WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 09: U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), Vice Chairwoman of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, delivers opening remarks during a hearing on the January 6th investigation on Capitol Hill on June 9, 2022 in Washington, DC. The bipartisan committee, which has been gathering evidence related to the January 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol for almost a year, will present its findings in a series of televised hearings. On January 6, 2021, supporters of President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol Building during an attempt to disrupt a congressional vote to confirm the electoral college win for Joe Biden. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, known as an arch-conservative Republican, announced that he will vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.
His news follows his daughter, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming), announcing on at Duke University that she plans to vote for Harris in the upcoming November election, emphasizing the importance of supporting Harris, particularly in states like North Carolina, where she made her remarks.
“I think it is crucially important for people to recognize, not only is what I just said about the danger that Trump poses something that should prevent people from voting for him, but I don’t believe that we have the luxury of writing in candidates’ names, particularly in swing states,” Cheney said.
She continued, “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, not only am I not voting for Donald Trump, but I will be voting for Kamala Harris.”
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A source close to Cheney revealed that she intentionally made the announcement in North Carolina, recognizing it as a key battleground state.
The Harris campaign highlighted Cheney’s endorsement on Wednesday night, noting support from other Republicans such as former Rep. Adam Zinzinger (R-Illinois) and former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan.
“The Vice President is proud to have earned Congresswoman Cheney’s vote. She is a patriot who loves this country and puts our democracy and our Constitution first,” stated campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillion.
Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who also announced on Saturday that he will vote for Harris in November, has been an outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump.
She has vowed to do whatever it takes to prevent Trump from returning to the White House, consistently speaking out against his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, including voting to impeach him – a decision that ultimately cost her her position in House Republican leadership.
Several months after the January 6, 2021, Capitol riots, the House GOP removed Cheney as conference chair, replacing her with a staunch Trump supporter.
She later served as vice chair of the House select committee investigating the insurrection but lost her congressional seat in the 2022 primary to a Trump-backed challenger.
Cheney sought to counter Trump’s influence in the 2022 midterms by opposing candidates who echoed his false claims about the 2020 election being stolen. The political action committee she founded purchased ads urging Arizona voters to reject GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake and Republican Secretary of State nominee Mark Finchem.
The former Republican representative also crossed party lines to campaign for two moderate Democrats in competitive House races that year.
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