Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney said her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, will also vote for Vice President Kamala Harris. Liz Cheney made the announcement Friday after saying two days ago that she is supporting the Democrat.
“Dick Cheney is going to vote for Kamala Harris,” the younger Cheney said of his father during the Texas Tribune Festival, drawing cheers from the crowd.
Dick Cheney was Vice President under former President George W. Bush and was one of the most influential officials behind Bush’s invasion of Iraq and the CIA’s interrogation tactics after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Liz Cheney was one of only two Republicans to serve on the Jan. 6 House committee investigating the Capitol attack and former President Donald Trump’s role in it, and Trump has repeatedly criticized Cheney for it and suggested she and others on the committee should be jailed .
“I don’t think we have the luxury of writing on behalf of candidates, especially in swing states,” Liz Cheney said Wednesday at Duke University. “As a conservative, as someone who believes in and cares about the Constitution, I have thought deeply about this. And because of the danger that Donald Trump poses, I am not only voting for Donald Trump, but I will vote for Kamala Harris.”
Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said in a statement that Harris was “proud to have received Congressman Cheney’s vote.”
The Cheneys aren’t the only Republicans supporting Harris. Several Republicans spoke at the Democratic National Convention, urging fellow Republicans to support Harris for the sake of democracy, including former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan.
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