Dick Cheney calls Donald Trump a coward.

Cheyenne WY

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Here is a refresher course. On Feb. 11, 2006, then-Vice President Dick Cheney was involved in a major snafu: During a quail hunting trip at the Armstrong Ranch in Texas, he shot lawyer Harry Whittington in the face. The vice president's mistake made headlines on Feb. 12, when Katharine Armstrong -- daughter of the ranch owner and a member of Cheney's quail hunting party -- gave details of the incident to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. He was nicknamed Dead Eye Dick after the incident. They did not immediately notify authorities until 2 hours later. Rumors were that Dick had been drinking that day. To this day Harry Whittington wears the scares on his face. He never received a apology from Dick. In a new campaign ad for his daughter Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), former Vice President Dick Cheney said there is "no greater threat to our republic" than Donald Trump. Driving the news: Liz Cheney, vice chair of the Jan. 6 committee, is facing a tough election in Wyoming's Republican primary on Aug. 16 against Trump-backed foe Harriet Hageman and faces a likely defeat. Although Dick Cheney criticized Trump in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 riot, the former vice president calling him out so directly marks a shift from Liz Cheney's previous campaign ads that focused more on her accomplishments for the people of Wyoming. The big picture: Liz Cheney has long been a fierce critic of Trump, and her criticism of the former president has made her a pariah with Republicans in the House — where she once was the highest-ranking female Republican — and in Wyoming, where her family has long been considered political nobility, Axios' Alayna Treene writes. What they're saying: "In our nation's 246 year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump," Dick Cheney said in the ad.