Liz Cheney Has Come a Long Way Regarding Kamala Harris

 

Former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney has endorsed Kamala Harris for President. 

The former co-Chair of the January 6th Committee declared her support for Harris during an appearance at Duke University in the swing state of North Carolina:

As a conservative, 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 I will be voting for Kamala Harris.

Now I have no doubt there are many who are not surprised by Cheney's decision since she broke with Trump over January 6th. But to fully appreciate how far Cheney has come along on Harris, consider what she said about her in an interview in 2020 with KCWY TV, the NBC affiliate in Casper, Wyoming after Joe Biden selected her as his running mate:

Her views are so radical. It was a surprising pick to me because in order for Biden to win he has to appeal to suburban voters in a lot of swing states around the country. He's got to appeal to people who are, you know, not California liberals. He's already got the California liberal vote. I don't see that Harris helps him. 

I think what he ended up having to do was basically placate the far left-wing of the party. In addition to the fact that she would be a terrible vice-president policy-wise for the country it tells us something about Joe Biden. It tells us that he's not really leading the party, not really in charge and sort of putting his mark on the party in the way most nominees do. He's much more having to keep them happy, but I think by doing so he made a pick that is going to be a mistake for him politically.

Now, I'm sure the Trump campaign is going to come across this interview if they haven't done so already and will emphasize how Cheney described Harris as "radical", "a terrible vice-president policy-wise for the country" and how she was "a mistake for him politically." After all, Democrats are doing the same where it concerns J.D. Vance's past statements about Trump. 

While there's no doubt Cheney isn't going to agree with Harris on many policy matters, her objections to Harris pale in comparison to Trump and it was the Republican Party who ousted her from her House Leadership position while Republican voters in Wyoming rejected her for a MAGA mouthpiece because she would not worship at his altar. 

Liz Cheney may have said that Harris was "radical" and "a terrible vice-president policy-wise for the country", but she has never charactered the Vice-President as "clearly unfit" for office much less a "danger" as she has with Trump.

Now that Cheney has endorsed Harris, I can't wait to see them together on the campaign trail.