Anti-Trump Republicans should take "extra step," vote for Harris, Cheney says

• The Cheneys join several other prominent Republicans who have shirked policy differences to rally behind Harris — though others, like former President George W. Bush, have not publicly endorsed either candidate.
• Bush told People that he wrote in Condoleezza Rice in the 2020 election, opting against voting for President Biden or Trump.

Driving the news: But in a tight election, Cheney said on ABC's "This Week," writing in another name is "not enough," contending, "It's important to actually cast a vote for Vice President Harris."

• "It's a secret ballot ... I would prefer to have as many people as possible out publicly making the case, but at the end of the day, you just have to wrestle with your own conscience when you're there in the voting booth," she said, adding she expects "far more Republicans and independents" make the "right decision" when the time comes.

Zoom out: Cheney also slammed Trump's sweeping tariff proposals as "fundamentally an anti-conservative" and a "disastrous" policy that will "kill the American economy."

• Asked by ABC's Jon Karl about Harris' policy proposals — some of which have shifted to the center from her previous stances — Cheney noted that while she has never viewed the 2024 race as a "policy election," Harris "has changed in a number of very important ways on issues that matter."
• "She understands that this election is going to require a coalition of people from across the political spectrum supporting her," she said, highlighting that in her correspondence with Harris, the vice president understands "the importance of reflecting the broad coalition."

The bottom line: Asked if she has left the GOP, the lifelong Republican said she still considers herself "a conservative" but is "certainly not a Trump Republican."

The other side: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump's former press secretary, characterized Cheney as a "non-factor" in her own "This Week" appearance following Cheney's interview.

• Sanders slammed the former GOP representative for backing Harris saying, "That doesn't make you a conservative. It certainly doesn't make you a Republican. I think it makes you somebody who wants to protect the establishment."

Go deeper: Harris says appointing a Republican to her Cabinet would "benefit" Americans