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Cheney Funeral…Bush…Biden…No Donald Trump….

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Back in the Day politicans of both parties in attendance….

But NOT the current Grand ole’ Party Leader, eh?

Dick Cheney, the former vice president and a consummate Washington insider across four decades, was remembered at his funeral Thursday as a shrewd and steady tactician whom three Republican presidents relied on to help lead the country through several wars and crises, including the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The throng of mourners who assembled at the funeral was led by former president George W. Bush and a bipartisan mix that included former president Joe Biden, four former vice presidents, and Republicans who held power in the nation’s capital nearly a generation ago.

Neither President Donald Trump or Vice President JD Vance attended the invitation-only service, their absence punctuating the divide between the president’s MAGA movement and the traditional conservatism embodied by the Bush-era Republican Party.

In his tribute, Bush described Cheney as a thoughtful, understated statesman whose “talent and restraint exceeded his ego.”….

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The crowd of familiar Washington faces at the service also included former vice presidents Kamala Harris, Mike Pence and Al Gore. Karl Rove, who served as Bush’s senior adviser and campaign strategist, also was among the mourners, along with former House speaker John A. Boehner….

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image…Former presidents George W. Bush and Joe Biden attend the funeral of former vice president Dick Cheney at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday….Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post

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