{"id":2338419,"date":"2024-09-08T14:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T18:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burgum-blasts-democrats-for-embracing-dick-cheney-as-sanders-praises-his-courage-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-08T14:12:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T18:12:58","slug":"burgum-blasts-democrats-for-embracing-dick-cheney-as-sanders-praises-his-courage-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burgum-blasts-democrats-for-embracing-dick-cheney-as-sanders-praises-his-courage-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Burgum blasts Democrats for embracing Dick Cheney as Sanders praises his \u2018courage\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fburgum-blasts-democrats-for-embracing-dick-cheney-as-sanders-praises-his-courage-washington-examiner%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=2338419&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>In a recent discussion on &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; \u200bNorth Dakota Governor Doug\u200b Burgum criticized \u2064Democrats for their sudden positive views of former Vice President\u200b Dick Cheney, who had previously been labeled a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-it-even-possible-to-negotiate-with-putin-at-this-point\/\" title=\"Is It Even Possible to Negotiate With Putin at This Point?\">genocidal war criminal<\/a>&#8221; by Democratic leaders. Burgum pointed out the hypocrisy of Democrats praising Cheney after his endorsement of Kamala Harris, a Democratic presidential candidate, suggesting that they had shifted their stance for\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ocasio-cortez-explains-her-tears-vote-on-iron-dome-funding\/\" title=\"Ocasio-Cortez Explains Her Tears, Vote On Iron Dome Funding\">political convenience<\/a>.\u200c He humorously speculated whether Cheney would join Senator Bernie Sanders\u200b on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/central-african-republic-votes-under-threat-of-violence\/\" title=\"Central African Republic votes under threat of violence\">campaign trail<\/a>, given the \u200cunusual political \u200calliances forming. \u200bCheney, who has faced \u2063backlash from both parties for his role in\u2064 the Iraq \u2064War,\u200b expressed his intent\u200c to vote for Harris, claiming that \u2064her opponent, Donald Trump, &#8220;can \u200bnever be trusted \u2064with power again.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Burgum blasts Democrats for embracing Dick Cheney as Sanders praises his &lsquo;courage&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1747323\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/doug-burgum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Doug Burgum<\/a> (R-ND) highlighted Democrats&rsquo; long-standing negative views of former vice president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dick-cheney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Dick Cheney<\/a> on Sunday and suggested that some on the Left were hypocrites for suddenly praising the former Republican vice president for endorsing Democratic presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;This is Darth Cheney, you know, &lsquo;genocidal war criminal&rsquo; is what Democrats were calling him for decades, and now overnight they&rsquo;re embracing him,&rdquo; Burgum told <em>Meet the Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Burgum&rsquo;s remarks came just before Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Bernie-Sanders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT), a longtime critic of Cheney, appeared on the same show.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I guess I&rsquo;m just wondering if maybe [Cheney will] be on the campaign trail campaigning with Senator Sanders. This is a season for odd couples,&rdquo; Burgum said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Gov. Doug Burgum (R-N.D.) reacts to former VP Dick Cheney&rsquo;s endorsement of Kamala Harris.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovDougBurgum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovDougBurgum<\/a>: &ldquo;&lsquo;Genocidal war criminal&rsquo; is what Democrats were calling him for decades, and now overnight they&rsquo;re embracing him. &hellip; This is a season for odd couples.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CJBDr0qEyd\">pic.twitter.com\/CJBDr0qEyd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeetThePress\/status\/1832778928982810750?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Cheney said Friday that he planned to vote for Harris because her opponent, former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Donald-Trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, &ldquo;can never be trusted with power again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cheney has long drawn ire from Democrats and a faction of Republicans for his prominent role in supporting the Bush administration, launching what became a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saudi-arabia-proposes-ceasefire-with-houthi-rebels\/\" title=\"Saudi Arabia proposes ceasefire with Houthi rebels\">yearslong war<\/a> in Iraq in response to the 9\/11 terrorist attacks in 2001. The war left thousands of U.S. troops dead and cost hundreds of billions of dollars. At the time, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/george-w-bush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>George W. Bush<\/a>, Cheney, and other administration officials justified starting the war, in part, based on faulty intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders has been openly hostile toward the Cheneys in the past and criticized Dick Cheney as recently as 2019,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenSanders\/status\/1081263147988774917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">saying<\/a>&nbsp;he &ldquo;lied about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and got us into a horrific war that we should never have started.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sanders was asked Sunday about his thoughts on Dick Cheney&rsquo;s support of Harris, as well as his daughter, former Rep. Liz Cheney&rsquo;s (R-WY) endorsement of her.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I applaud the Cheneys for their courage in defending democracy. Obviously, on all the issues, we have very different points of view,&rdquo; Sanders said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sanders, a self-identified Democratic socialist, was also asked if he would welcome Liz Cheney on the campaign trail, and he did not directly respond.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What I think Dick and Liz Cheney are saying is that in this existential moment in American history, it&rsquo;s not just issues. [Liz] Cheney and I agree on nothing, no issues,&rdquo; Sanders said. &ldquo;But what we do believe in is that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/United-States\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>United States<\/a> should retain its democratic foundations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1747323\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1747323\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Doug Burgum (R-ND) criticized Democrats on Sunday for their sudden admiration of former Vice President Dick Cheney, despite their long history of negative sentiments towards him. He pointed out the hypocrisy in the Left&#8217;s newfound praise for Cheney after he endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. &#8220;This is Darth Cheney; for decades, Democrats labeled him a &#8216;genocidal war criminal,&#8217; and now they are embracing him overnight,&#8221; Burgum stated during an appearance on Meet the Press. His comments came just before Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who has been a vocal critic of Cheney, joined the show. Burgum quipped about the unusual political alliances forming, suggesting that perhaps Cheney would even campaign alongside Sanders.<\/p>\n<p>Cheney announced his support for Harris on Friday, stating that her opponent, former President Donald Trump, &#8220;can never be trusted with power again.&#8221; He has faced significant backlash from both Democrats and some Republicans due to his role in supporting the Bush administration&#8217;s decision to invade Iraq following the 9\/11 attacks\u2014a conflict that resulted in numerous U.S. military casualties and enormous financial costs based on misleading intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders has previously condemned Dick Cheney\u2019s actions regarding Iraq and reiterated his criticism as recently as 2019 when he accused him of lying about weapons of mass destruction to justify a war that should never have happened. When asked about Cheneys&#8217; endorsements during Sunday&#8217;s show, Sanders acknowledged their courage in defending democracy but emphasized their differing views on various issues. While he did not directly answer whether he would welcome Liz Cheney on the campaign trail with him, he noted that both Cheneys share a commitment to preserving democratic principles despite their ideological differences<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2338420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24127533483273.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[28356,3685,40334,3981,32076],"class_list":["post-2338419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-burgum","tag-democrats","tag-dick-cheney","tag-sanders","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24127533483273.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2338419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2338420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2338419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2338419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2338419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}