'Republicans for Harris' want conservatives to vote Democrat in 2024 to topple Trump

Prominent Republicans who are supporting Vice President Harris are urging fellow members of their party to back the Democratic ticket over former President Trump.

During a meeting billed as an online rally for “Republicans for Harris,” former elected officials and party leaders made a case for supporting Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday night.

Former Rep. Denver Riggleman, once a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, was an adviser to the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6th insurrection. He described Trump as an “inveterate liar,” and a “conspiracy theorist.”

“When you see the data and you see the awful things I’ve seen - you see the command-and-control infrastructure of Jan. 6th, there’s no way as a Republican that I could vote for anybody who’s anti-Constitution,” Riggleman said.

Several participants in the Republicans for Harris call said that while they don’t agree with all of Harris’ policies, they believe Trump would endanger American democracy.

“When the Harris team wins and prevents the sudden death of American democracy, we can joyfully return to arguing over marginal tax rates and the role of government in healthcare, and all the other issues that defined our politics for generations,” said Craig Snyder, who leads a group called Haley Voters for Harris.

Snyder’s group recently received a cease-and-desist letter from former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination. Noting Harris’ record as a former prosecutor, Snyder said he’s trying to make the case for Harris to former Haley supporters and other center-right voters that Harris and Walz will govern from the center-left.

Speakers also sought to cast themselves -