Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio dismissed the endorsements of Vice President Kamala Harris by former Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and the youngest son of the late Arizona Sen. John McCain as not worthy of consideration and labelled the two as being "rejects" from the Republican Party.
Speaking to the New York Post on Thursday during a campaign stop in Phoenix, Vance called the endorsement "low of them."
"The fact that Kamala Harris has gotten a couple of rejects from the Republican Party who have no sway in our party anymore to endorse her, I think, speaks low of them and doesn’t say anything great about her campaign," Vance said.
On Wednesday, Cheney told onlookers in North Carolina that she plans to vote for Harris in November. Speaking during a presentation for Duke University’s Sanford Club of Public Policy, Cheney emphasized the "threat" she feels a second Trump presidency would have on the nation.
Jimmy McCain, a first lieutenant in the Arizona National Guard, announced his support for Harris earlier this week, saying, "I feel that Kamala Harris and Tim Walz embody a group of people that will help make this country better. That will take us forward. That's really what matters at the end of the day."
Cheney has been a fervent Trump critic the past three years since being handpicked by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi to be one of two Republicans on the House select committee investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol. Cheney also was one of only 10 House Republicans who voted in favor of the second impeachment of Trump.
McCain took his praise of Harris a step further and announced that he would be registering as a Democrat. Cheney, who lost her Wyoming congressional seat to Republican Harriet Hagemen in 2022, has remained a registered Republican despite her vocal distaste for the party under Trump.
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