Washington — Vice President Kamala Harris is heading into the presidential debate with former President Donald Trump on Tuesday locked in a decent race together with her GOP opponent, however is continuous to see a rising variety of Republicans endorse her forward of the 2024 election.
Harris and Trump are poised to go head-to-head in Philadelphia of their first and possibly solely debate earlier than Election Day. Each candidates may have surrogates within the spin room following the matchup, hosted by ABC Information. However amongst these advocating for Harris will probably be two individuals who labored within the White Home for Trump.
Anthony Scaramucci, who had a short stint as Trump’s White Home communications director, and Olivia Troye, who was Homeland Safety adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, will probably be in Philadelphia to talk out in opposition to the previous president, Harris’ marketing campaign mentioned.
Scaramucci and Troye should not the one Republicans who’ve introduced their assist for Harris, and the Democratic presidential nominee’s marketing campaign rolled out “Republicans for Harris” to bolster outreach to GOP voters who oppose Trump.
A number of Republicans endorsed Harris on the Democratic Nationwide Conference in August, whereas a bunch of greater than 200 who labored for former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, in addition to Sen. Mitt Romney and the late Sen. John McCain signed onto a letter supporting the Democratic nominee.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney
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Cheney has been probably the most vocal Republican critics of Trump, and she or he introduced her intent to vote for Harris throughout an occasion at Duke College on Sept. 4. She represented Wyoming within the Home for six years, which included two years in GOP management as convention chair earlier than being ousted from the management place by pro-Trump Republicans after which defeated by Trump-backed challenger in a major.
“I do not consider that we’ve got the luxurious of writing in candidates’ names, notably in swing states,” Cheney mentioned. “As a conservative, as somebody who believes in and cares concerning the Structure, I’ve thought deeply about this. And due to the hazard that Donald Trump poses, not solely am I not voting for Donald Trump, however I will probably be voting for Kamala Harris.”
Former Vice President Dick Cheney
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The previous vice chairman joined his daughter, Liz Cheney, in saying his plan to vote for Harris in November. Cheney has an extended profession in Republican politics, having served 4 presidents. Along with being vice chairman to President George W. Bush, Cheney was secretary of Protection below President George H.W. Bush and White Home chief of workers below President Gerald Ford. He represented Wyoming within the Home for 10 years.
“In our nation’s 248-year historical past, there has by no means been a person who’s a higher risk to our republic than Donald Trump,” he mentioned in a press release on Sept. 6. “He tried to steal the final election utilizing lies and violence to maintain himself in energy after the voters had rejected him. He can by no means be trusted with energy once more. As residents, we every have an obligation to place nation above partisanship to defend our Structure. That’s the reason I will probably be casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.”
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger
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Like Liz Cheney, Kinzinger has additionally been probably the most ardent critics of Trump. The previous Illinois congressman appeared at the Democratic Nationwide Conference on Aug. 22 to urge Republicans to again Harris in November.
“Donald Trump has suffocated the soul of the Republican Occasion,” he mentioned. “His basic weak point has coursed by my social gathering like an sickness.”
Kinzinger delivered a message to GOP voters to “vote for our bedrock values and vote for Kamala Harris.”
Stephanie Grisham
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Grisham was a White Home press secretary below Trump and chief of workers to first girl Melania Trump earlier than resigning on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of the previous president’s supporters violently breached the U.S. Capitol. She addressed the Democratic Nationwide Conference on its second night time and lambasted Trump as having “no empathy, no morals and no constancy to the reality.”
“I like my nation greater than my social gathering,” Grisham mentioned. “Kamala Harris tells the reality. She respects the American individuals and she or he has my vote.”
Olivia Troye
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Troye, who was an adviser to Pence, additionally addressed the Democratic Nationwide Conference to converse out in opposition to Trump and voice her assist for Harris.
She mentioned the Republican nominee’s purpose is “to sow doubt and division,” and characterised a vote for Harris as a vote for democracy.
“You are not betraying our social gathering,” she mentioned of the GOP. “You are standing up for our nation.”
Anthony Scaramucci
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Scaramucci was White Home communications director earlier than he was ousted from the function in July 2017 after serving simply 11 days. He has since criticized Trump and the GOP, calling it a “Trumpist social gathering” in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Company.
“Kamala Harris is succesful and has a terrific crew,” he mentioned in a July social media put up.
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan
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Duncan was Georgia’s lieutenant governor and break up with Trump over his efforts to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 election. He, too, delivered remarks on the Democratic Nationwide Conference to induce his fellow Republicans to assist Harris within the presidential election.
“To my fellow Republicans at residence that need to pivot again towards coverage, empathy and tone: You already know the best factor to do. Now let’s have the braveness to do it in November,” Duncan mentioned, calling Harris a “regular hand.”
