Kamala Harris teams up with Liz Cheney in the birthplace of the Republican Party

Ripon, Wis. — Vice President Harris claimed Thursday that she has worked with some of the city's most visible anti-Trump Republicans in her efforts to woo disgruntled Republicans in the fight against former President Trump for the White House. did. It is the birthplace of the Republican Party.

Harris campaigned in the battleground state of Wisconsin with former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney, a rising conservative star in the Republican Party, but Cheney was in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. I vowed to do my best. Prevent President Trump from returning 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.

Cheney is the daughter of former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney and once rose to a position in the House Republican leadership.

But she is a member of the House of Representatives, which voted to impeach then-President Trump in early 2021 on charges of inciting the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot by right-wing extremists and other Trump supporters. He was the most prominent of the 10 Republican senators. It was aimed at blocking Congress' certification of President Biden's electoral victory in the 2020 election.

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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 Republican leader in the House.

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, she lost the Wyoming Republican Congressional primary to Harriet Hageman, a candidate backed by President Trump.

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. Mr. Cheney's father also supported Ms. Harris.

President Cheney warned Thursday that “our nation faces a threat unlike anything we've faced before: a former president who sought to stay in power by undermining the foundations of our republic.”

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 has shown us is that Donald Trump doesn't have an ounce of compassion. He's despicable. He's vindictive. He's cruel. He is unfit to lead a 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 actively support the will of the people and the peaceful transfer of power,'' Harris said. And those who violently interfered with it must never stand behind it again.” Seal of the President of the United States. ”

“I take seriously my oath to be a president for all Americans,” Harris said.

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Harris arrives at a campaign event with former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on October 3, 2024 in Ripon, Wisconsin. (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, writing, “@KamalaHarris has a more liberal voting record than Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren. Her radical “The left-wing view is to raise taxes and ban gun sales.” , pumping taxpayer money into abortion and medical care for illegal immigrants and eliminating private health insurance would be devastating for America. ”

President Trump spoke with Fox News' Bill Melgin during a rally in Michigan on Thursday, saying Cheney is “terrible” and “a stupid hawk. All she wants to do is shoot missiles at people.” he said.

“I think they're hurting each other. I think they're both very bad,” Trump said of Cheney's support for Harris.

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 in Chicago on August 22, 2024. (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 that claims to be the birthplace of the Republican Party. Exeter, New Hampshire, was also the site of a meeting of disillusioned political leaders who discussed forming a new Republican party in 1853, a year before the Ripon rally, and was the site of some ceremonial bragging rights. There is.

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 Harris campaigns with former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney in Ripon, Wisconsin, the birthplace of the Republican Party, at an event on October 3, 2024. (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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