Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) urged former President Bush to endorse Vice President Harris throughout an episode of the The New Yorker’s Radio Hour that aired on Friday.
“I can’t explain why George W. Bush hasn’t spoken out but I think it’s time, and I wish that he would,” Cheney stated throughout the recording at The New Yorker Pageant.
The GOP chief is among the highest profile members to publicly criticize former President Trump whereas actively campaigning for Vice President Harris. Nonetheless, in latest days, former President Bush’s daughter, Barbara has additionally stepped out on the marketing campaign path to assist Harris within the swing state of Pennsylvania.
“It was inspiring to join friends and meet voters with the Harris-Walz campaign in Pennsylvania this weekend,” Bush instructed Individuals Journal in an announcement Tuesday. “I’m hopeful they’ll move our country forward and protect women’s rights.”
Former President Bush has saved to his promise of not formally endorsing a candidate within the 2024 race. In September, Cheney and her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney who served underneath Bush endorsed Harris.
“In our nation’s 246-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,” Vice President Cheney stated of the Republican nominee in a 2022 advert for his daughter.
Earlier this month, she campaigned for the Democratic nominee in her residence state of Wisconsin, a battleground location that can be essential in figuring out the subsequent president.
At The New Yorker competition, Cheney additionally touched on The Washington Put up’s announcement that it could not endorse a presidential candidate earlier this week.
“When you have Jeff Bezos apparently afraid to issue an endorsement for the only candidate in the race who’s a stable responsible adult because he fears Donald Trump, that tells you why we have to work so hard to make sure that Donald Trump isn’t elected,” she stated on the New Yorker Pageant, including that she cancelled her Put up subscription.
“And I think also, why we ought to not forget what has happened, forget who’s taken brave and courageous stands,” she stated on the competition.
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