Dick Cheney, a longtime Democratic bogeyman, became an ally opposing Trump [View all]
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Source: USA Today
Nov. 16, 2025, 5:02 a.m. ET
WASHINGTON – Then-Rep. Adam Schiff didn’t recognize who was standing next to then-Rep. Liz Cheney as the two chatted on the House floor after a moment of silence on the first anniversary of the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021.
Lawmakers were still wearing masks because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Schiff, a California Democrat, who investigated the Capitol riot with Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, said she eventually introduced the “older gentleman” standing nearby: her father, Dick Cheney.
“I turned and said, 'I'm sorry, Mr. Vice President, I didn't recognize you with the mask!’” Schiff, a former House member who is now in the Senate, told USA TODAY. “I thought he was another House member. I'm sure I shook his hand and told him that I appreciated his being there.”
The scene might have prompted a second or even third look from anyone who lived through President George W. Bush's administration: Democrats approached their longtime Republican adversary to offer their thanks and best wishes. “The human side of Dick, which was sometimes well hidden, was on display," Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, who was then the House majority leader, told USA TODAY.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/16/dick-cheney-democrats-iraq-trump/87111142007/
As many other DUers have lamented - we are truly in some kind of bizarre "alternate timeline".
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