Former US Vice President Dick Cheney, a lifelong Republican, has confirmed that he’ll vote for Democrat Kamala Harris in November’s presidential election.
Mr Cheney, seen as an influential determine in George W. Bush’s presidency, mentioned in a press release that “nobody has ever posed a better risk to our republic” than present Republican nominee Donald Trump.
His daughter, former Republican congressman Liz Cheney, earlier advised an viewers in Texas that her father deliberate to help the Democratic candidate.
“he [Trump] “He tried to steal the final election utilizing lies and violence to maintain himself in energy after voters rejected him,” Mr. Cheney mentioned. “He can by no means be trusted in energy once more.”
He added: “As residents, we every have a accountability to place nation earlier than occasion and defend our Structure. That is why I am voting for Vice President Kamala Harris.”
Cheney’s feedback have been welcomed by Harris’ camp.
“The Vice President is proud to have the help of Vice President Cheney and deeply admires his braveness to place nation earlier than occasion,” mentioned marketing campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon.
Mr Cheney joins a rising variety of Republicans expressing concern about Donald Trump’s candidacy.
His daughter Liz Cheney has endorsed Vice President Harris.
She served on the Home particular committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and was one in every of 10 Republicans who voted to question former President Trump following the incident.
In 2022, Ms. Cheney misplaced her congressional seat to a Trump-backed candidate.
After Cheney’s assertion, Trump took to social media to name the previous vice chairman an “irrelevant greenhorn” – brief for “Republican in identify solely.”
He additionally described Mr Cheney as “the king of infinite, ridiculous wars” – an allusion to his function within the Iraq struggle.
