Liz Cheney says she is voting for Harris for president

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Republican former Rep. Liz Cheney will vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in November, she stated throughout remarks at Duke College, in keeping with audio obtained by CNN.

The previous Wyoming congresswoman famous the significance of voting for Harris in states like North Carolina, the place she appeared on Wednesday.

“I feel it’s crucially vital for individuals to acknowledge, not solely is what I simply stated concerning the hazard that Trump poses one thing that ought to stop individuals from voting for him, however I don’t imagine that we’ve the luxurious of writing in candidates’ names, significantly in swing states,” Cheney stated.

She made the announcement in North Carolina particularly as a result of it’s a battleground state, in keeping with a supply near Cheney.

“And as a conservative, as somebody who believes in and cares concerning the Structure, I’ve thought deeply about this, and due to the hazard that Donald Trump poses, not solely am I not voting for Donald Trump, however I will probably be voting for Kamala Harris,” she continued.

The Harris marketing campaign highlighted Cheney’s endorsement Wednesday night time and pointed to different Republicans who’ve backed her, together with former Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger and former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan.

“The Vice President is proud to have earned Congresswoman Cheney’s vote. She is a patriot who loves this nation and places our democracy and our Structure first,” marketing campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon stated in an announcement.

Cheney, who’s the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and a vocal critic of Trump, beforehand instructed CNN she is dedicated to doing what’s essential to cease the previous president from returning to the White Home.

Cheney’s outspokenness in opposition to Trump and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election — together with her vote to question him — finally price her her put up in Home Republican management. The Home GOP ousted her as convention chair, changing her with a high Trump defender, a number of months after the January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol.

She went on to function vice chair of the Home choose committee that investigated the riot, finally shedding her seat in Congress in a 2022 main to a Trump-backed challenger.

Cheney tried to counteract Trump’s affect within the 2022 midterms by opposing candidates who repeated his falsehoods concerning the 2020 election being stolen. The political motion committee she began positioned an advert purchase urging Arizona voters to reject GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake and Republican Secretary of State nominee Mark Finchem. She additionally crossed occasion strains to stump for 2 reasonable Democrats in aggressive Home races that yr.

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