WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney is a career Republican still vilified by Democrats for his bullish defense of the Iraq War as vice president. But his partisan loyalties were cast aside in extraordinary fashion last week when he endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris for the White House.

F ormer Vice President and influential Republican Dick Cheney released a statement announcing his endorsement of Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris for President. Speaking out against the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump, Cheney said that he can “never be trusted with power again.”

Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney said her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, will also be voting for Vice President Kamala Harris. Liz Cheney made the announcement Friday after saying two days ago that she's backing the Democrat.

Former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney will vote for Vice President Harris in the 2024 election, his daughter former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said Friday. The big picture: Dick Cheney once supported former President Trump.

On its own, Harris welcoming the Cheneys to her tent is no big shakes. Liz’s work on the January 6 committee left her popular with Democrats. Dick is 83, old enough to seem less likely to start a reckless war, and long ago surpassed as a top Democratic bogeyman by Trump himself.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a lifelong Republican, will vote for Kamala Harris for president, he announced Friday.

Kamala Harris has picked up a striking number of Republican supporters, but the fact that Dick Cheney is voting for her is truly extraordinary.

Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu of California said in a video posted to social media Thursday that former Vice President Dick Cheney’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris made him “competent” on the issue of defending democracy.