Republican Liz Cheney backs Harris, citing ‘danger’ of Trump win
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Cheney, one of Trump’s fiercest critics after 2021 assault on US Capitol, joins other Republicans in supporting Harris.
Former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney has said she is backing Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris for president in the November election.
Cheney said on Wednesday she would vote for Harris “because of the danger that Donald Trump poses” as she cited her credentials as “a conservative, as someone who believes in and cares about the constitution”.
She became one of the fiercest critics of Republican contender Trump after his alleged inaction as president and for fanning the flames when thousands of his supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in an effort to overturn his election defeat.
Cheney came out for Harris at an event at Duke University in North Carolina, according to a video of her comments, posted on social media platform X.
Once considered Republican royalty, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney was ostracised by the party after co-chairing the congressional panel investigating the assault on the Capitol.
