Former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney became the target of vile MAGA abuse just minutes after the death of her father was announced.
Dick Cheney, former Republican President George W. Bush’s vice president for two terms between 2001 and 2009, died Monday night, his family said in a statement. “His beloved wife of 61 years, Lynne, his daughters, Liz and Mary, and other family members were with him as he passed,” the Cheney family’s statement read.
Cheney turned decisively against President Trump after Trump tried to overturn the result of the 2020 election. He appeared in an ad for his daughter’s re-election, calling Trump a “coward.”
“In our nation’s 246-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,” he said.
The ad did not stop Liz Cheney from losing the Republican primary in Wyoming after Trump had attacked her.
Liz Cheney, 59, also became persona non grata in Trumpworld after repeatedly breaking ranks with the president. She was one of only two Republicans to serve on the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack—and as its vice chair, she helped lead the inquiry into Trump’s role in the Capitol riot.
Just after winning the 2024 presidential election, Trump fumed that members of the committee “should go to jail,” mentioning Cheney by name.
Just moments after her family’s statement was released, Cheney was the subject of vile abuse.
“Dick Cheney passed away. While a smart tactician, he spawned Liz Cheney and for that we know who will wait for him,” one X poster wrote, sharing a GIF of Satan insinuating a sexual position.
A poster who says they are a Navy veteran and devout Christian, tagged Liz Cheney and wrote: “In a good news on Election Day story. Darth Cheney is done. Hell has a new resident, right Liz Cheney.”
“Couldn’t take Liz with him I guess,” wrote another troll. ‘F--- Leftists’ added their tribute, writing: “Would like to offer condolences to Liz Cheney.......Actually no, f--- that horrid c---.”
“Your evil dad is now in Hell,” added another. “Spawn of Liz Cheney has died!” said another.
As vice president, Dick Cheney was the Iraq War’s chief evangelist—warning of phantom weapons of mass destruction, vowing that U.S. troops would be “greeted as liberators,” and brushing off dissent inside the intelligence community.
The invasion he championed toppled Saddam Hussein but unleashed a cascade of chaos that still shapes the Middle East today. Cheney was also heavily criticized for his role in expanding domestic espionage and endorsing torture as an interrogation tactic.
