Jeff Flake endorses Kamala Harris for president: ‘I know of her character

Sen. Jeff Flake, a former Republican, stated on Saturday in an interview that he is supporting Democratic presidential contender Kamala Harris because of her conservative beliefs, not in opposition to them.

Flake, a Republican from Arizona, is endorsing a Democrat for president for the second time in a row, going across party lines. In 2020, he supported President Joe Biden over former Republican President Donald Trump, and in 2016, he cast a third-party ballot instead of voting for Trump.

“I lean to the right. In an interview on Saturday afternoon at The Nile Coffee Shop in Mesa, Flake stated, “I think in the rule of law.” “First and foremost, I want to back a presidential candidate that upholds the law; in the event that they are not victorious,

Just 37 days remain before Election Day, and Flake’s support comes at a critical juncture for the vice president in Arizona. According to polls, Trump and Harris are in a tight race for the presidency, with Trump marginally up and winning on the topics that the majority of voters believe are most important.

The support is a part of Harris’s bigger outreach to Republicans and independents in Arizona who, like Flake, may not share her views on all issues but are repulsed by Trump’s divisive tactics and election denialism.

If you are a conservative, then you believe in the rule of law and you believe in limited government, economic freedom, individual responsibility, free trade. And I think that if you look at the two candidates, Kamala Harris represents more of those views than Donald Trump,” Flake said. “I don’t agree with everything that the Harris campaign has put out. That’s not necessary. I’ve never agreed with the entire platform of any Republican I voted for.”

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