Dick Cheney turns off his pacemaker-inspired Showtime Series Twist

In his later years, Cheney, a lifelong Republican, broke ranks with his party and came out hard against Donald Trump in his second presidential election — despite initially supporting him in 2016.

When Trump refused to accept defeat in 2020, leading to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Cheney changed his position.

“In our country’s 246-year history, there has never been anyone who poses a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,” Cheney said in a 2022 campaign ad for his daughter Liz, who refused to support Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

“He’s a coward. A real man wouldn’t lie to his supporters. He lost his elections, and he lost a lot. I know it. He knows it, and deep down I think most Republicans know it.”

When Trump ran against Kamala Harris in 2024, Cheney turned his back on the Republican party and supported Harris.

He said he did so because of his “duty to put country above partisanship to defend our Constitution,” insisting Trump “can never be trusted with power again.”