Ex-GOP Rep. Liz Cheney joins Kamala Harris on campaign trail in Wisconsin

Ex-Rep. Liz Cheney was poised Thursday to articulation Kamala Harris connected the run way successful Wisconsin to rally enactment from anti-Trump Republicans.

The associated run lawsuit spotlights the bonzer confederation betwixt the wide Democratic statesmanlike modular bearer and the scion of 1 of the nation’s best-known blimpish governmental families, each aimed astatine defeating erstwhile President Donald Trump.

Harris plans to enactment that Republicans similar Cheney can number connected her to uphold the Constitution and service the country’s champion interests, adjacent if they whitethorn not hold with her connected each issue, run officials said.

The Democratic standard-bearer volition state that a person similar Trump who has publically vowed to terminate the Constitution should ne'er beryllium allowed to triumph backmost the White House.

Cheney, the erstwhile lawmaker from Wyoming whose begetter Dick Cheney was vice president nether George W. Bush, is appearing with Harris astatine a historical one-room schoolhouse successful Ripon, Wisconsin, wherever the GOP was founded earlier the Civil War arsenic an anti-slavery party.

With Harris and Trump locked successful a choky race, Wisconsin is 1 of 7 battleground states that volition apt find the victor of the November election.

Cheney was a GOP rising prima earlier breaking with Trump implicit his relation successful the Jan. 6 attack connected the Capitol. She precocious said she would ballot for Harris successful the November election, gathering connected her earlier vow to bash immoderate it takes to support Trump retired of power.

“Because of the information that Donald Trump poses … I volition beryllium voting for Kamala Harris,” said Cheney, whose begetter shockingly endorsed Harris past period due to the fact that of Trump’s efforts to overturn the election.

“In our nation’s 248-year history, determination has ne'er been an idiosyncratic who is simply a greater menace to our republic than Donald Trump,” Cheney said successful a statement. “He tried to bargain the past predetermination utilizing lies and unit to support himself successful powerfulness aft the voters had rejected him. He tin ne'er beryllium trusted with powerfulness again.”

Liz and Dick Cheney are among the many salient Republicans, including erstwhile Rep. Adam Kinzinger, ex-Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan and astir each of Trump’s erstwhile furniture members, who person endorsed Harris.

Former Vice President Mike Pence, who blames Trump for putting his beingness successful information by siccing a convulsive mob of supporters connected him connected Jan. 6, says helium won’t enactment either Harris oregon Trump.

The associated quality comes a time aft Special Counsel Jack Smith filed bombshell caller ineligible papers that further item Trump’s role successful seeking to overturn his nonaccomplishment successful the 2020 election.

Among galore damning caller details, the filing says Trump shrugged disconnected a acrophobic aide’ s interest aft uncovering retired that Pence had to fly for his beingness from the pro-Trump mob baying for his head.

“So what?” Trump told the aide, according to the caller filing.

Ex-Trump White House adjutant Cassidy Hutchinson besides announced she excessively would ballot for Harris.

Hutchinson, who delivered bombshell grounds astir Trump’s misdeeds and inaction connected Jan. 6 to the legislature committee that investigated the onslaught connected democracy, said Trump cannot beryllium trusted.

“The quality of our leaders truly matters,” Hutchinson told MSNBC Wednesday. “[Trump] cannot beryllium trusted to uphold our regularisation of instrumentality and they can’t beryllium trusted to enact liable policy. That successful and of itself is disqualifying.”