{"id":2350783,"date":"2024-10-04T12:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T16:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-suddenly-admires-dick-cheney-over-trump-derangement\/"},"modified":"2024-10-04T12:51:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T16:51:37","slug":"biden-suddenly-admires-dick-cheney-over-trump-derangement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-suddenly-admires-dick-cheney-over-trump-derangement\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Suddenly Admires Dick Cheney Over Trump Derangement"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fbiden-suddenly-admires-dick-cheney-over-trump-derangement%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=2350783&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>President Joe Biden recently expressed admiration for\u200b former Vice President Dick Cheney, a notable shift given Biden&#8217;s history of criticizing Cheney during \u2062his \u2062political career. This praise came after Liz Cheney, the ousted \u200dWyoming\u2064 representative and daughter of Dick \u200bCheney, campaigned alongside Vice President Kamala Harris in \u2062Wisconsin. Biden remarked on their relationship, acknowledging their differences but highlighting Cheney&#8217;s &#8220;courage and honesty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This newfound respect contrasts \u2064sharply with Biden&#8217;s previous condemnations\u2062 of Cheney, whom he \u200chad labeled as one of \u200dthe most dangerous vice presidents in U.S. history during a debate in \u200c2008. Biden has consistently criticized Cheney&#8217;s policies and decisions during his tenure under President George W. Bush, arguing \u200bthat they were detrimental to America&#8217;s foreign policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-got-it-newsmax-reporter-emerald-robinson-national-security-source-confirms-a-piece-of-hardware-has-been-secured-in-germany\/\" title=\"We Got It! - Newsmax Reporter Emerald Robinson: National Security Source Confirms &quot;A Piece of Hardware Has Been Secured&quot; in Germany\">national security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The change\u200d in Biden&#8217;s tone correlates with\u200d a broader context of\u2063 the Cheney \u200cfamily&#8217;s political shift, \u200dparticularly Liz Cheney&#8217;s endorsement of\u200c Democrats, including Kamala Harris,\u200d in the upcoming election against\u200d Donald Trump. This evolution of \u2063political allegiances among the Cheneys and Biden&#8217;s comments reflect a significant shift in the \u200cpolitical landscape.  <\/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<div>\n<p>Joe Biden says he&rsquo;s &ldquo;always admired&rdquo; former Vice President Dick Cheney after the 81-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/time-well-funded-cabal-of-powerful-people-saved-democracy\/\" title=\"TIME: \u2018Well-Funded Cabal Of Powerful People\u2019 Saved Democracy\">president spent<\/a> a career trashing his predecessor in the Naval Observatory. <\/p>\n<p>Biden praised Cheney after ousted Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney campaigned with Vice President Kamala Harris in Wisconsin on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know her dad,&rdquo; Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/nation-world\/harris-campaigns-with-liz-cheney\/507-e17da913-62c2-4432-a7db-0bbdd2b939ba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told <\/a>reporters upon stepping off of Air Force One. &ldquo;We argue like hell but I always admired his courage and honesty.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>&#8220;One of most consequential speeches I&#8217;ve ever heard. She has character. I know her dad. We argue like hell but I always admired his courage and honesty. What she did &ndash; physical courage. I&#8217;ve never been so proud&hellip;Character dammit is what we need in this country!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Biden on Cheney <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8KutMakQmI\">pic.twitter.com\/8KutMakQmI<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HowardMortman\/status\/1842013120790757377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The sudden admiration for one of the most vilified figures among the left just 20 years ago marks a sharp turn from how Biden spoke about Dick Cheney throughout his career in politics. When Vice President Cheney was still in office, Biden called him &ldquo;the most dangerous vice president we&rsquo;ve had probably in American history&rdquo; during the 2008 debate with then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w-pInQ9PNtM?si=1Za2h7-J8xACdIg3&amp;enablejsapi=1\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>Biden went on to trash Vice President Cheney after his own election to replace him that fall. In December 2008, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peoplesworld.org\/article\/biden-slams-cheney-on-violating-constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> former Clinton fixer George Stephanopoulos that Cheney&rsquo;s policy prescriptions under President George W. Bush were &ldquo;not healthy for our foreign policy, not healthy for our national security, and it has not been consistent with our Constitution.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In April of the Obama-Biden administration&rsquo;s first year, then-Vice President Biden continued to swipe at his Republican predecessor.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;His power weakened America, in my view,&rdquo; Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/campaigns\/foreign-policy\/33302-biden-slams-cheney-for-having-weakened-the-u-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> CNN.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There was Cheney and his own sort of separate national security agency, and then there was the National Security Agency. There was Powell, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t agree with Cheney, and Cheney off with Rumsfeld,&rdquo; Biden added. &ldquo;There was a divided government, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-house-candidate-van-orden-slams-biden-admin-over-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" title=\"GOP House candidate Van Orden slams Biden admin. over Afghanistan withdrawal\">divided administration<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>CBS News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NR49ystScMI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> Biden and Cheney the &ldquo;dueling VPs,&rdquo; and they exchanged fire well into the Obama administration over federal guidelines on torture.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thank god the last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-senate-democrat-bids-to-overturn-supreme-court-decisions-as-gop-slams-overhaul-smacks-of-arrogance-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Top Senate Democrat bids to overturn Supreme Court decisions as GOP slams overhaul: \u2018Smacks of arrogance\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">administration didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t listen to him in the end,&rdquo; Biden said, after presented with Cheney recommending U.S. interrogators have the ability to waterboard terrorist suspects. <\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NR49ystScMI?si=qECZ1uvCih5y7x_P&amp;enablejsapi=1\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s sudden about-face on Dick Cheney follows the Cheney family backing Democrats in the upcoming election against former President Donald Trump. The former Republican vice president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/07\/nx-s1-5104718\/dick-cheney-voting-kamala-harris-trump-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">endorsed<\/a> Harris in September, and his daughter, Liz, spoke at a Democrat campaign rally Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I tell you, I have never voted for a Democrat,&rdquo; Liz Cheney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/10\/04\/harris-liz-cheney-republicans-trump-election.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> a crowd in Ripon, Wisconsin. &ldquo;But this year, I am proudly casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Liz Cheney, however, has been campaigning for Democrats for years. In 2022, the ex-GOP House conference chair backed then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for another term with the gavel just before Election Day and also <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/cheney-shell-campaign-lake-mastriano-election-denials\/story?id=90477962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">campaigned against<\/a> Republicans in Arizona. <\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/04\/trump-liz-cheney-is-a-stupid-warhawk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">responded<\/a> to Liz Cheney&rsquo;s appearance with Harris by calling the former congresswoman a &ldquo;stupid warhawk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All she wants to do is shoot missiles at people,&rdquo; Trump said of Cheney. &ldquo;I think they hurt each other,&rdquo; Trump added. &ldquo;I think they&rsquo;re so bad, both of them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Omg Trump just bodied Liz Cheney before she takes the stage with Kamala: <\/p>\n<p>Liz Cheney is a stupid Warhawk. All she wants to do is shoot missiles at people.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DVyachomrW\">pic.twitter.com\/DVyachomrW<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_johnnymaga\/status\/1841966174432550961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden expresses admiration for Cheney after years of criticism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2350784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Joe-Biden.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[3620,40334,32171,3634],"class_list":["post-2350783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-biden","tag-dick-cheney","tag-political-commentary","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Joe-Biden.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350783","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\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2350783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2350784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2350783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2350783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2350783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}