Mayor Shawn Reilly, who has been mayor of Waukesha since 2014, said in an interview that his endorsement is a « vote against Trump. »
The mayor of Waukesha in Wisconsin, a key Republican stronghold, has endorsed Kamala Harris.
Mayor Shawn Reilly, who has been mayor of Waukesha since 2014, said in an interview that his endorsement is a « vote against Trump. »
« It’s difficult. The easy thing to do is just not say anything and cast my vote the way I want, but I think we’re at a crossroads now », Reilly told Fox6 News. « I feel in my heart that this is something that I need to come out and say: I am going to be voting for Vice President Harris to become our next president. »
He added: « It is a vote against Trump. I am terrified of Donald Trump becoming our next president for all the reasons I have indicated: he’s already been impeached twice. He’s been convicted of felonies and this is not what the United States needs. »
Newsweek has contacted the Harris and Trump campaigns for comment.
Reilly grew up a Republican and said he votes that way « more often than not », but voted third party in 2016 and for President Joe Biden in 2020 but kept that to himself. He also left the Republican Party in 2021 after the January 6 Capitol riots, saying that he was « ashamed » to have been a member of the GOP.
« I’m going to put up with repercussions for this », he said following his Harris endorsement. « There’s going to be a lot of people who are not happy with what I say, and there will be a lot of people who are happy with what I have to say.
