Overview
- The Washington National Cathedral will host the service at 11 a.m. ET on Nov. 20, according to the family’s announcement.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune said staff are checking the protocol on whether the former vice president could lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda, with no decision yet.
- President Trump had not issued a public statement as of Nov. 9, and the White House said he was aware of the death but offered no comment the day after it was announced.
- Reactions on the right have split, with hawkish Republicans such as Sens. Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton praising Cheney’s service, while prominent MAGA figures remained largely silent.
- Cheney died Nov. 3 at age 84 of complications from pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, and his record includes a central role in advancing the 2003 Iraq invasion.