president biden said “I've never been more proud” of Liz Cheney, who spoke Thursday night in support of Vice President Harris, she told reporters.
“She gave one of the most significant speeches I've ever heard. She has character,” Biden said at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. “I know her father, and her father too. We argued furiously, but I've always admired her courage and integrity.”
Republican representatives shocked Republican leaders in late September by endorsing Harris alongside her father, a former vice president.
“Her actions required not only political courage, but physical courage. Physical courage,” Biden said. “I've never been more proud. I'm really, really incredibly proud of her.”
When a reporter asked about the impact her words would have on the election, Biden took a bold stance.
“I'm not passing judgment just talking about her. She and her father have character. Character, damn it. That's what this country needs,” Biden said. spoke. “It lacks individuality.”
Cheney campaigned for Harris on Thursday in Ripon, Wisconsin, known as the birthplace of the Republican Party.
“While we may differ on some points, we are united by what is more important to us as Americans than anything else: our obligation to our Constitution and our obligation to this great nation.” “Our belief in the miracles and blessings of the future,'' she told voters. “We ask you to stand in truth, reject the depravity and brutality of Donald Trump, and instead help elect Kamala Harris as president.”
Harris spoke after her, pledging that if elected he would help the country “return to a healthy two-party system.”
