https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-harris-election-08-27-24/index.html More than 200 former aides to McCain, Romney and Bushes sign letter endorsing Harris From CNN's Aaron Pellish More than 200 Republicans who previously worked for former Presidents George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, former Sen. John McCain or Sen. Mitt Romney signed a letter backing Vice President Kamala Harris for president. USA Today first reported the letter. The letter, which echoes the pledge of support from a similar group of Republicans for President Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 election, seeks to convince voters who backed previous Republican presidential nominees to support Harris and prevent former President Donald Trump from being reelected. “Of course, we have plenty of honest, ideological disagreements with Vice President Harris and Gov. Walz. That’s to be expected. The alternative, however, is simply untenable,” the letter read. “At home, another four years of Donald Trump’s chaotic leadership, this time focused on advancing the dangerous goals of Project 2025, will hurt real, everyday people and weaken our sacred institutions. Abroad, democratic movements will be irreparably jeopardized as Trump and his acolyte JD Vance kowtow to dictators like Vladimir Putin while turning their backs on our allies. We can’t let that happen,” it continued. Among those who signed the letter are former George H.W. Bush chief of staff Jean Becker, former McCain chiefs of staff Mark Salter and Christopher Koch, and Olivia Troye, the former Homeland Security adviser to Vice President Mike Pence. The letter marks another notch of support from former Republicans after several, including Troye and former Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, spoke at the DNC last week in support of Harris. In her remarks at the convention, Harris made a direct appeal to independent and Republican-leaning voters, assuring them she’d serve as a president “for all Americans.”
Muslim Women for Harris disbands and withdraws support for candidate On the third night of the Democratic national convention, the group Muslim Women for Harris released a statement announcing that it was disbanding in response to the Harris-Walz campaign’s refusal to allow a Palestinian person to speak on the main stage. The statement was released as members of the Uncommitted National Movement, which won 30 delegates to the convention, and their supporters held a sit-in outside of the convention. Ilhan Omar joined the demonstration for some time, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called in to the sit-in via FaceTime. The sit-in came after the anti-war group was told a Palestinian person would not be allowed to speak on the main stage – until then, whether or not such a speech would happen was up in the air. During the sit-in, Muslim Women for Harris pulled their support for the Democratic nominee. “We cannot in good conscience continue Muslim Women for Harris-Walz, in light of this new information from the Uncommitted movement, that VP Harris’ team declined their request to have a Palestinian American speaker take the stage at the DNC,” the group’s statement reads.