Trump won't attend former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney's funeral

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will not attend former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney's funeral – and wasn't asked to speak at the service.

A senior White House official said that the president would not attend the funeral and was not aware of anyone else on his staff going to the invitation-only service that will be held in Washington, DC, on Nov. 20 at the National Cathedral.

The White House previously said that Trump was "aware" of the vice president's passing and lowered flags to half-staff.

Two former presidents are known to be attending the service: George W. Bush, who served two terms in office with Cheney as his VP, and Joe Biden, who served as vice president for eight years before he won his own bid for the White House.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-wont-attend-former-republican-204152662.html

[Ocelot II]

1. Maybe he wasn't invited.

I hardly think Liz Cheney would want him there.

[Sparkly]

24. Quite likely.

[choie]

2. Hardly a surprise that trump won't attend.

Cheney didn’t deserve Biden being at his funeral.

[newdeal2]

3. Probably the nicest thing he could do for him

He has been surprisingly quiet about Dick. Thought he would gloat a bit at least. Maybe he's worried about what Dick's old CIA friends might do?

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. A shame actually. I would have looked forward to Trump's eulogy.

Betcha he was "disinvited".

What a fucking quandry...who do I hate more? Trump or the guy that engineered the Project for a New American Century with a Pearl Harbor type of event? And, as usual, this supposedly serious person completely misread the result of his folly.

But he did make a shitload of money.

[marble falls]

5. You gotta give TACO some credit here. He absolutely turns down any invitation he wasn't given.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

6. Lil orange man Hasnt made a statement either.

[Permanut]

7. Maybe he'll find those WMDs somewhere.

Retired from Halliburton in 2000 with a $39 million severance package. Lived another 25 years on blood money.

[CentralMass]

8. That was very thoughtful of him. The family must be pleased.

[Callie1979]

9. He didnt wanna hear "IT SHOULDVE BEEN YOU!" yelled over & over

[electric_blue68]

23. Omg! Snort!

[biocube]

10. The one line Trump weirdly won't cross is saying something bad about someone who recently died

though he's done plenty more disgusting things than that.

[kacekwl]

11. Does he have a

date with the Crown Prince ?

[dem4decades]

12. Will W show up? He's hasn't shown up for the country

[Brother Buzz]

18. Not only will W be attending, he will be delivering a memorial along with Liz.

[orangecrush]

13. Because he isn't welcome

[tulipsandroses]

14. Was he invited? It was reported that it was invitation only

Why announce you are not going to somewhere you were not invited to?

[Crunchy Frog]

15. I remember when I was so naive and innocent

that I couldn't imagine that there could be anyone worse than Dick Cheney.

[Deuxcents]

16. This isn't the first time he wasn't invited..what other funeral was he asked to not come..I can't remember

[Ocelot II]

20. John McCain's.

[Deuxcents]

21. Thank you

[Luz]

17. I forgot he died :/

[Conjuay]

19. Hopefully, he'll be busy with his own.

[Cha]

22. lol... What A Surprise. The Attending

might be grateful.