John McCain, left, and Mitt Romney talk at a campaign rally in 2008. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
The letter on Wednesday was primarily signed by officials who had previously worked in either one of the Bush administrations or under former President Reagan. However, some former Republican members of Congress, including Illinois' Adam Kinzinger and Virginia's Barbara Comstock, also signed the Wednesday letter.
In total, it boasted 111 signatures but did include at least two repeats from the August letter endorsing Harris. Another name appeared to be a third repeat from the August letter, but Fox News Digital could not confirm if it was the same person ahead of publication time. Meanwhile, there were also two signatories on the Wednesday letter who also signed the infamous October 2020 letter from dozens of intelligence community officials asserting that the Hunter Biden laptop story broken by the New York Post was "disinformation pushed by Russia."
A Trump campaign spokesperson, Steven Cheung, slammed the Wednesday letter's signatories, arguing they are "the same people who got our country into endless foreign wars and profited off of them while the American people suffered."
"President Trump is the only president in the modern era not to get our country into any new wars," Cheung said.
HARRIS CAMPAIGN ORGANIZES TO TARGET REPUBLICAN VOTERS, TOUTS SUPPORT FROM GOP DISSENTERS
Then-President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are shown at their second summit meeting on Feb. 28, 2019, in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Vietnam News Agency/Handout/Getty Images)
On Monday, Trump surrogate Tulsi Gabbard praised Trump for the "tough work" he has done engaging with U.S. adversaries, which she insisted was a critical part of successful U.S. diplomacy.
"President Trump did in his last administration what President Obama refused to do, what President Biden refused to do, what Kamala Harris has made clear she refuses to do, which is to go out and do that tough work that a president and commander in chief has to do in diplomacy," Gabbard said. "Not just hanging out with your friends and your allies and your partners, but actually going out and talking to your adversaries."
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The Wednesday letter concluded by saying Trump could not be entrusted "to support and defend the Constitution" against foreign and domestic enemies alike. "We believe that Kamala Harris can, and we urge other Americans to join us in supporting her," the letter said. It also said Trump should never be able to hold political office of any kind in the future.
Currently, the Harris campaign is making a concerted effort to target vulnerable Republican voters, including through paid media and grassroots-driven digital efforts. Harris campaign spokesperson Ian Sams recently told Fox News Digital that Harris "has Republican momentum right now."
"We are proud of the bipartisan groundswell behind Vice President Harris," Sams said. "And we will continue working every day to earn the support of Republican voters who want a president like her who still believes in patriotism, freedom, and our Constitution."
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