Hundreds of former Bush, Romney, and McCain aides endorse Kamala Harris over Trump

More than 200 aides to former Republican presidential contenders Sen. Mitt Romney, the late-Sen. John McCain, and former Presidents George W. Bush and George H. W. Bush endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday, over former President Donald Trump.

McCain was Republican presidential nominee in 2008, but lost to former President Barack Obama. Romney also lost to Obama, in 2012. Romney has told CNN that he would support President Joe Biden over Trump this election, but has not specifically endorsed Harris.

The group said that while they have "ideological disagreements" with Harris and her running-mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, another four years of Trump would be "untenable." The majority of the group also endorsed Biden over Trump in 2020.

"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," the group wrote in a letter published by USA Today. "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."

Trump has attempted to distance himself from the Heritage Foundation's "Project 2025," which was led by former Trump administration personnel and policy aides.

The group primarily addressed the letter to moderate Republicans in swing states like Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Arizona, who contributed to Biden winning in 2020. They urged the voters to put the "country before party" again this year. 

"We’re heartfully calling on these friends, colleagues, neighbors, and family members to take a brave stand once more, to vote for leaders that will strive for consensus, not chaos; that will work to unite, not divide; that will make our country and our children proud," the letter said. "Those leaders are Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz."

The letter was signed by a total of 238 people, including former Vice President Mike Pence advisor Olivia Troye, who spoke at the Democratic Convention in Chicago last week.

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just the News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.