Republicans Ignore ‘Out Of Touch’ Dick Cheney Over Kamala Harris Endorsement

Republican senators on Monday dismissed former Vice President Dick Cheney’s extraordinary endorsement of Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, calling his stark warning about former president Donald Trump’s threats to democracy irrelevant.

“Oh, brother,” Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) responded when asked about her fellow Wyoming Republican’s plan to vote for the Democratic presidential nominee in November.

“I think he’s out of touch,” she added of the former vice president.

Last week, both Cheney and his daughter, former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, announced they would be supporting Harris in November due to Trump’s unprecedented effort to overturn an election that he lost, culminating in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

“In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,” the former vice president warned in a statement. “He tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him. He can never be trusted with power again.”

“As citizens, we each have a duty to put country above partisanship to defend our Constitution,” he wrote. “That is why I will be casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.”

The statement from Cheney, a conservative icon who has been revered in GOP circles since stepping down as George W. Bush’s vice president in 2009, took many in Washington by surprise, including some veteran Republicans who aligned with his expansive view of presidential power and foreign policy.

“He believes, I guess, Trump’s the worst thing in the world. I think the world is on fire, and that Trump’s policies are much better than hers,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who was first