On Monday’s “Erin Burnett OutFront” on CNN, former Vice President Dick Cheney emphasized that he hasn’t weighed in on a favorite in the race for the Republican nomination, instead focusing on his book, “In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir.”
“I have not endorsed anybody,” Cheney said. “I’ve stayed religiously out of the fray on our side this year. I’ve been trying to sell books. And that’s where my effort’s been focused.”
However, Cheney, who was a member of the congressional freshman class of 1978 along with future Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, said not to count out his former colleague.
“I have not endorsed anybody on either side. The thing I remember about Newt, we came to Congress together at the same time, ’78,” Cheney said. “And when Newt showed up, he said we can become the majority, we can take back the House of Representatives. We hadn’t had the house since the 1940s. And initially, none of us believed it. But he was persistent and he was tenacious. He kept it up, kept it up, kept it up. And finally, by ’94, he’s the newly elected speaker of the House of Representatives with a Republican majority. So I wouldn’t underestimate him.”
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