EXCLUSIVE: Three extra Republicans are crossing the aisle to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for the White Home.
Former U.S. Senator Nancy Kassebaum, R-Kan., former Kansas state senator and Insurance coverage Commissioner Sandy Praeger, and Deanell Reece Tacha, a retired federal decide, condemned the present state of the GOP in a press release shared with Fox Information Digital on Thursday.
“This election presents a stark alternative that isn’t simple for any of us. The Republican Social gathering of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bob Dole, Frank Carlson, Jan Meyers, and generations of Kansas leaders doesn’t exist throughout the present Republican Social gathering,” the previous officers wrote.
“However, it requires Republicans talking out and placing nation over occasion when these values are at stake.”
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Retired Republican Sen. Nancy Kassebaum led a gaggle of Kansas GOP girls in endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris (Getty Pictures)
They added that the race between Harris and former President Trump introduced a “stark alternative” – however not a simple one.
“No candidate is ideal, and we don’t fake that we subscribe to all of the coverage positions taken both by the nationwide events or any particular person candidates,” they wrote.
“Nonetheless, we fervently imagine that we should do our half to attempt to construct a brighter future, which is why we will probably be voting for Kamala Harris and [Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz] on this election. We imagine they most intently align with the aspirations of Kansans and mirror our wealthy historical past of working collectively ‘to the celebs by issue.’”
Kassebaum, who now goes by Nancy Kassebaum Baker, served within the U.S. Senate from December 1978 by January 1997.
She was the primary lady elected to symbolize Kansas within the chamber, and her profession included a stint as chair of the Senate Labor Committee.
Deanell Reece Tacha was nominated to the U.S. Courtroom of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit by former President Ronald Reagan in 1985 (Getty Pictures)
Tacha was nominated to the U.S. Courtroom of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit by former President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and served as chief decide from 2001 till 2008.
Praeger served because the Kansas Insurance coverage Commissioner from 2003 till 2015.
Harris’ marketing campaign has made some extent of courting Republicans in a bid to widen her attraction and forged Trump as an excessive and polarizing alternative.
A majority of Republicans, notably these nonetheless in elected workplace, do assist Trump.
The vp has scored assist from a number of notable GOP figures, nonetheless – former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., ex-Vice President Dick Cheney, and former Trump administration aides Stephanie Grisham and Olivia Troye have all publicly come out for Harris.
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Troye is one in all a number of individuals who headlined a “Republicans for Harris” occasion on Thursday, alongside former Reps. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., and Denver Riggleman, R-Va.
A brand new Marist College poll discovered Harris and Trump neck-and-neck in three essential states.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., is among the many Republicans who have already got come out for Harris (AP Photograph/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
The 2 candidates are tied at 49% amongst seemingly voters in North Carolina, whereas Trump barely edges Harris in Georgia and Arizona with 50% to 49% in each states.
These statewide polls have been carried out Sept. 19 to 24.
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Requested for touch upon the Kansas Republicans’ endorsement, the Harris campaign despatched Fox Information Digital a broader assertion on the “Republicans for Harris” initiative.
“The Vice President is bringing collectively voters from throughout the political spectrum by operating a marketing campaign about freedom, democracy, and alternative,” stated Austin Weatherford, Nationwide Republican Outreach Director.
“Our Republicans for Harris program is taking that unifying, inspiring message to anti-Trump Republicans, moderates, and independents. Whereas we’re seeing a surge in assist, we aren’t taking anybody without any consideration.”
The Trump marketing campaign stated of the Harris endorsement, “No one is aware of who these individuals are, and no person cares.”
