As Kamala Harris shared a stage with lifelong Republican Liz Cheney, news has broken that she has received another endorsement – and again, it’s from someone you’d usually expect to oppose the Democratic Party.
Susan Ford Bales, the daughter of the late Republican president Gerald Ford, endorsed Ms Harris on Monday.
In a statement, she said when her father was sworn into office in the wake of former president Richard Nixon’s resignation, “the nation was in need of a serious, compassionate and honourable leader” who had “the courage to do what was right and always to defend our constitution”.
Her statement continued: “We face a similar dynamic today. America cannot regress back to a divisive paradigm of loathing toward one another and disdain for our constitution.
“We witnessed on 6 January the horrors of what that looks like, and we can never allow a repeat of that tragedy. The forces that incited it must be held accountable. They can never be in a position to ever do it again.
“Vice president Harris and I likely disagree on some policy matters, but her integrity and commitment to those same principles that guided dad have led me to conclude that Kamala Harris should be elected 47th President of the United States.”
Like Liz Cheney, the daughter of former George W Bush vice president Dick Cheney, Susan Ford Bales is a major endorsement from the Republican Party establishment for Ms Harris.
But Donald Trump has built his support despite the opposition of many traditional conservatives, going back to his US election victory in 2016.
He has previously called his critics in the Republican Party RINOs – standing for Republicans In Name Only.
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