Former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. were the only two Republicans to attend a pro forma session of the House on the anniversary of last year's riot at the Capitol. Republican leaders were absent.
Yet there he stood, the former Republican vice president that Democrats have fiercely opposed and frequently reviled, sharing warm moments after the House held a moment of silence to commemorate the deadly violence of one year ago in a building where he once served.
“Well, it’s not a leadership that resembles any of the folks I knew when I was here for 10 years,” Cheney told reporters afterward. Other Democratic lawmakers also lined up to shake the former vice president’s hand. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., spoke with the Cheneys at length.
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