MSNBC: Dick Cheney Dies at Age 84

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SCARBOROUGH: "And we’ll talk to Jim VandeHei about this in a minute, but he also is seeing reports day in and day out that would have scared the absolute hell out of any American that had access to all the threats we hear. And then finally, the third act, of course, one of these Republicans, you know, that we’re seeing is a defender of democracy. When so many others lost their way, Dick Cheney kept his bearings after January the 6th, always kept his bearings when it came to democratic norms. And he was — he was on the right side. I think most, certainly Republicans from my era, would believe and — and I think we all should be grateful to him for that."

GEIST: "One of his last public acts was about a year ago, when he put out a statement saying, 'I’m going to be voting for Kamala Harris in this presidential election.' Dick Cheney, Darth Vader, as you said, the face of the Republican Party in many ways in the Bush years, said, 'Donald Trump can never be trusted with power again,' appearing with his daughter, Liz Cheney, of course, who was one of the most outspoken voices against the Trump Administration. He actually, if you go back even further, was the chief of staff to Gerald Ford, then ran for Congress, where he served for 10 years, secretary of defense under George H.W. Bush during the Gulf War, then became the CEO of Halliburton. And then, of course, the years that many people will remember post 9/11, Jim. He was a supporter of the invasion of Iraq, which turned out to be on faulty intelligence, also supported the enhanced interrogation techniques, torture of enemy combatants and all of that. So that is most certainly a big part of his legacy, but there was a lot, a lot more than that."