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Maddow Seen At Funeral
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Maddow Seen At Funeral

If political hypocrisy were an Olympic sport, Rachel Maddow would have just taken home the gold. The MSNBC host — once the loudest voice on cable news calling Dick Cheney a “war criminal” — was recently spotted attending his funeral, seemingly paying homage to a man she once spent entire monologues vilifying. What changed? Certainly not Cheney’s record. The only thing that changed was Donald Trump — or rather, Maddow’s obsessive hatred for him.

For years, Maddow hammered Cheney over the Iraq War, waterboarding, the Patriot Act, and every corner of post-9/11 foreign policy. She didn’t just critique his decisions — she portrayed him as a threat to democracy and human rights, unfit for polite society. There were entire segments of her show devoted to documenting his alleged crimes against humanity. And now? A warm seat at his funeral, a respectful nod to the former Vice President — all because he, like her, stood against Trump.


That kind of moral whiplash should be enough to give anyone pause, but in Maddow’s case, it’s par for the course. She didn’t just shift her tone — she reversed it completely. Cheney, once the embodiment of everything she claimed to oppose, is now rehabilitated in her eyes, not because he changed, but because he became useful. That’s not journalism. That’s partisan theater.


And this is the central irony of the anti-Trump left: in their crusade to stop Trump at all costs, they’ve abandoned every principle they once claimed to hold dear. Endless wars? Fine, as long as the critic is Trump. Surveillance? Not a problem, as long as it’s targeting the right political opponents. War hawks and neoconservatives? Suddenly not so bad — as long as they make snide remarks about MAGA voters.

It’s a good reminder of why Trump’s message continues to resonate. Say what you will about his style, but he exposed the performative nature of legacy media, and the phony class of D.C. pundits who flip allegiances depending on which way the political winds blow.


Rachel Maddow sitting at Dick Cheney’s funeral isn't just hypocrisy — it's the mask slipping. The ruling class doesn’t mind authoritarianism or aggression, so long as it serves their narrative. They’ll denounce a man as a monster one year and canonize him the next, if it keeps Trump — and his movement — from regaining power.

Written by Arthur Higgens - November 21, 2025