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Turning in opposition to his get together’s presidential nominee Donald Trump, former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ailing., delivered a prime-time speech supporting Harris.

In taking the stage, Kinzinger acknowledged he was making an “awkward alliance” with Democrats. However he mentioned he was making the alliance so as “to defend fact, defend democracy and decency.”

Kinzinger, who has been a vocal Trump critic through the years, mentioned the previous president had “suffocated the soul of the Republican get together.”

“Vote for our bedrock values and vote for Kamala Harris,” Kinzinger mentioned. He added that he was making this endorsement regardless of having coverage disagreements with Harris.

“No matter insurance policies we disagree on pale compared with these fundamentals issues of precept, of decency, and of constancy to this nation,” he mentioned.

The Harris marketing campaign — in addition to the then-Biden marketing campaign — has been closely courting reasonable Republicans and independents who’re doubtful of Trump’s politics and management.

A bunch of Republicans, together with Kinzinger, have come collectively in assist of Harris, and not too long ago held a web based rally beneath the affinity group “Republicans for Harris.”
Kinzinger mentioned he misplaced religion in Trump and skilled a “profound sorrow” after Jan. 6.

“Donald Trump is a weak man pretending to be sturdy. He’s a small man pretending to be huge. He’s a faithless man pretending to be righteous. He’s a perpetrator who can’t cease taking part in the sufferer,” he mentioned.