Well .......i am sure donald could better use his time ......... rather than going to the funeral .......of this bastard ......... i hated dick cheney......... he was the worst ........him and george bush...... fucker !!!!.......both of them you know these cunts were skulls........ like obama ........and you know he ws behind the wtc shit ......but most fuckers w ere blinded by patriotism......really guys who could not even fly a crop duster .......i hate funerals and i am sure donald has many more important details in his day rather than going to a boring funeral to look ata dead guy .......i have never eve got the whole funeral deal .....some people re just coffin jumpers and love that stupid cultural brainwashed shit ..............i would say RIP richard ......but no.....the guy was a dick by name and by nature
Trump and Vance not invited to Dick Cheney’s funeral, but all four living former vice presidents attending
Past presidents and politicians of both parties will gather Thursday in Washington, DC, for former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral — sending off a key figure of pre-MAGA Republican politics.
But neither President Donald Trump nor Vice President JD Vance were invited to Cheney’s funeral, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Cheney will receive full military honors at the memorial service, which is expected to be a bipartisan who’s who of Washington dignitaries.
More than 1,000 guests are expected at the invitation-only funeral Thursday morning at Washington’s National Cathedral — including all four living former vice presidents and two former presidents.
Former presidents George W. Bush and Joe Biden will pay their respects, along with former vice presidents Kamala Harris, Mike Pence, Al Gore and Dan Quayle. There are also expected to be a number of Supreme Court Justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Elena Kagan. A large number of past and present Cabinet members from both Republican and Democratic administrations will also attend, as well as congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle.
Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi is expected to attend along with Senate Majority Leader John Thune and former leader Mitch McConnell.
CNN has reached out to the White House for comment. Axios was first to report that Trump was not invited to the funeral.
The funeral’s guest list itself is a nod to a time when Washington was not so polarized and politicians from both sides of the aisle paid their respects when a dignitary passed away.
Cheney’s funeral will be held at 11 a.m. ET. Speakers will include Bush, Cheney’s daughter former Rep. Liz Cheney and some of his grandchildren.
Cheney, who served as Bush’s vice president from 2001 to 2009, died on November 3 at the age of 84. Prior to being elected vice president, Cheney served as defense secretary, White House chief of staff and as a congressman representing Wyoming.
He was considered one of the most powerful and influential vice presidents in history, but his role as the architect of the Iraq War saw him leave office deeply unpopular and cemented a polarizing legacy.
While official Washington funerals usually include invites to the White House, excluding Trump should not be a surprise.
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Cheney was a lifetime hardline conservative who endorsed Trump’s 2016 campaign. But he spent the last years of his life speaking out against Trump, particularly after his daughter then-Rep. Liz Cheney drew the president’s ire for her prominent role in a congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol.
In 2022, Cheney described Trump as a coward and said no one was a “greater threat to our republic.”
Trump has not publicly expressed his condolences or commented on Cheney’s death.
The White House offered a muted reaction after Cheney’s death with press secretary Karoline Leavitt telling reporters that Trump was “aware” the former vice president had died and noting that flags had been lowered to half-staff.
Honorary pallbearers at Cheney’s funeral will include members of his Secret Service detail; his former chiefs of staff, David Addington and Scooter Libby; and photographer David Hume Kennerly.
On one of the last pages of the service leaflet is a quote from the writer
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