former Republican representative Liz Cheney on Wednesday said she would support kamla Harris for president ending weeks of speculation about how fully the member of a GOP Dynasty turned Trump critic would embrace the Democratic ticket Cheney co-chaired the house investigation into the January 6th 2021 attack became a fierce Trump critic and was ousted in her 2022 Republican primary in Wyoming as a result she made her announcement at an event at Duke University in a video posted on the social media Network X she finished by talking about the danger she believe Trump still poses to the country she said I don't believe that we have the luxury of writing in candidates names particularly in swing States as a conservative as someone who believes in and cares about the Constitution I have thought deeply about this because of the danger that Donald Trump poses not only am I not voting for Donald Trump but I will be voting for kamla Harris Harris's campaign chair jeno Mali Dylan said in a statement Wednesday night the vice president is proud to have earned congresswoman Cheney's vote she is a patriot who loves this country and puts our democracy and our constitution first the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney Liz Cheney has been perhaps Trump's highest profile Republican critic she joins other Republicans like her former January 6th Committee Member former representative Adam kinzinger and former representative Denver rlan as backers of Harris more than 200 alumni of the Bush Administration and former Republican Presidential campaigns of the late Senator John McCain and Senator Mitt Romney also announced their endorsement of Harris last week ask for comment Trump campaign spokes Steven Chun responded who is Liz Cheney and what does she do Cheney was in house Republican leadership at the time of the January 6th attack but broke with most of her caucus over Trump's responsibility she lost her leadership post and was one of the few Republicans willing to serve on the January 6th committee which was appointed by democrats who controlled the house at the time do tell us what you think about this video in comments section and subscribe for more us election news