Mike Enzi Stands By Dick Cheney ‘Fishing Buddies’ Story

Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., questions ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller, former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, testify during a hearing at the Senate F... Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., questions ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller, former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, testify during a hearing at the Senate Finance Committee on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) MORE LESS
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Despite former Vice President Dick Cheney’s claim to the contrary, Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) on Tuesday stood by his story that the two are “fishing buddies” in an interview with Politico.

Cheney told ABC News that Enzi, who faces competition in 2014 from Cheney’s daughter Liz, was lying about their friendship. “Never happened,” he said of the fishing buddies story.

“I anchored the One Fly Fishing Contest with him one time, and I was asked to speak at his induction in the fly fishing Hall of Fame,” Enzi told Politico. “And we’ve talked about fishing when we’ve been together.”

“We have a relationship thing,” he added, noting that when he served as mayor of Gillette, Wyo. Cheney served as his U.S. representative.

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