Liz Cheney urges conservatives to back Kamala Harris over abortion
by David Smith in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6RMRJ)
Ex-Republican congresswoman, longtime abortion rights opponent, campaigns with vice-president in swing states
Liz Cheney, a former Republican congresswoman and longtime opponent of abortion rights, on Monday condemned Republican-imposed bans on the procedure and urged conservatives to support Democrat Kamala Harris for US president.
Cheney was speaking during three joint events with the vice-president in three swing states aimed at prising suburban Republican voters away from party nominee Donald Trump. She has become the Democrat's most prominent conservative surrogate and is rumoured to be in contention for a seat in a potential Harris cabinet.
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