Vice President Kamala Harris welcomed the endorsement of former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Rep. Liz Cheney, calling the prominent Republicans’ backing a rebuke of the “attempts to kind of divide us as Americans.”
“I’m honored to have their endorsement,” she told reporters during a visit to a spice shop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
“They both as leaders who are well-respected are making an important statement that it’s OK and if not important to put country above party,” she added.
“People are exhausted about the division and the attempts to kind of divide us as Americans. And them stepping up to make this public statement is, I think, courageous but also, for people like the folks I was just talking with, it really reinforces for them that we love our country and we have more in common than what separates us,” she continued.
Harris says she’s ready for debate: Harris visited Penzeys Spices in Pittsburgh as a brief respite from debate preparations, where she greeted supporters and perused merchandise. Harris told reporters the “best part” of debate preparations was getting a chance to visit the store.
Harris suggested her main focus in next week’s debate with former President Donald Trump is to communicate with voters that it’s “time to turn the page on divisiveness.”
When asked if she’s ready to debate Trump, she replied, “Yes I am. Yes.”
