WASHINGTON – Loyal. “A lion of a man.” A “full-time rodeo grandpa.”
Family, friends and former colleagues delivered a humanizing funeral tribute to the late former Vice President Dick Cheney, a powerful and polarizing figure in U.S. politics, at the Washington National Cathedral on Nov. 20.
Hundreds of Washington’s current and ex-leaders packed the historic building's pews, including former Presidents Joe Biden and George W. Bush, all five of the living former vice presidents, GOP Sens. Mitch McConnell and John Thune and political pundits like liberal commentator Rachel Maddow. President Donald Trump did not attend the funeral.
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Here are notable moments from Cheney’s funeral:
