The only one who hasn’t supported Harris is the devil.
For Democrats and beyond them, many Americans had no name more reviled than Dick Cheney before the rise and presidency of Trump.
The influential vice president of George Bush, who was the most powerful vice president in U.S. history, changed the history and fate of America with serious policymaking and playing a key role in the policies of the 2000s.
By dragging America into the war with Iraq, he subjected the country’s economy and society to irreversible turmoil, leaving behind staggering debt and countless casualties in Iraq and America. The conspiracy of the neocon circle, led by Dick Cheney, also brought Britain along with America into the ill-fated Iraq war and forever influenced the British.
The dark days of the Iraq war and occupation, stories of bloody attacks in various cities, uprisings and clashes, roadside bombs, and the killing of American soldiers, and most importantly, the shocking and dirty stories of the ruthless torture of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan became intertwined with the names of Cheney and his associates.
Profit-seeking and war profiteering were also part of the story, and the famous Halliburton company, in which Cheney had a serious role, reaped substantial benefits from contracts with the U.S. government during the army’s presence in Iraq.
Dick Cheney has another strange characteristic: he accidentally shot and killed his friend during a recreational hunting trip.
Now, Dick Cheney is the first Republican vice president to support a Democratic candidate.
Harris described Cheney and his daughter’s support as an honor for herself, which was hard for many Democrats to digest.
In any case, Cheney’s influence and support aren’t all that significant, and it’s unclear how appealing it will be to voters.
For liberals and Democrats, Cheney is a sinister figure.
America was digesting the news of Dick Cheney’s support for Harris when another surprising endorsement added to the astonishment: Alberto Gonzales, the federal prosecutor during George Bush’s era, also supported Harris.
Before his federal prosecution role, he was the official legal advisor to the White House during the Bush era. During his federal prosecution tenure, he theorized to create the legal groundwork for approving the torture of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan, even drafting a special memo to legitimize this process and questioning parts of the Geneva Convention. The special article he published in support of Harris goes beyond Dick Cheney’s brief statement. He has defended Harris so thoroughly and responded to criticisms of her that one might imagine him as one of Harris’s advisors. Gonzales’s harsh criticism of Trump and his warnings about his dangers have also gone beyond many Republicans.
Trump might seriously need to reconsider his situation; even supporters of torture and warmongers want to distance themselves from him. Democrats now glance at the list of sinister figures and tell themselves that only the devil himself hasn’t supported Harris.