&nbsp;Harriet Hageman&nbsp;in her home state of Wyoming, which voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump in 2020.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17861698\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Harriet-Hageman-speaks-ap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17861698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Harriet-Hageman-speaks-ap.jpg\" alt=\"Wyoming Republican gubernatorial candidate Harriet Hageman addresses a meeting of the Wyoming Business Alliance in Casper, Wyo., on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. Hageman was among five Republican and one Democratic candidates for governor asked by the group how they would help Wyoming&#039;s economy. (AP Photo\/Mead Gruver)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wyoming Republican gubernatorial candidate Harriet Hageman addresses a meeting of the Wyoming Business Alliance in Casper, Wyo., on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 (AP Photo\/Mead Gruver).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In November, Wyoming Republican Party <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/15\/wyoming-republican-party-votes-liz-cheney-no-longer-recognized-as-republican\/\">voted<\/a> to no longer recognize Cheney as a Republican.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiz Cheney stopped recognizing what Wyomingites care about a long time ago. When she launched her war against President Trump, she completely broke with where we are as a state,\u201d Hageman&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/trib.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/govt-and-politics\/wyoming-gop-votes-to-no-longer-recognize-rep-cheney-as-a-republican\/article_66c3a62d-7207-54c7-b277-183817c0563c.html?utm_campaign=blox&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">told<\/a>&nbsp;the&nbsp;<em>Casper Star-Tribune<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President Dick Cheney and daughter Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) joined Democrats for Thursday\u2019s January 6 festivities at the Capitol building. 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