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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ariana Baio

Longtime GOP stalwart backs Harris saying Trump is unfit to serve as commander in chief again

Fred Upton, a traditional Republican who represented Michigan, said Donald Trump was ‘unfit’ to be president - (Getty Images)

Fred Upton, a member of the Republican Party who represented Michigan in Congress for more than three decades, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president on Thursday, breaking from his party in defiance of Donald Trump.

Reflecting on the January 6 attack on the Capitol, Upton said Trump is “unfit to serve as commander in chief again” and has continued to engage in unacceptable “unhinged behavior”, in a statement obtained by the New York Times.

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