Former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-Va.) endorsed Vice President Harris’ presidential bid on Sunday and warned that sending former President Trump back to the White House would “endanger U.S. citizens — and create the global chaos.”
Riggleman’s name was among the list of high-profile endorsements that Harris’ campaign revealed in conjunction with the launch of the “Republicans for Harris” initiative.
“I am here. Yes,” Riggleman said on social platform X in a post that included the press release “Republicans for Harris.”
Riggleman pointed to the events of January 6, 2021 – when a violent mob of Trump supporters attacked the US Capitol – to explain his reasoning behind the endorsement. Riggleman was supported by Trump in two separate campaigns, but broke with the former president on January 6.
“I saw the J6 data. Trump and his minions are dangerous. The same people who drove J6 drive Project 2025,” said Riggleman. “A second Trump term would endanger US citizens – and create global chaos.”
“Sanity must be the baseline. Criminals should be discounted,” he added, before tagging Republicans for the Harris X bill.
Harris’ campaign launched the initiative with more than 25 endorsements from high-profile Republicans, including former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and other Republican lawmakers and governors.
Trump-era White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham and Olivia Troye, former national security adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence, also supported Harris.
Former Reps. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.), Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), Susan Molinari (RN.Y.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) were also listed among the endorsements.
Republicans for Harris will focus on activating GOP voices “to talk to their friends and family about the importance of voting for the vice president,” according to the campaign, which described the group as a “campaign within a campaign ”. The group will have kickoff events on Monday in the swing states of Arizona, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
“Donald Trump’s MAGA extremism is toxic to the millions of Republicans who no longer believe that Donald Trump’s party represents their values and will vote against him again in November,” said Austin Weatherford, Harris’ national Republican outreach director, in a communicated.
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