Vice President Kamala Harris has scored yet another endorsement from a prominent swing-state Republican.
Former Michigan Republican Party executive director Gary Reed this week revealed in a letter to the Lansing City Pulse that he plans to back Harris this year because he believes that former President Donald Trump is too dangerous to return to power.
In his letter, Reed takes aim at Trump and running mate J.D. Vance's deviations from past Republican policies, including support for trade and a strong national defense.
"Rather than promoting trade with the rest of the world, they embrace protectionism and across-the-board tariffs that will make working families pay more for everyday goods," he writes. Trump and Vance thrive on xenophobia and blaming immigrants for all of our problems, rather than coming up with sensible, conservative solutions to serious issues like rising housing costs. Though I may disagree with some of her policy solutions, at least Harris is proposing ideas to fix our problems."
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Reed makes clear that he is not all aboard with Harris's agenda, but he thinks that there is no hope of the Republican Party once again being a responsible conservative party with Trump at the helm.
"Trump and his allies have done grave damage to the Republican Party — both in Michigan and nationally," he concluded. "If we ever want our Republican Party back, it has to start with Donald Trump losing on Nov. 5. That’s why I’m voting for Kamala Harris."