Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention that he supports Joe Biden for president because of the values they share.
Powell served as secretary of state under Republican President George W. Bush from 2001 until 2005, and served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under both Bush and Democratic President Bill Clinton.
Powell said that Biden shares "the values I learned growing up in the South Bronx and serving in uniform" and that he supports him for president because "we need to restore those values to the White House."
"Joe Biden will be a president we will all be proud to salute," Powell said in a pre-taped message. "With Joe Biden in the White House you will never doubt that he will stand with our friends and stand up to our adversaries, never the other way around. He will trust our diplomats and our intelligence community, not the flattery of dictators and despots."
Powell, who is a decorated four-star general, also says that the country "needs a commander in chief who takes care of our troops in the same way he would his own family." Powell said Biden knows how to do just that because his son Beau served in the Army National Guard.
Powell called President Donald Trump a liar and endorsed Biden in June. He's one of a handful of prominent Republicans, including former Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Cindy McCain, the wife of deceased Arizona Sen. John McCain, set to speak at the Democratic National Convention.
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