Just over a week following the passing of former Vice President Dick Cheney, JD Vance delivered a scathing critique at a gathering of MAHA enthusiasts in Washington, D.C.

In a conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday, Vance expressed his thoughts on the performance of past vice presidents, asserting that they often failed in their roles.

Vance specifically criticized Cheney and Kamala Harris, while Kennedy took the opportunity to commend President Donald Trump’s vice president.

Cheney, considered by many as the driving force during George W. Bush’s administration, passed away at 84 on November 3, 2025, due to complications from pneumonia and vascular disease.

Following his death, Trump ordered flags to be flown at half-staff but did not prioritize honoring the late vice president, who was the father of his political opponent, former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney.

RFK Jr. convened with his supporters and leading government health officials for a confidential, unprecedented summit in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. Vance attended on the condition that he participate in an on-stage interview instead of delivering a speech.

Barely any reporters were permitted in the event beyond a few let in for the vice president’s remarks. One speaker bragged how everything was ‘off the record’ because the press was not invited to the summit.

Still the event exhibited the power of MAHA and the influential people the movement draws in. 

Vice President JD Vance joined HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his first Make America Healthy Again Summit in Washington, DC on Wednesday, November 12, 2025

At the event and just nine days after his death, Vance brutalized Vice President Dick Cheney (pictured)  for being bad at his job

Actor and MAHA ally Russell Brand was teeing up Kennedy’s closing remarks on Wednesday with an ‘eloquent rant,’ according to a program description of the summit.

Others spotted by the Daily Mail at the summit include Republican Florida Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, former CDC Director Robert Redfield, and former Trump communications official Katie Miller, who is married to White House Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller.

‘You know, the job of the Vice President has been called the worst job in the country,’ Kennedy said during his ‘fireside chat’ with Vance.

The vice president chucked before joking: ‘I think we’re out of time, ladies and gentlemen.’

‘I think for some vice presidents that that’s been true,’ Kennedy continued. ‘But then you have vice presidents like Dick Cheney who seemed to be actually running the country and then you have these relationships…’

‘Not very well, by the way,’ Vance cut in with a big laugh, to which the Health and Human Services Secretary admitted: ‘We agree on that.’

He then said that Democrats Bill Clinton and Al Gore had a great relationship and asked how Vance would describe his relationship with the president and how it has evolved over time.

‘It’s interesting, you’re exactly right that the job of vice president is incredibly contingent on the president that you’re serving under, and you could have a president who effectively just passes off big slots of responsibility. You could have a president who delegates,’ Vance said.

The vice president revealed that his wife Usha Vance is one of the ‘original MAHA people’

He then excoriated his predecessor and Trump enemy, former Vice President Kamala Harris.

‘You could have a president who has no trust in their vice president,’ he said before a fake cough and then: ‘Kamala Harris.’

‘And so it doesn’t go very well for that particular vice president,’ Vance concluded.

At the event on Wednesday, the vice president revealed that his wife was one of the ‘original MAHA people’ as he praised the movement for being integral to Trump’s successful second election.

Second Lady Usha Vance, the VP explained at the inaugural Make American Healthy Again Summit, is very conscious about what she feeds their three young children.