Liz Cheney speaks before Kamala Harris at Ripon College, Thursday, October 3, 2024, in Ripon, Wis.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney died Monday night, Nov. 3, his family confirmed in a statement.

After his two terms as vice president ended in 2009, Cheney, along with his daughter, Liz Cheney, became one of the most prominent Republicans to oppose now-President Donald Trump.

Liz Cheney, a former Wyoming congresswoman, was ostracized by the GOP for her defiance of Trump and her role in the investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Cheney was one of 10 Republicans in the House to vote for Trump's impeachment over his alleged incitement of the riot, and she remained firm in her belief that Trump's rhetoric led to the violence.

Cheney was ousted as chair of the House Republican Conference – the third-highest-ranking House Republican – over her criticism of Trump following his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Liz Cheney opposed Trump

In a 2024 interview with NBC host Kristen Welker on "Meet the Press" on the heels of her high-profile endorsement of Kamala Harris, Cheney said she regrets her previous support for Trump in the 2016 presidential election and several years afterwards, while she served in Congress.

"Congresswoman, do you regret standing by him at the time and for all of those years after?" Welker said.

"Yes, I do," Cheney responded.

"For, certainly, people after what he did on January 6, to act as though you can have confidence in him, you know that simply is just not credible," she continued. "The other thing I think people have to realize is what he did on January 6, you know, watching that brutal attack, that's depravity. And it's also just fundamentally cruel."

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