War criminals and genociders will always stick together

Let’s refresh everyone on who Dick Cheney really is.

Dick Cheney was the architect of the WMD lie that launched the Iraq war, leading to the deaths of millions of Iraqis, thousands of our own troops and civilian support staff, and handing a multibillion dollar no-bid contract to his former company, Halliburton-KBR.

Dick Cheney spearheaded the use of torture as official US policy, coordinating the infamous “torture memo” by leaning on the Office of Legal Counsel and squashing dissent within the administration. When evidence surfaced of US troops torturing Iraqis at the Abu Ghraib prison camp – reports that bear a startling resemblance to the conduct at Israel’s Sde Tieman prison today – Cheney went on a media blitz defending all of it as “enhanced interrogation techniques.”

Dick Cheney drove the decision to convert the US Naval base in Guantanamo Bay into a prison for nearly 800 men he labeled as “enemy combatants” – a legal term designed to dodge accountability for treatment of prisoners of war under the Geneva convention. Of the 780 men they detained, only 12 have ever led to formal charges and prosecution, and even fewer convicted. At least 9 have died in custody after enduring years of physical and psychological torture. There are still 31 men incarcerated at GITMO today – remaining in custody under both Republican and Democratic administrations.

Dick Cheney was also the principal actor behind the practice of mass surveillance of US citizens and the use of drone strikes – both of which vastly expanded under Barack Obama’s administration. He also tried to push us into war with Iran (and mercifully failed).

The full list of Dick Cheney’s crimes is too long for this email. Yet Kamala Harris is honored to have his endorsement as well as the endorsement of his daughter, Liz Cheney – calling them both “leaders who are well-respected.”

Naturally, Cheney feels right at home with the administration that is arming the genocide in Gaza, relentlessly stoking nuclear war with Russa, China and Iran, and changing their party’s platform to remove opposition to torture.

This endorsement is not an honor – it’s a warning bell.

I’m proud to say that zero war criminals have endorsed our campaign and none would be welcome in our coalition. Will you donate to our campaign to make certain that every American has the opportunity to vote for the only anti-war, anti-genocide, pro-worker, pro-planet candidate on the ballot?