Former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney is campaigning hard for Kamala Harris, but she also believes millions of Republicans will quietly vote for the vice president over Donald Trump in November.
The former conservative lawmaker and Harris make an odd couple on the campaign trail, but on Monday they hit the road together for a series of events in the battleground states that make up the Democrats’ so-called blue wall.
Speaking at a campaign event in the Oakland County, Michigan, suburb outside Detroit, Cheney said that while she publicly advocates for Republicans to vote for a Democrat, she won’t be alone.
‘There are certainly many Republicans who will tell me, “I can’t speak in public.” “They worry about a wide range of things related to violence, but they will do the right thing,” Cheney said.
‘YO“If you’re worried, you can vote your conscience and never have to say a word to anyone, and there will be millions of Republicans who will do that in November,” he said.
Former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney said millions of Republicans will quietly vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in November.
His comments came at an event moderated by journalist and Kennedy family member Maria Shriver, as Harris seeks to win over Republican voters, including those who supported Nikki Haley in the Republican presidential primary as part of her coalition in the close race. career.
“I’ve seen a lot of Republicans come up to Liz Cheney and thank her,” Harris said, sitting next to the congresswoman.
He praised Cheney for her “extraordinary courage” in speaking out after January 6 despite what he called “theundercurrent that is violent in terms of language and tenor.’
“I’ve seen Republicans reach out to her, and in my view, she’s not alone,” Harris said.
Vice President Harris said she has seen Republicans quietly approaching Cheney, not in public, and thanking her for speaking out.
Cheney is one of multiple anti-Trump Republicans who have been campaigning for Harris ahead of the election.
It is the first time Cheney has voted for a Democrat. Her father, former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney, also supports Harris in the 2024 race.
On Tuesday, former Republican President Gerald Ford’s daughter, Susan Ford Bales, became the latest Republican to publicly endorse Harris.
He noted that he probably won’t agree on some political issues, but said he has the right principles that guided his father and that he should be in the White House before Trump.
Cheney said of Tuesday’s election: “I think we’re facing a choice in this election.” “It’s not about a game, it’s about what is right and what is wrong.”
The Democratic vice president and former conservative Republican lawmaker held a series of events in battleground states on Tuesday, including one in Royal Oak, Michigan, as Harris seeks to win over Republicans to help her in a tight race for the White House.
She was asked if the decision to speak out in support of Harris was scary, but she denied it was.
“It wasn’t scary at all to make this decision because when I look at the nature of the threat that Donald Trump poses,” Cheney said.
“Donald Trump is doing everything he can to try to make people forget what he did, what he did on January 6, and when you think about that level of instability, the level of erratic decision-making, the misogyny, “That’s not someone you can trust with the power of the Oval Office,” he explained.
Cheney said she could have done everything she could to work against Trump and said many Republicans have said that but argued that she is “vI am very proud and honored to endorse Harris.
During the event, a former Republican House member from Michigan asked about national security and what the United States could do to deter Russia from continuing its war in Ukraine.
The conversation with Harris and Cheney in Michigan was moderated by Maria Shriver, a Democrat from the Kennedy family who was once first lady of California while married to Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. She highlighted her own experience while promoting the bipartisan event.
National security is one of the political issues on which the two women agree.
Harris said the United States has taken a leading position on international rules and norms and must support one of the most international norms which is to “protect sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
She noted the “big difference” between her and Trump on the issue and said that on national security issues it’s not about partisanship.
“This is about where the United States should be in terms of supporting our allies and standing up for certain principles,” the vice president said.
Cheney warned that there has been a “really dangerous acceptance of isolationism” and tyrants in the Republican Party. She also slammed Trump, saying he “praises the most evil people in the world” while “attacking his political opponents with venom here at home.”
The conservative Republican said the United States has been leading since World War II, but it can’t do it alone and needs its allies, and sharply criticized Trump for suggesting the United States could leave NATO.
‘To anyone who is a Republican and is thinking they might vote for Donald Trump because of his national security policy, I ask you to study his national security policy. Not only is he not a Republican, he is dangerous,” Cheney said.
“And without allies, the United States will find our own freedom and security threatened,” he continued before warning “I don’t think Congress can stop it.”
As he spoke, Harris nodded his head.
Some 15 million have already voted in the elections
The series of events comes as more than 15 million people have already cast their votes in the 2024 election, and new polls show Kamala Harris gaining ground among those who have already voted.
The vice president leads Donald Trump about two to one at 63 percent to the former president’s 34 percent among those who have already voted in the presidential election, according to a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll.
Across the country, many voters are taking advantage of early in-person voting that is already underway in several states and will begin in more states this week. Voters also have the option to vote by mail in several states through absentee voting.
A survey conducted from October 14 to 18
In the crucial swing states of Georgia, Michigan and North Carolina, more than a million votes have already been cast. Early voting in Florida also surpassed the million vote mark.
Overall, a third of voters who responded to the survey said they plan to vote early. Among them, Harris leads 52 percent to Trump’s 39 percent.
But among those who prefer to wait until Election Day to vote, Trump has a 52 percent to 35 percent lead.
However, overall the race seems very close. The poll found Harris at 45 percent and Trump at 44 percent.
