Former Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney announced that she endorses Kamala Harris for U.S. President.
She made her declaration during a speech at Duke University.
“I think it is crucially important for people to recognize, not only is what I just said about the danger that Trump poses something that should prevent people from voting for him, but I don’t believe that we have the luxury of writing in candidates’ names, particularly in swing states,” Cheney said. “And as a conservative, as someone who believes in and cares about the Constitution, I have thought deeply about this, and because of the danger that Donald Trump poses, not only am I not voting for Donald Trump, but I will be voting for Kamala Harris.”
Cheney received a standing ovation, according to Duke’s newspaper, The Chronicle.
Donald Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance, responded to Cheney’s announcement during an event with Turning Point USA.
“Kamala Harris and Liz Cheney make very, very interesting partners. They get rich when America’s sons and daughters go off to die. They get rich when America loses wars instead of winning wars,” he said. “They get rich when America gets weaker in the world. We want American strength, American security, and most importantly peace. Let’s bring peace back to the world and Donald Trump is the candidate to do it.”
Vance noted that Trump will “make sure that people like Liz Cheney are laughed out of the Oval Office instead of rewarded.”
“This is a person whose entire career has been about sending other people’s children off to fight and die for her military conflicts and her ridiculous ideas that somehow we’re going to turn Afghanistan, a country that doesn’t even have running water in a lot of places, into a thriving literal Democracy. And, for that, Liz Cheney was willing to kill thousands of your children. Liz Cheney, you know what, I think it’s the best thing in the world if she’s supporting Kamala Harris.”
Cheney previously called Harris a “radical liberal.”
“Her voting record is to the left of Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren,” Cheney told Fox News, adding, “It’s very clear, she is a radical liberal.”
