Conservative former judge J Michael Luttig Monday endorsed Kamala Harris and said former president Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. He said his political differences with Kamala Harris’ party does not matter as far as this election is concerned because Donald Trump is “singularly unfit”. In a statement, accessed by the CNN, Luttig, a veteran of two Republican administrations, wrote that there is only one candidate this election who can claim the mantle of defender and protector of America’s democracy.
“In the presidential election of 2024 there is only one political party and one candidate for the presidency that can claim the mantle of defender and protector of America’s Democracy, the Constitution, and the Rule of Law,” Luttig wrote. “As a result, I will unhesitatingly vote for the Democratic Party’s candidate for the Presidency of the United States, Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris.”

“In voting for Vice President Harris, I assume that her public policy views are vastly different from my own but I am indifferent in this election as to her policy views on any issues other than America’s Democracy, the Constitution, and the Rule of Law, as I believe all Americans should be,” the statement read.
“Because of the former president’s continued, knowingly false claims that he won the 2020 election, millions of Americans no longer have faith and confidence in our national elections, and many never will again,” Luttig added. “Many Americans – especially young Americans, tragically – have even begun to question whether constitutional democracy is the best form of self-government for America.”
“It is time for all Americans to stand and affirm whether they believe in American Democracy, the Constitution, and the Rule of Law, and want for America the same – or whether they do not.”
This will be the first time that Luttig would be voting for the Democrat candidate but he already emerged as a vocal Trump critic after the Capitol Riot.
Luttig joins Joe Walsh, Barbara Comstock and Adam Kinzinger — the high-profile Republicans against Trump — in supporting Kamala Harris.