Former United States Vice President Dick Cheney, a lifelong Republican, has said he will vote for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in the November 5 presidential election.
“In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,” Cheney said of the Republican contender and former US president.
Cheney, who served as vice president under President George W Bush from 2001 to 2009, confirmed his endorsement of Harris in a statement on Friday and said Trump “can never be trusted with power again”.
Cheney further accused the Republican candidate Trump trying to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him,”
“As citizens, we each have a duty to put country above partisanship to defend our Constitution. That is why I will be casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris,” he added.
His daughter Liz Cheney, a former Republican member of Congress from Wyoming, also endorsed Harris on Wednesday.
