{"id":1196660,"date":"2022-01-07T11:19:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T16:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1196660"},"modified":"2022-01-07T11:19:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T16:19:32","slug":"he-is-not-your-friend-progressives-blast-democrats-for-embracing-dick-cheney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-is-not-your-friend-progressives-blast-democrats-for-embracing-dick-cheney\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;He Is Not Your Friend&#039;: Progressives Blast Democrats for Embracing Dick Cheney"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fhe-is-not-your-friend-progressives-blast-democrats-for-embracing-dick-cheney%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=1196660&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\">Various progressives, from Susan Sarandon to Krystal Ball, have expressed outrage after Democrats warmly embraced former Vice President Dick Cheney to commemorate the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Dick Cheney and his daughter, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WI), joined Democrats on the House floor for a moment of silence where he reportedly expressed dismay over the GOP\u2019s response to last year\u2019s riot, as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/06\/dick-liz-cheney-join-democrats-january-6-capitol-festivities\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/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 an important historical event. You can\u2019t overestimate how important it is,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/dick-cheney-capitol-jan-deeply-disappointed-gop-leadership\/story?id=82112349\">Cheney said<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m deeply disappointed we don\u2019t have better leadership in the Republican Party to restore the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19389682\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Liz-and-Dick-Cheney-Capitol-Rotunda-January-6-2022-ap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19389682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Liz-and-Dick-Cheney-Capitol-Rotunda-January-6-2022-ap.jpg\" alt=\"Former Vice President Dick Cheney walks with his daughter Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., vice chair of the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection, in the Capitol Rotunda at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. (AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Former Vice President Dick Cheney walks with his daughter Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., vice chair of the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection, in the Capitol Rotunda at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. (AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reportedly smiled at the thought of Dick Cheney\u2019s presence at the Capitol, hardcore progressives did not share her enthusiasm:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dick Cheney being warmly embraced by Democrats on the House floor is a fitting symbol of what January 6 really represents to the future of America <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HIOSDVTxYz\">https:\/\/t.co\/HIOSDVTxYz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esaagar\/status\/1479140274513358853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democrats, 2000: Dick Cheney stole the election and ruined US democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, 2004: Dick Cheney is a Hitler-like figure who sends people to underground CIA torture camps for profit.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, 2022: I didn&#8217;t always agree with Cheney but at least he believed in democracy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1CjvpgqVWU\">https:\/\/t.co\/1CjvpgqVWU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1479216339046879232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just gonna say it: <\/p>\n<p>Dick Cheney &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KarlRove?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KarlRove<\/a> had Bush&#8217;s dad&#8217;s appointees steal him an election, which resulted in wars that killed hundreds of thousands of people. <\/p>\n<p>The idea that these two people are now heroes of democracy is just so far beyond parody it&#8217;s hard to even fathom. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UNr1SN6YN9\">https:\/\/t.co\/UNr1SN6YN9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Sirota (@davidsirota) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidsirota\/status\/1479157082901270528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dick Cheney has done more to hurt American democracy than almost anyone alive. He is not your friend.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gravel Institute (@GravelInstitute) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GravelInstitute\/status\/1479204684791439365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dick Cheney and his daughter are fascists but for democrats they are the right kind of fascists. Democrats are morally bankrupt. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B4NzL1keEo\">https:\/\/t.co\/B4NzL1keEo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ajamu Baraka (@ajamubaraka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ajamubaraka\/status\/1479265054897889281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dick Cheney supported Donald Trump and voted for him. (He\u2019s also responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis and Afghans.) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dickcheney?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#dickcheney<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/donaldtrump?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#donaldtrump<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/iraq?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#iraq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#afghanistan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/neverforget?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#neverforget<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0jlQ4Hlsm1\">pic.twitter.com\/0jlQ4Hlsm1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Weinrib (@EricWeinrib) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricWeinrib\/status\/1479264574004244480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Someone I admire just called Cheney &#8220;a constitutional patriot&#8221;? He,his daughter may rise these days but isn&#8217;t bar low? Dick Cheney waterboarded Constitution\/Maybe strong coalition needed to challenge zombie GOP, but destroy principles doing so\u2013join with one who lied us into war?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Katrina vandenHeuvel (@KatrinaNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KatrinaNation\/status\/1479263037383184386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fuck Dick Cheney forever and ever amen.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelianblack\/status\/1479258398596153347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dick Cheney is a mass murderer &amp; war profiteer.<\/p>\n<p>He should be in The Hague, not have his hand shook.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jen Perelman (@JENFL23) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JENFL23\/status\/1479229741232238596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Various progressives, from Susan Sarandon to Krystal Ball, have expressed outrage after Democrats warmly embraced former Vice President Dick Cheney to commemorate the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill. 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