GWB’s Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Backs Harris

September 12, 2024 Politics, Republicans

Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Thursday endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, writing in an op-ed of the “serious threat” Donald Trump poses to the rule of law.

“As the United States approaches a critical election, I can’t sit quietly as Donald Trump — perhaps the most serious threat to the rule of law in a generation — eyes a return to the White House,” Gonzales wrote in an op-ed in Politico Magazine. “For that reason, though I’m a Republican, I’ve decided to support Kamala Harris for president.”

Gonzales, who served as attorney general under George W. Bush’s administration and as White House counsel, drew on his experience to argue that Harris is the “best suited, able and committed to unite us in a manner consistent with the rule of law,” citing her appearances at the Democratic National Convention last month and on the debate stage this week.

Read the full article. Gonzalez resigned in 2007 amid accusations of having lied to Congress about the Patriot Act surveillance of US citizens and after he fired nine US attorneys for refusing White House orders to prosecute political enemies. Sound familiar?

Alberto Gonzales, Bush’s attorney general, endorses Kamala Harris, warning of Donald Trump’s “threat to the rule of law.” https://t.co/rVr8BKcWzV

— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 12, 2024