Former Republican Congressman. Liz Cheney Campaign with Democrats Vice President Kamala Harris Thursday in Ripon, Wisconsin, as part of a coordinated effort by the Harris campaign to deploy her Republican allies into key battleground states in the final month of the presidential campaign.
“I tell you, I’ve never voted for a Democrat, but this year, I’m proud to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris,” Cheney told the crowd.
Cheney said in September that she and her father, Republican former Vice President Dick Cheney, will vote for Harris’ response to their party’s nominee, former President Donald Trump.
Cheney is long time critic She was one of only 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump for inciting him. Capitol Riots on January 6, 2021. She later served as vice chair of the House select committee investigating the deadly attack.
“At the core of our survival as a republic is the peaceful transition of power,” Cheney said Thursday, adding that the president had an obligation to ensure that. “Every president in our history has fulfilled that duty until Donald Trump.”
Joint Harris-Cheney event comes just one day after federal judge in Washington, D.C. unsealed 165 pages of documents filed by special counsel Jack Smith detailing evidence against Trump Criminal election interference case.
After six years in office, including two years as House Republican Conference chair, Cheney lost the 2022 Wyoming Republican primary to Trump supports Rep. Harriet Hagerman. Cheney in his first concession speech losses attributed to her Directly expressing her opposition to Trump.
Thursday’s venue has been carefully chosen: Ripon, Wisconsin Known as the birthplace of the Republican Party because a one-room schoolhouse there hosted at least two meetings in 1854 that helped form the Republican Party.
Harris also spoke of the town’s importance in her speech and pledged to be “a president for all Americans,” appealing directly to Republican voters.
“Liz Cheney carries on in the best traditions of (Republican) leadership,” Harris said. “If the people of Wisconsin and our country are willing to do what Liz is doing, defend the rule of law, defend our democratic ideals… ….Then I know that together we can chart a new path forward, not as members of any one political party, but as Americans.
Flanked by a campaign slogan that read “Country Before Party,” Harris spoke of the importance of a peaceful transfer of power in a democratic republic.
“If you share this view, no matter what party you belong to, you will have a place with us in this campaign,” she said.
The Harris campaign has been looking for ways to take advantage be opposed to arrive trump card Within the Republican Party.
In August, the activity started “Republicans back Harris“Since then, a small but growing number of outstanding individuals have republican party Already out support Members of Harris’ presidential campaign, including former Trump White House aides Cassidy Hutchinson and the Cheney family.
Ahead of Harris’ visit, a group of more than 20 former and current Wisconsin Republican leaders launched the Wisconsin Republican Harris-Walz campaign platform and endorsed Harris’ candidacy for president in an open letter.
“We have many policy differences with Vice President Harris. But what we agree on is even more important,” the group wrote. “We agree we cannot afford another four years of broken promises, election denials and the chaos of Donald Trump’s leadership.”
The group said it will hold Republican voter outreach events focused on the former South Carolina governor’s Wisconsin district Nikki Haley She won considerable support in the Republican presidential primary against Trump.
Although the former president upset Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race, winning Wisconsin’s Electoral College vote, four years later Democratic President Joe Biden Flip badger status back to blue.
Recent polls show Harris and Trump essentially tied, or within the margin of error, in the national presidential race. However, most polls show Harris holding a small but consistent lead over Trump in Wisconsin.
Thursday night’s campaign stop was Harris’ fifth trip to Wisconsin and her first to Ripon since taking office. roll out her presidential campaign in July.
