Liz Cheney says Dick Cheney will vote for Kamala Harris

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Liz Cheney says ***** Cheney will vote for Kamala Harris

Liz Cheney says she’s voting for Harris

Liz Cheney joins Republicans backing Harris for President

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Former *********** Rep. Liz Cheney said her father, former Vice President ***** Cheney, will also be voting for Vice President Kamala Harris. Liz Cheney made the announcement Friday after saying two days ago that she’s backing the Democrat.

“***** Cheney will be voting for Kamala Harris,” the younger Cheney said of her father during the Texas Tribune Festival, prompting cheers from the audience.

***** Cheney was vice president under former President George W. Bush and was one of the most influential officials behind Bush’s invasion of Iraq and the CIA’s interrogation tactics after the Sept. 11, 2001, ******* attacks.

Liz Cheney was one of only two Republicans to serve on the House Jan. 6 committee investigating the Capitol ******** and former President Donald Trump’s role in it, and Trump has repeatedly blasted Cheney for it, suggesting she and the others on the committee should be jailed. 

“I don’t believe that we have the luxury of writing in candidates’ names, particularly in swing states,” Liz Cheney said Wednesday at Duke University. “As a *************, as someone who believes in and cares about the Constitution, I have thought deeply about this. And because of the danger that Donald Trump poses, not only am I not voting for Donald Trump, but 

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Harris’ campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said in a statement that Harris was “proud to have earned Congresswoman Cheney’s vote.”

The Cheneys aren’t the only Republicans to back Harris. Several Republicans spoke at the Democratic National Convention urging their fellow Republicans to back Harris for the sake of democracy, including former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan.

Caitlin Yilek

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Kathryn Watson

Kathryn Watson is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital, based in Washington, D.C.

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