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Trump and Vance not invited to Dick Cheneys funeral, but all four living former vice presidents attending
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/dick-cheney-funeral-washington
Past presidents and politicians of both parties will gather Thursday in Washington, DC, for former Vice President Dick Cheneys funeral sending off a key figure of pre-MAGA Republican politics.
But neither President Donald Trump nor Vice President JD Vance were invited to Cheneys funeral, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Cheney will receive full military honors at the memorial service, which is expected to be a bipartisan whos who of Washington dignitaries.
More than 1,000 guests are expected at the invitation-only funeral Thursday morning at Washingtons National Cathedral including all four living former vice presidents and two former presidents.
Former presidents George W. Bush and Joe Biden will pay their respects, along with former vice presidents Kamala Harris, Mike Pence, Al Gore and Dan Quayle. There are also expected to be a number of Supreme Court Justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Elena Kagan. A large number of past and present Cabinet members from both Republican and Democratic administrations will also attend, as well as congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle.
lark
(25,739 posts)Is it principle or illness?
Ritabert
(1,835 posts)That's all Trump and Vance are good for.
Rob H.
(5,753 posts)is a slap in the face to the U.S. military, past, present, and future, imho.