Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Global Business Summit in New Delhi, India on March 27, 2017.
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney said he plans to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump, explaining that the decision has to do with Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
“In the 248-year history of our country, no one has posed a greater threat to our nation than Donald Trump. He tried to steal the last election, using lies and violence to retain power after it was rejected by voters. He cannot be entrusted with power again,” Cheney, 83, said Friday in a widely reported statement. statement.
He added, “As Americans, we each have a duty to put country above partisanship and uphold our Constitution. That is why I will be voting for Vice President Kamala Harris.”
Cheney’s comments came days after her daughter, former Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, endorsed the Democratic candidate.
Harris said Saturday she was honored to receive the endorsement from Cheney and called the couple “respected” leaders who put loyalty to country over party.
“It’s time to end division, it’s time to bring our country together and chart a new course,” Harris told reporters accompanying her in Pittsburgh as she prepared for Tuesday night’s debate with Trump.
Trump responds to Cheney’s endorsement of Harris Written Truth Social reported that the former vice president is an “unaffiliated RINO (Republican in name only),” as is his daughter.
Liz Cheney, who became a public critic of Trump after the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol and ultimately lost her seat because of her opposition to Trump, said Wednesday she would vote for Harris because she believes Trump poses a grave threat to the country.
Her father has also criticized Trump since the Jan. 6 riot. In 2022, Dick Cheney appeared in a TV ad for his daughter’s campaign, calling Trump a “threat to the republic” and a “coward.”
The Cheneys are not the only Republicans to endorse Harris. Former Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Trump’s former White House national security adviser Olivia Troye and Stephanie Grisham, a former White House press secretary and aide to former first lady Melania Trump, all spoke at the Democratic National Convention last month, expressing disappointment in Trump’s leadership.
