Democratic statesmanlike nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns alongside erstwhile Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY), successful Ripon, Wisconsin, U.S., October 3, 2024. (REUTERS)
Ex-Representative Liz Cheney of the Republican Party, who has been a longtime professional of erstwhile President Donald Trump, sent shockwaves done her enactment arsenic she endorsed Democratic campaigner Kamala Harris and shared the signifier with her successful a run rally successful Wisconsin.
Cheney, who spoke astatine an lawsuit successful Wisconsin which was flanked by banners of “Country implicit Party”, said “Above each else, I cognize that the astir blimpish of blimpish values is fidelity to our Constitution.”
Revealing her choices, Cheney said “I person ne'er voted for a Democrat, but this twelvemonth I americium proudly casting my ballot for Vice President Kamala Harris.”
The US predetermination is present conscionable a period distant and arsenic per latest polls, Vice President Kamala Harris is maintaining a lead implicit Republican campaigner Trump and is seen arsenic a frontrunner to win President Joe Biden successful January.
Former Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) speaks during a run lawsuit with Democratic statesmanlike nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (not pictured) successful Ripon, Wisconsin, U.S., October 3, 2024. (REUTERS)
Harris has been seeking to entreaty to the Republican leaders who person been uncomfortable since Trump’s introduction into the party’s governmental realm. Cheney elaborate her prime of voting this clip for Kamala Harris, arsenic she claimed that Donald Trump poses a menace to ideology astatine large.
“In this election, putting patriotism up of partisanship is not an aspiration. It is our duty. Violence does not and indispensable ne'er find who rules us. Voters do,” Cheney said astatine the event.
Cheney, successful an effort to transportation plaything voters, invoked the January 6 US Capitol riots, erstwhile a mob breached upon the US Capitol successful 2021 aft Trump mislaid the statesmanlike predetermination but wasn’t acceptable to judge the result.
“Donald Trump was consenting to sacrifice our Capitol, to let instrumentality enforcement officers to beryllium beaten and brutalized successful his name, and to interruption the instrumentality and the Constitution successful bid to prehend powerfulness for himself,” Cheney said arsenic the crow cheered.
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