Robert Buckland said he hopes Kamala Harris wins the upcoming presidential election, arguing she is a ‘stable’ candidate whilst Donald Trump ‘flies in the face’ of conservative values.
The former justice secretary said his decision to campaign for Harris in the states was down to several issues, such as abortion and migration. Writing for The House magazine, he referred to Trump’s recent comments over Haitian migrants allegedly eating the pets in Springfield, Ohio labeling them as ‘nuts.’
He wrote: “It is my hope that the US avoids the chaos and uncertainty of a second Trump term and that we have a stable and reliable ally and world power at a time when it is needed desperately.
“Like many Conservatives who traditionally identify with the GOP in the traditions of Eisenhower and Reagan for example, supporting Trump flies in the face of those beliefs. The fact that former Vice President Dick Cheney is voting Harris speaks volumes for the state of things.”
However, other senior Tories, such as Boris Johnson and Robert Jenrick, are backing the Republican candidate. At the Conservative Party Conference, Jenrick renewed his support for Trump telling the BBC, “The Conservative Party has strong and historic links to the Republican Party. So it is natural that we would lean towards Republican candidates.”
After losing his seat in July, Buckland said that politics is at a ‘crossroads,’ adding “Do we value those who work to bring people together and who come into politics to do something rather than be someone, or do we shrug our shoulders and accept that politics is a mere circus, where people compete for attention by saying things that they either know to be untrue or which raise hopes and expectations in a way that further erodes trust?”
