Former US Vice President Dick Cheney, a lifelong Republican, has confirmed he will vote for Kamala Harris for president.
His daughter, Liz Cheney, who herself backed Ms Harris on Wednesday, announced her father’s endorsement on Friday during an onstage interview in Austin, Texas.
Like his daughter, Mr Cheney has been an outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump, notably during Ms Cheney’s ill-fated re-election campaign in 2022.
In a statement on Friday confirming his endorsement, Mr Cheney said of Trump: “He can never be trusted with power again.”
He added: “As citizens, we each have a duty to put country above partisanship to defend our Constitution. That is why I will be casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.”
Ms Cheney announced her father’s endorsement on stage at the Texas Tribune festival in Austin.
When asked by interviewer Mark Liebovich how her father would be voting, she said: “Dick Cheney will be voting for Kamala Harris.”
“Wow,” Mr Leibovich replied, as the audience cheered.
Trump campaign: ‘Who is Liz Cheney?’
Asked for comment, Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung said: “Who is Liz Cheney?”
The campaign confirmed Cheung was being sarcastic by also pointing to a comment Liz Cheney posted online four years ago in which she called Ms Harris a “radical liberal”.
Trump called the Cheneys “irrelevant RINO” in a social media post on Friday, using a term he applies to Republicans not loyal to him, which stands for “Republicans in Name Only”.