Since the outbreak of the Iraq War in 2003, Cheney has consistently been cast as the chief villain of what has proved to be one of the largest foreign policy blunders in U.S. history, and nearly 10 years after he left office, Vice only served to bolster his image as a mastermind of evil. He was so universally despised that when he left office in 2009, he had an approval rating of 13%, a mark so low that no major-party figure has even come close to it in recent memory.

Last week, Cheney followed the lead of his daughter Liz, a former member of Congress, and released a statement about the 2024 election in which he pledged to support Vice President Kamala Harris.

Harris, for her part, welcomed the endorsement of Cheney and his daughter.

“What they both, as leaders who are well respected, are making an important statement that it’s OK and if not important to put country above party,” Harris said.

For a Democrat to call Cheney “well respected” is akin to hell freezing over. The party that once called for his prosecution as a war criminal has embraced him wholeheartedly in one of the most remarkable about-faces of all time and one that reeks of political opportunism.