Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) warned against listening to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) after he questioned why any Republican would endorse Vice President Harris for president.
“Don’t listen to Lindsey Graham, number one. It’s good life advice, actually,” Cheney told conservative columnist Charlie Sykes during a campaign stop alongside Harris on Monday.
Sykes had asked Cheney what she thought of Graham’s remarks, which came Sunday during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“To every Republican supporting her, what the hell are you doing? You’re supporting the most radical nominee in the history of American politics,” the South Carolina Republican said in the interview, mentioning progressive policies the vice president once backed — including “Medicare for All” and the Green New Deal.
Cheney went on to defend her endorsement of Harris, labeling the possibility of a second term with former President Trump in the White House as a “threat.”
“We’ve never faced a threat like this before, and I think it’s so important for people to realize this republic only survives if we protect it, and that means putting partisan politics aside and standing up for the Constitution and for what’s right and loving our country. … She is somebody that you can trust and someone that our children can look up to,” Cheney said.
“And I think it’s so important for us to cast the vote for Vice President Harris this time around,” said the former lawmaker, who has been on the campaign trail rallying voters in “blue wall” states against voting for Trump.
Her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney (R), also backed the vice president last month.
When asked by an audience member later in the interview about how to get more Republicans to cross the aisle and vote for Harris, Cheney knocked the former president for what she labeled as his heavy focus on “partisan battles.”
“This election cycle, this time around, has to be about so much more than partisanship,” Cheney said.
“I come to understand what she believes about how she will govern, that she will be a president for all Americans, that she’s committed to listening and committed to having viewpoints, some of which you know, come from different ends of the political spectrum,” she added.
Sykes also asked Harris how the country can “get back” from partisan politics.
“Do we want a president of the United States who spends full time plotting revenge while they sit in the Oval Office? Or a president who is actually focused on the American people?” Harris inquired.
“The strength of our democracy requires a two-party system. It really does,” she added later.
The Hill has contacted the Trump campaign and Graham’s press office for comment.