The longest-serving member of the Wisconsin state Senate ― a Republican who’s been within the chamber since 1987 ― revealed Thursday that he’s voting Kamala Harris for president, warning that Donald Trump is “a totalitarian and really a lot a fascist.”
State Sen. Robert Cowles, who’s retiring on the finish of his time period, shared his choice with Madison-based radio station Civic Media, saying this would be the first time he’s not choosing a Republican for president due to the threats the previous president poses to American democracy.
Latest experiences about Trump allegedly admiring Adolf Hitler, he stated, had been his ultimate straw.
“The massive image that actually got here to me in latest days … desirous about fascism in World Battle II, and members of my circle of relatives that fought the fascists each in Japan and Germany,” he stated, including: “And then you definitely’ve bought Trump saying good issues about Hitler? And sucking as much as [Russian President Vladimir] Putin? No. He’s clearly our enemy, Putin — a residing enemy. And now we have to point out the braveness that the folks within the World Battle II period had.”
Wisconsin is a serious battleground state. The state went for Trump in 2016 after giving its electoral votes to Democrats within the seven earlier elections, however President Joe Biden reclaimed it in 2020.
Coverage disagreements with Harris, Cowles stated, are much less essential than defending the Structure.
“The nation will go on, even with some liberal issues that Harris may do or may not do,” he stated. With out respect for the Structure, he warned, “we are going to disappear.”
His choice is “one of the vital essential issues I’ve accomplished,” he continued, saying he can dwell with the blowback from different members of his social gathering.
Cowles’ full interview will air on Civic Media’s “Rational Revolution” on Saturday.
His endorsement comes shortly after Shawn Reilly, the mayor of the Republican stronghold of Waukesha, Wisconsin, additionally shared he’s voting for Harris. Reilly ― who left the Republican Occasion and have become an impartial after the Capitol riot in 2021 ― advised The New York Times he’s “very afraid of the path our nation will head in if Donald Trump turns into president.”
Former Rep. Fred Upton, a Michigan Republican retired in 2023 after voting to question Trump, also said Thursday he’s voting for Harris.
