Former Vice President Dick Cheney is said to be very, very, very worried about where the Republican Party is going. And just like that, the irony is dead.
Speaking at an event hosted by the Aspen Institute, the ex-VP’s daughter, Rep. Liz Cheney, revealed to the audience that her 80-year-old father is not only “troubled,” but ” deeply troubled “by the extent to which the GOP has fallen since its heyday of overseeing the country’s torture program.
“My father is deeply concerned about where our party is located, deeply concerned about the situation in the country,” she said.
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Liz Cheney has been one of the GOP’s most vocal critics of Donald Trump’s failed campaign to overturn the 2020 election results, and it cost her dearly. In addition to being ousted from her role as House leader, she is persona non grata among her colleagues, who frequently attack her in the media.
Earlier this year, she and her nemesis, Representative Matt Gaetz, waged a bitter war with words that ultimately led Cheney to deliver a homophobic blow to the congressman. (Cheney and Gaetz both have 0% ratings with the HRC.)
After Cheney shared his father’s concerns about the state of the Republican Party and the nation, his name began appearing on Twitter.
Here’s what people are saying …
According to his daughter Liz Cheney, America’s first Axis of Evil, Dick Cheney, is concerned that the Republican Party is just too bad.
– Frank Giugliano (@nyccookies) August 5, 2021
“I am deeply troubled by Frankenstein’s monster”
– Frankenstein
– dragool (@ dragool6) August 5, 2021
When the Republican Party deeply troubles Dick Cheney, it’s time to go quail hunting.
– Kate (@ ImSpeaking13) August 5, 2021
How is Dick Cheney only 80 years old? He was 70 years old in 1985.
– AsherWhites (@SethAsherW) August 5, 2021
The Republican Party is too bad for Dick Cheney.
Let it flow.
– ⚡️ !! ⚡️ (@ 7Veritas4) August 5, 2021
When the Republican Party begins to lose Dick Cheney …
I don’t know how to finish this sentence or even if I want to.
– ️Carly D. Mayer️ (@CarlyDMayer) August 5, 2021
Hey, do you remember Dick Cheney once “accidentally” shot a guy with a shotgun?
– Subsidence (@sage_mtn) August 5, 2021
Dick Cheney Literally Had A Torture Agenda As He Is “Concerned” That The Republican Party Has Finally Goed Too Far
– Nick is a leftist of Fred Hampton (@SocialistMMA) August 5, 2021
I am deeply troubled that Dick Cheney is not in jail I guess we all have our problems
– Christsin (@crimbusrimbus) August 5, 2021
Dick Cheney is “deeply troubled” by what is happening to the Republican Party.
Maybe he should invite her on a hunting trip …
– Brian O’Sullivan (@osullivanauthor) August 5, 2021
Graham Gremore is editor and editor at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.