President Donald Trump did not attend a memorial service for former Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday. In fact, he wasn’t even invited.

The former vice president, who helped expand the powers of the presidency and shape the nation’s war on terrorism after Sept. 11, 2001, died this month at age 84.

But in 2024, the once-powerful Republican turned on his party’s nominee, Trump, by announcing he would vote for the Democrat’s nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris.

“We have a duty to put country above partisanship to defend our Constitution,” Cheney said.

His decision to join his daughter, former Rep. Liz Cheney, in speaking out against Trump left him isolated from his own party and reexamined by some of his most vocal critics.

A person close to the Cheney family had initially said th

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