Ripon, Wis. – Vice President Kamala Harris teamed up with the city's most visible anti-Trump Republicans on Thursday in her effort to woo disgruntled Republicans in the battle with former President Trump for the White House. claimed to have done so. It is the birthplace of the Republican Party.
Harris campaigned in the battleground state of Wisconsin with former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, who was once a rising conservative star in the Republican Party. I vowed to do everything in my power to stop it. President Trump never returned to power.
Cheney told the audience that she was officially endorsing the Democratic presidential candidate, saying, “I have never voted for a Democrat, but this year I will proudly vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.” “As a conservative, a patriot, a mother, and someone who respects the Constitution, I am honored to join her in this urgent cause.”
Harris praised Cheney as a leader who is “a true patriot who puts country over party and himself before himself.”
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The campaign was held in Ripon, Wisconsin. There, the one-room schoolhouse is designated a National Historic Landmark for its role in 1854 in hosting a series of conventions that led to the formation of the Republican Party.
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.
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The conservative lawmaker and defense hawk soon came under verbal attack from Trump and his allies, and was ultimately forced out of the No. 3 job. House Republican leadership positions.
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.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) speaks at a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris at Ripon College on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in Ripon, Wis. (AP Photo/Mark・Schiefelbein) (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
In 2022, she was ousted by a Trump-backed candidate in Wyoming's Republican congressional primary.
At a lecture held at Duke University in the battleground state of North Carolina in early September, Cheney announced that she would vote for Harris in the presidential election. Cheney's father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, also supported Harris.
“Our nation faces a threat unlike anything we've faced before: a former president who sought to maintain power by undermining the foundations of our republic,” President Cheney warned Thursday.
She insisted that Trump “can never again trust in power” and stressed that “in this election, it is not a desire, but our duty, to put patriotism above partisanship.”
“What January 6th shows us is that Donald Trump has no compassion whatsoever. He's despicable. He's vindictive. He's cruel. And Donald Trump… is unfit to lead this good and great country,'' Cheney said.
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Harris spoke after Cheney, saying, “Those who recklessly trample on our democratic values, like Donald Trump, and those who champion the will of the people and the peaceful transfer of power,'' Harris said. And those who violently interfered with the situation must never do so again.” Stand behind the Seal of the President of the United States. ”
“I take seriously my oath to be a president for all Americans,” Harris said.
Campaign campaign with Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris (left) and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo., right) held at Ripon University in Ripon, Wisconsin, on Thursday, October 3, 2024. Arriving to speak at the event (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Cheney wasn't necessarily a fan of Harris.
The Trump campaign on Thursday repeatedly pointed to Cheney's social media posts from the 2000 campaign, saying, “Kamala Harris has a more liberal voting record than Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren. Her radical leftist Our view is that raising taxes, banning gun sales, funneling taxpayer dollars to abortion and medical care for illegal immigrants, and eliminating private health insurance would be disastrous for America.
President Trump spoke with Fox News' Bill Melgin during a rally in Michigan on Thursday, saying Cheney is “terrible” and “a stupid warhawk. All she wants to do is shoot missiles at people.” said.
Regarding Cheney's support for Harris, Trump claimed, “I think they're hurting each other. I think they're both very bad.”
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.
Former Illinois Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger speaks at the Democratic National Convention on August 22, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Paul Steinhauser – FOX News)
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.
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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.
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns with former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney at an event on October 3, 2024, in Ripon, Wisconsin, the birthplace of the Republican Party. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
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.
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