CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a lifelong Republican, will vote for Kamala Harris for president, his daughter Liz Cheney stated Friday.
Liz Cheney, who herself endorsed Harris on Thursday, made the announcement when requested by Mark Leibovich of The Atlantic journal throughout an onstage interview at The Texas Tribune Pageant in Austin.
“Dick Cheney will likely be voting for Kamala Harris,” Liz Cheney stated to viewers cheers.
“Wow,” Leibovich replied.
Like his daughter, Dick Cheney has been an outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump, notably throughout Liz Cheney’s ill-fated re-election marketing campaign in 2022.
In a marketing campaign advert for Liz Cheney as she sought a fourth time period as Wyoming’s lone congressperson, Dick Cheney referred to as Trump a “coward” for attempting to “steal the final election utilizing lies and violence to maintain himself in energy after the voters had rejected him.”
The advert did little good for his daughter in a deep-red state that when held the Cheney household pricey however is now completely in Trump’s nook. By a 2-to-1 margin, Liz Cheney misplaced her Republican major to Trump-endorsed lawyer Harriet Hageman.
Notably absent from Friday’s endorsement announcement was the previous vp, who has made few if any public appearances over the previous yr or extra.
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