In order to win the votes of dissatisfied Republicans as they battle former President Trump for the White House, vice president kamala harris Heading to the town that claims to be the birthplace of the Republican Party.
A Harris campaign official said the vice president plans to campaign in the battleground state of Wisconsin on Thursday. Former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney Once a high-profile conservative star in the Republican Party, he has become the party's most visible anti-Trump leader.
The campaign will be held in Ripon, Wisconsin. Here, the one-room schoolhouse that played a role in hosting the series of conventions in 1854 that led to the formation of the Republican Party is designated a National Historic Landmark.
According to her campaign, Harris once again appealed directly to Republican voters dissatisfied with Trump as her party's presidential nominee, reiterating her pledge to be a president for all Americans. , intends to shine a spotlight on the significance of that moment and place.
Harris is also expected to praise Cheney's courage and patriotism in putting country before party.
In early September, Cheney announced at a lecture at Duke University in the battleground state of North Carolina that she would vote for Harris in the presidential election.
“As a conservative, as someone who believes in the Constitution and cares about the Constitution, I have thought deeply about this. Given the danger that Donald Trump poses, not only will I not vote for Donald Trump; I’m going to vote for Kamala,” Harris said. ”
Cheney's father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, also supported Harris.
President Trump responded by calling the support “irrelevant.”
The younger Cheney once rose through the ranks of House Republican leadership.
But she was the most high-profile of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Trump in early 2021. He was accused of inciting the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was carried out by right-wing extremists and others carried out by Trump. Advocates aiming to disrupt Congressional certification of President Biden's electoral victory in the 2020 election.
The conservative congressman and defense hawk soon came under verbal attack from Trump and his allies, and was ultimately ousted from his position as the No. 3 House Republican leader.
Cheney, who has been vocal in defending the country's democratic process and emphasizing the importance of putting country over party, has not been a member of the special select committee formed by House Democrats to investigate the Capitol riot. He was one of only two Republicans to serve.
In 2022, he lost the Wyoming Republican congressional primary to a Trump-backed candidate.
Cheney has argued that the former president is a “liar”, a “fraud” and a potential “tyrant” who would “destroy the Constitution” if re-elected, but after leaving Congress, she said: I swore. Can be confirmed [Trump] I will never go near the Oval Office again. ”
Harris campaign said the vice president said at the event with Cheney that while Republicans do not agree with her on every issue, she is committed to upholding the Constitution, America's fundamental principles and the rule of law. The plan is to emphasize the following.
The Cheneys are part of a list of prominent Republicans supporting Harris.
Two other prominent anti-Trump Republicans, former Illinois congressman Adam Kinzinger and former Georgia lieutenant governor Jeff Duncan, took speaking roles at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago six weeks ago. Ta.
And Harris is endorsed by more than 200 alumni who served in both Bush administrations and under the late Sens. John McCain and Mitt Romney, both Republican presidential candidates in 2008 and 2012. There is. He also has the support of more than 100 former Republican national security officials and other prominent Republicans.
Ripon is not the only town to claim the birthplace of the Republican Party. Exeter, New Hampshire, also has some ceremonies to be proud of. It was the site of a meeting in 1853, one year before the Ripon rally, where disillusioned political leaders discussed forming a new Republican party.
But Ripon officials said the Exeter group does not actually form a political organization or elect officials like it does in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin is one of seven critical battleground states that determined Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election, and will determine whether Harris or Trump will win in the 2024 presidential election. There is a high possibility that it will be decided.
With less than five weeks until Election Day in November, Harris and Trump are in a close race within the margin of error in key battleground states.
Mr. Trump maintains significant influence over the Republican Party, but if even a small number of Republicans support Ms. Harris, it is likely to result in a close race in a battleground state and could have a significant impact. There is sex.
