Daybreak Roberts, the co-chair of former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s marketing campaign in Iowa, mentioned Friday is endorsing Vice President Harris for president.
In a column within the Des Moines Register, Roberts mentioned she was “at a loss” when each of the presidential candidates have been in or close to their 80s. As a lifelong Republican, she selected to assist Haley.
Now, in contrast to Haley, who endorsed former President Trump, Roberts mentioned she is going to vote for Harris.
“I used to be impressed with how she dealt with herself saying that she needed to ‘earn everybody’s assist.’ She confirmed willingness to take heed to a wider vary of views to resolve issues,” Roberts wrote. “So I’m supporting Kamala Harris for president.”
Roberts and her late husband Steve have had a protracted historical past in politics. He served because the chair of the Republican State Central Committee and was a nationwide committee member for 20 years earlier than dying in late 2020. Her political work, in the meantime, dates to 1974, when she served as Iowa co-chair for President Ford’s marketing campaign.
Roberts praised Harris’s embrace of latest concepts and other people eventually month’s Democratic Nationwide Conference. Harris introduced collectively various people to resolve issues, Roberts famous, saying she thinks that’s “a more healthy and wiser technique to lead.” She mentioned the vp “continued to impress” by bringing the nation collectively throughout her debate efficiency.
“It additionally doesn’t damage that she (as probably the most certified candidate working for president) occurs to be a girl,” Roberts wrote. “My husband, Steve, typically questioned why the US has by no means had a feminine president. I believe the time is now and Kamala Harris is the individual to steer our nation into the long run.”
