Former Democrat Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has defended former President Donald Trump after his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris got some Republican endorsements.

The Democrat presidential nominee was endorsed last week by former Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney and her dad, former Vice President Dick Cheney.

“Defeating Donald Trump is frankly important, but there are numbers of candidates around the country who have embraced election denialism, and I think it’s really important that we defeat them, too,” the former Wyoming representative said. “One of the most important things we need to do as a country as we begin to rebuild our politics is we need to elect serious people.”

“Those of us who believe in the defense of our democracy and the defense of our Constitution and the survival of our Republic have a duty in this election cycle to come together and to put those things above politics,” she said. “I look forward to the days when we will again be having debates about tax policy and national security and everything else because that will mean we have made it through what is right now a very grave threat to a functioning republic.”

Her dad issued a press release where he confirmed that he would be voting for the vice president.

“As citizens, we each have a duty to put country above partisanship to defend our Constitution. That is why I will be casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris,” he said.

The vice president said she was “honored” by the endorsement of the two Republicans.

“Actually I was honored to have their endorsements, and I think that they both, as leaders who are well respected, are making an important statement, that it’s okay, and it’s important to put country above party,” the vice president said.

But the former Hawaii representative had another take on the endorsements.

“I have a very simple message for my Democrat friends, my Independent friends, those who may not be sure about who they’re voting for in this election. Dick Cheney has just made the choice very clear. A vote for Kamala Harris is a vote for Dick Cheney, the architect of everything that has gone wrong in the Middle East for the last few decades,” Gabbard said during an event with Tucker Carlson on Friday.

“And so it’s interesting because if you listen to the New York Times or some of the other mainstream media, they’re saying, oh, you know, don’t expect much from Kamala Harris in the way of policies and details and plans, and we’re not going to know much about what kind of president she’s been there, working in the White House the last three and a half years alongside Joe Biden,” she said.

“She’s been the last one in the room, according to her, as these big decisions are being made. But we look at who she says, her response to the Dick Cheney announcement today was that she was honored to have his endorsement,” Gabbard told the audience.

“And we got military veterans in the house. Got a lot of you who probably served in the Middle East like I did. And so it sickened me, Tucker, to read those words today,” she said.