In an open letter released on Monday, more than 200 former Bush, McCain and Romney staffers have come out and endorsed VP Kamala Harris for president. Although they explicitly say “…we have plenty of honest, ideological disagreements with Vice President Harris and Gov. Walz. That’s to be expected. The alternative, however, is simply untenable.”
The group condemned Trump’s policies and Project 2025, a proposed blueprint by the Heritage Foundation for a second Trump term that the former president has sought to distance himself from, saying those proposals “will hurt real, everyday people and weaken our sacred institutions.”
They argued that Trump’s approach to foreign policy also poses threats to democratic movements abroad and concluded their letter by imploring moderate Republicans and conservative independents to “take a brave stand once more, to vote for leaders that will strive for consensus, not chaos; that will work to unite, not divide; that will make our country and our children proud” by voting for Harris and Walz.
Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement that the letter is “hilarious because nobody knows who these people are. They would rather see the country burn down than to see President Trump successfully return to the White House to Make America Great Again.”
The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
