The Republicans who are voting for Kamala Harris: ‘We don’t want someone that’s cavorting with dictators’

Barbara Comstock wants people to know that she is still very much a Republican — despite the fact she is voting for Kamala Harris.

“Tonight, I'm going to a Larry Hogan event,” the former Republican congresswoman told The Independent, in reference to the former governor and Republican Senate nominee in Maryland. But she said that former president Donald Trump was damaging the GOP, and in particular slammed Trump’s running mate, JD Vance.

“While Republicans probably, certainly look to gain the Senate [in general], they are going to lose a number of winnable Senate seats,” she said, adding that Vance “is such a non-starter for me” because of his “misogyny”.

On Thursday, Comstock led an an event in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia to convince her fellow Republicans to vote for Harris, too. She was joined by former Republican congressman Denver Riggleman and former Trump administration official Olivia Troye, both of whom have emerged as major critics of Trump in the past few months.

Throughout the event, each of the speakers emphasized their conservative credentials. Comstock talked about how she grew up in a family of Massachusetts Democrats, but was convinced to join the Republican Party when she interned for Ted Kennedy. She worked for numerous Republican administrations before serving in Congress.

Riggleman discussed his time in the House Freedom Caucus, the group of right-wing hellraisers who often accuse other Republicans of being insufficiently conservative. Meanwhile, Troye spoke about her four years in the GOP.

Harris has actively courted Republicans throughout her campaign, receiving the backing of some elected officials, as well as former staffers for the Bush and Reagan administration and staff for the late John