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Kamala Harris isn't done picking up support from GOP, conservatives
Two weeks ago, Republicans for Harris launched to some fanfare. The effort appears to be growing, which should probably make Trump and his team nervous.
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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/kamala-harris-isnt-done-picking-support-gop-conservatives-rcna167223
In the years that followed, Luttig took fresh steps to distance himself from his ostensible allies on the right, becoming one of the star witnesses in the Jan. 6 committee’s hearings. A year ago, the retired jurist said American democracy is in “grave peril” because of the radicalization of GOP politics.
“American democracy simply cannot function without two equally healthy and equally strong political parties,” Luttig said last August. “So today, in my view, there is no Republican Party to counter the Democratic Party in the country.”
It’s against this backdrop that the retired judge is also endorsing the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. CNN reported:
“In the presidential election of 2024 there is only one political party and one candidate for the presidency that can claim the mantle of defender and protector of America’s Democracy, the Constitution, and the Rule of Law,” Luttig wrote in a statement obtained by CNN. “As a result, I will unhesitatingly vote for the Democratic Party’s candidate for the Presidency of the United States, Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris.”
“American democracy simply cannot function without two equally healthy and equally strong political parties,” Luttig said last August. “So today, in my view, there is no Republican Party to counter the Democratic Party in the country.”
It’s against this backdrop that the retired judge is also endorsing the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. CNN reported:
Retired federal appeals court Judge J. Michael Luttig, a prominent conservative legal scholar put on the bench by President George H.W. Bush, is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump, whose candidacy he describes as an existential threat to American democracy. It will be the first time Luttig, a veteran of two Republican administrations, has voted for a Democrat.
“In the presidential election of 2024 there is only one political party and one candidate for the presidency that can claim the mantle of defender and protector of America’s Democracy, the Constitution, and the Rule of Law,” Luttig wrote in a statement obtained by CNN. “As a result, I will unhesitatingly vote for the Democratic Party’s candidate for the Presidency of the United States, Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris.”
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