Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) urged individuals to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris to ensure girls have “life-saving health care” and stated the overturning of Roe v. Wade is “uniting women who are pro-choice and pro-life.”
“You have pro-life women all across this country who have been watching what’s happened in places like Texas and places like North Carolina, where since Roe was overturned, you had laws put in place at the state level that are preventing women from getting life-saving care,” Cheney stated on Sunday’s episode of “State of the Union.”
She continued: “You have women like me, who have been pro-life, are saying, ‘What we have seen happen cannot stand.’”
She referenced the lawyer normal of Texas suing for the medical data of ladies who’ve sought abortions out of state, calling out that former President Donald Trump, who took credit score for the overturn of Roe v. Wade, received’t make his medical data public.
In the beginning of September, Cheney introduced she would vote for Harris, and some days later referred to as Trump “depraved” and stated that reelecting him could be an “unrecoverable catastrophe” for the nation. Cheney was additionally the vice chair of the Jan. 6 committee that investigated the coup try in 2021, through which Trump was charged with making an attempt to overturn the 2020 election outcomes.
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Cheney appears to be strolling again her anti-abortion stance. After Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, she praised the choice, saying she has “always been strongly pro-life.”
Final week, Cheney campaigned with Harris in Wisconsin, the place she stated Trump is a “threat” on democracy.
“You don’t have to take my word for it, but look at what people closest to Donald Trump are saying about him,” Cheney stated. “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.”
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Together with Harris, Cheney has additionally endorsed Democratic Rep. Colin Allred for Senate in his race towards Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
