Liz Cheney has been outspoken about Donald Trump for years. Now she’s backing the Democrats. All information in the news blog.
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20:01: Russia is said to have paid millions to right-wing commentators to spread Kremlin propaganda. The goal: to make Donald Trump president again. Read more about the allegations and how this could influence the election here.
17:26: The US government is refusing to allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to make any comments on the presidential election. The Kremlin chief should stop “interfering” in the November 5 election, says National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.
The only people who have the right to decide who will be the next President of the United States are the US citizens. “We would really appreciate it if Mr. Putin would firstly stop talking about our election and secondly stop interfering in it,” Kirby said.
13.25: Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that he wants to “support” the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in the US presidential election campaign. US President Joe Biden has recommended his voters to support Harris – “so we will support her too,” Putin said in an obviously ironic remark at an economic forum in Vladivostok. The US had imposed sanctions a day earlier due to alleged Russian interference in the election campaign.
The Kremlin chief said of Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump that he imposed numerous “restrictions and sanctions” against Russia as US president. Putin is considered to be an avowed sympathizer of Trump, who in turn admires the Russian president. Putin said of Trump’s rival Harris: “Her laugh is so contagious.” This is a sign that “everything is fine with her.” Putin is known for poking fun at politics and society in the USA.
5 o’clock: Donald Trump has called on voters who don’t like him to vote for him anyway. “You have no choice. You have to vote for me. Even if you don’t like me,” said the 78-year-old at a town hall hosted by the US broadcaster Fox News in the US state of Pennsylvania. Trump had previously discussed the topic of fracking with the arch-conservative talk show host Sean Hannity. Hannity said that natural gas extraction through fracking is the “lifeblood of the global economy.” Addressing Trump, Hannity said: “Correct me if I’m wrong.”
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris once spoke out against fracking, but now she says: “I’m not going to ban fracking.” Trump dismissed this statement as implausible. Fracking is particularly widespread in Pennsylvania. Addressing the studio audience, Trump, who supports fracking, said: “It’s your biggest business, and you get a lot of your income from fracking. And then there’s someone who doesn’t allow fracking, who doesn’t allow it. You can’t take the risk.” Even if you can’t stand him, you can’t vote for Harris, said the 78-year-old.
2 o’clock: Prominent US Republican Liz Cheney plans to vote for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in the presidential election in November. “As a conservative, as someone who believes in the Constitution and cares about it, I have thought carefully. And because of the danger posed by Donald Trump, not only am I not voting for Donald Trump, I will vote for Kamala Harris,” the 58-year-old said at an event at Duke University in North Carolina, as seen on videos. Cheney has been a major critic of former Republican US President Trump for several years.
“I don’t think we have the luxury of putting other candidates’ names on the ballot, especially in the swing states,” said the Republican. In doing so, she made clear her position that simply not voting for Trump is not enough to prevent him. While most of the 50 states are firmly Republican or Democratic, a few are politically hotly contested. They are called swing states.
