Former State Sen. Edward R. Durr (R-Logan), a conservative trucker and gubernatorial candidate, scolded former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman for helping start a “Republicans for Harris” group earlier this week.
Whitman, the former Republican governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001, has staunchly opposed President Donald Trump since his arrival in politics in 2015 — she even left the GOP in 2022 to co-found the centrist Forward Party with Andrew Yang. Durr said Whitman’s membership in the Forward Party undermines her claims to be a “Republican for Harris,” and accuses the former governor of supporting “raging liberals.”
“If Christie Whitman has an ounce of Republicanism left in her body she will rescind her endorsement of Kamala Harris,” Durr said in a release.
Whitman, who served as President George W. Bush’s Environmental Protection Agency director after her governorship, was one of 24 Republican elected officials to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday.
“I was a proud Republican, but Donald Trump is unfit to lead our nation. We saw during his four years in office how he consistently chose himself, his pursuit of power, and his billionaire friends over the American people while spewing lies and spreading chaos at every turn,” Whitman said Sunday. “It’s time to move forward by electing Vice President Kamala Harris.”
Durr also criticized Harris’ selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, saying the selection shows her commitment to the “radical left wing” of the party.
“Walz is the guy who let Minneapolis burn almost to the ground and joined his liberal allies in ramming a liberal agenda through the statehouse in Minnesota,” he said.