The anti-Trump Republicans who are backing Harris' 2024 campaign
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- Oct 5, 2024
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by Avery Lotz on Axios.com, October 3, 2024
Ex-Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) will campaign alongside Vice President Kamala Harris Thursday — at an event in a Wisconsin schoolhouse known as the birthplace of the Republican party.
Why it matters: Cheney, who endorsed Harris in September, is among a growing cadre of former GOP officials and ex-Trumpworld staffers who are ditching partisan differences in an effort to prevent a second Trump presidency.
The big picture: In the home stretch of the narrowly divided race, the Harris-Walz campaign is ramping up its effort to attract Republican-leaning and undecided voters.
Harris has said she'd appoint a Republican to her cabinet should she win in November.
Here are other former GOP officials who have endorsed the Harris-Walz ticket.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who once supported the former president, said he would vote for Harris, warning in a statement that he believed Trump "can never be trusted with power again."
"In our nation's 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump," he said in a statement in September.
The former vice president publicly changed his tune on Trump after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Former Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger
The ex-congressman spoke at the Democratic National Convention in August, where he said the GOP has "switched its allegiance from the principles that gave it purpose to a man whose only purpose is itself."
He told GOP voters to "vote for our bedrock values and vote for Kamala Harris."
The intrigue: He told Deadline last month he would "certainly" accept a cabinet post under Harris if offered one.
Former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake
Flake, who served in Congress for close to two decades, said he would support the Democratic ticket earlier this week, citing his experience working with Walz in the House and Harris in the Senate.
"I would encourage all Republicans who feel this way to do the same," he said in a post to X.
What he's saying: In a recent appearance on ABC's "This Week," Flake said he can't endorse a candidate who "tries to use the powers of the presidency to overturn" an election without mentioning Trump by name.
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