The death of former Vice President Dick Cheney cast a spotlight on his complicated legacy and the ways in which he and his family have been ostracized from the Trump-led GOP.

Cheney was one of the most powerful figures in politics during his time in Washington, having served as a congressman, White House chief of staff, Defense secretary and vice president. But rather than spending his final years as an elder statesman of the GOP, the Cheney name became toxic in a party that is now dominated by President Trump.

During his 2016 campaign, Trump rejected the traditional GOP foreign policy that Cheney had helped establish during his decades in power. The Trump-Cheney relationship soured for good after the 2020 election, when both the former vice president and then-Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) de

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