The ‘Darth Vader’ of American Politicsthe architect of theinvasion of Iraqthe most powerful vice president of US history, the iron republican Dick Cheneyannounced that he will vote on November 5 Kamala Harris. Not entirely unexpected news: the 83-year-old former number two of George W. Bush had downloaded Donald Trump in 2022, but which further mixes the cards on the table of an already tight race and a few days away from the first and perhaps only TV debate between the Democrat and the Republican.
«In the 248 years of our country’s existence, there has been no one who is a greater threat to the republic than Donald Trump“, he attacked in a statement on X Cheney. “He tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to stay in power after the voters kicked him out,” he insisted, referring to the attack on Capitol Hill of January 6, 2021, and then conclude that “as citizens we have the duty to give priority to the Country and to the defense of our Constitution. And that is why I will vote for Kamala Harris».
THE’endorsement had been brought forward to Texas by his daughter Liza former congresswoman and bitter enemy of the tycoon. «For my father, there has never been an individual in our country who represents such a grave threat to our democracy as Donald Trump“, he said. So far, Cheney is the highest-profile Republican to publicly endorse Harriswhere other big names of the Grand Old Party like the former vice president Mike Pence or the former candidate Mitt Romneywho have criticized the tycoon, have not yet given their endorsement to the tycoon but have not explicitly denied it either.
Trumpof course, reacted angrily to the former vice president’s decision, branding him as a ‘RINO‘ (‘republican in name only’) irrelevant.” «Dick Cheney is an irrelevant RINO, along with his daughter, who lost by the largest margin in the history of Congress! ” attacked the former president in a post on Truthreferring to the defeat of the former MP in Wyoming against a Trumpian candidate.
The campaign of Harris instead welcomed the position, stressing that the candidate “is honored to have the support of the vice president and appreciates the courage to put country before party”. However, there are those who have pointed out that the embrace of the dark side of the Republican force could backfire for Harris, with millions of Democrats remembering Cheney as an unscrupulous warmonger, who sent American soldiers to the slaughter and contributed to a situation of chaos in Middle East the consequences of which the United States is still suffering today.
Meanwhile, the two candidates are preparing for the TV debate of September 10th. Kamallocked in a hotel in Pittsburghin the strategic and precarious state of Pennsylvaniais undergoing grueling tests with the democratic dream team of the debates: Philippe Reinesformer advisor to Hillary Clinton when she was Secretary of State, who plays Trump; the veteran of duels Karen Dunn And Rohini Kosogluformer domestic policy adviser and Senate chief of staff. To this select group, according to the New York Timesa few other people would have been added that the vice president trusts blindly and from whom she knows she can get unconditional feedback.
Between a rally and a press conference, Trump apparently he is preparing in a more relaxed way; in reality, sources close to the tycoon reveal that he is working much harder than in previous campaigns. On Tuesday he had a three-hour session at his golf club in New Jersey and has two more scheduled for Sunday and Monday, the eve of the clash. It also appears to have been about the famous 2019 clash with his vice presidential candidate Mike Pencewhen Harris He silenced him with a curt, “I’m talking.” “I won’t let him tell me what he told Mike,” the tycoon confided to his people.