By Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
CNN
January 8, 2022
(CNN)Dick Cheney is nobody’s RINO (Republican in name only).
The former vice president — and member of Congress — has long been an unapologetic conservative. When he and President George W. Bush left office in early 2009, he was the conservative that liberals loved to hate the most.
“No question, Dick Cheney is a bona fide conservative,” Brookings’ Thomas Mann told CNN way back in 2000.