Liz Cheney, a former congresswoman from Wyoming, broke with the Republican Party on Wednesday to say she plans to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in November.
“As a conservative, as someone who believes in and cares about the Constitution, I have thought deeply about this,” Cheney said at an event hosted by Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy in North Carolina.
“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.”
With her promise of support for Harris, the former congresswoman becomes the latest on a growing list of Republicans who have come out against voting for Trump this fall. Democrats have embraced the GOP defectors, putting several Republican speakers on the Democratic National Convention stage last month — including former lawmaker Adam Kinzinger, who along with Cheney served on the House select committee investigating the Jan.
6 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Congratulations to Democrats for having the Cheney family -- who you always called fascist, war profiteering, torturing war criminals -- on your side!
Maybe it's worth wondering why so many people of her ilk -- who you were condemning as satanic a decade ago -- love your Party?
How are boomers so **** ing dumb?
Your democracy is **** , if the only way it remains a democracy is if only one candidate wins.
@ZestyPoliticalDemocrat2yrs2Y
Agreed, we should strengthen our democracy by choosing elected officials who won't contribute to its breakdown.
@KingdomAudreyDemocrat2yrs2Y
We know why. Cause despite the ideological differences THEY ALL know Trump will upend the very fabric of American democracy.
@SenateCaviarDemocrat2yrs2Y
And the Cheney’s are the ones that changed positions. That’s key. They’d support going to war tomorrow with Iran and now back the democrats to do just that.
@FinickyH0u5eDemocrat2yrs2Y
Dems are telling me she made this decision because she loves democracy.
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