Former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney expressed her support for Vice President Harris at a campaign event in Ripon, Wisconsin Thursday. Veuer’s Matt Hoffman reports.
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00:00Former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney expressed her support for Vice President Harris at a campaign event in Ripon, Wisconsin, Thursday.
00:07I have never voted for a Democrat, but this year I am proudly casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.
00:18Ripon seems to have been chosen for its historical significance as the site of the founding of the Republican Party.
00:23Cheney is the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney.
00:26She was also Vice Chair of the House Committee that investigated the January 6th attack,
00:30and said that the events of that day were what convinced her to go against the GOP in this election.
00:35Donald Trump was willing to sacrifice our capital to allow law enforcement officers to be beaten and brutalized in his name,
00:44and to violate the law and the Constitution in order to seize power for himself.
00:51I don't care if you are a Democrat or a Republican or an Independent.
00:57That is depravity, and we must never become numb to it.
01:02It is my profound honor, my profound honor to have your support.
01:07And I also want to thank your father, Vice President Dick Cheney, for his support.
01:14Trump responded on Truth Social, calling Cheney a low-IQ war hawk and saying that she suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome.
01:21And some progressives have been critical of the alliance as well.
01:24Georgia State Representative Rua Roman posted last month,
01:26Republicans are not going to save us and touting their endorsements is turning people off.