You’ll think that since President Obama is no longer the president and a fellow Republican is, that Dick Cheney would be on television walking in line and singing the praises of Donald Trump. But it appears Cheney is not much of a fan on the Donald.
In a speech at the Economic Times’ Global Business Summit, Cheney calls Russia’s decision to help Donald win the presidency, “an act of war.”
“There’s no question there was a very serious effort made by Mr. [Vladimir] Putin and his government, his organization, to interfere in major ways with our basic fundamental democratic processes,” Cheney said.
“In some quarters, that would be considered an act of war. I think it’s a kind of conduct and activity we will see going forward. We know he’s attempted it previously in other states in the Baltics,” Cheney said, according to video of the remarks.
Some Democratic lawmakers charged last week that Russia’s election meddling amounted to an act of war, and others have accused Moscow of “attacking” the United States through its hacking.
“I actually think that their engagement was an act of war, an act of hybrid warfare, and I think that’s why the American people should be concerned about it,” Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) said at a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Russian election interference last Monday.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) also said back in December that Russia’s actions amounted to an act of war.
