Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney ripped Vice President Kamala Harris for years — even after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot that prompted Cheney’s split with the Republican Party — as a “radical liberal” who “sounds just like Karl Marx.
” Cheney, who endorsed Harris last month and will campaign with her Thursday, was a consistent critic of the former California Democratic senator and later vice president, according to a review of her past public statements and social media postings. In April 2019, the Wyoming Republican mocked Harris — then a candidate for the Democratic nomination — for saying in a CNN town hall that America should have a “conversation” about whether convicted felons should be permitted to vote. The question, posed by then-CNN anchor Don Lemon, was in response to Sen.
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) support for felon enfranchisement up to and including Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev . “Coming soon: @KamalaHarris and @BernieSanders launch their ‘Absentee ballots for al Qaeda’ program,” Cheney (R-Wyo.
), then the House GOP conference chair, zinged on Twitter , now X, after the televised town hall. When Joe Biden tapped Harris to serve as his running mate in August 2020, Cheney remained a stalwart opponent. “Kamala Harris is a radical liberal who would raise taxes, take away guns & health insurance, and explode the size and power of the federal gov’t,” the Wyoming Republican tweeted that month.
“She wants to recreate A.
