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STORY: :: Kamala Harris welcomes endorsement from

former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney

:: September 7, 2024

:: Cheney's daughter Liz, a former U.S. Representative,

also said she would vote for Harris

:: File

:: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

:: Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic presidential nominee

"I am actually honored to have their endorsement and I think what they both as leaders, who are leaders that are well respected are making an important statement that it is ok and is important to put country above party." // "And them stepping up to make this public statement, I think is courageous, but also for the folks I was just talking with, it really reinforces for them that we love our country and we have more in common than what separates us."

Harris was in Pittsburgh preparing for the Sept. 10 debate against her Republican rival Donald Trump, with whom she is locked in a tight race for the Nov. 5 vote.

Dick Cheney, who served as vice president under Republican George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009, said on Friday that "in our nation's 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump."

Liz Cheney said on Wednesday she would vote for Harris, calling Trump a "danger."

Trump called Dick Cheney an "irrelevant RINO along with his daughter" in a social media post on Friday, using a term he applies to Republicans not loyal to him, which stands for "Republicans in Name Only."