ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) – Kamala Harris teamed up with Liz Cheney on Monday to make a bipartisan appeal to Republican voters worried about Donald Trump, putting former President Donald Trump out of the spotlight in American politics. He said that they are a malignant force that needs to be eliminated.
Cheney, a former congressman from Wyoming, reminded people that “vote your conscience and you don’t have to say anything to anyone.”
“Millions of Republicans will do so on November 5th,” she predicted.
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Cheney made the comments in the second of three events with Harris in Royal Oak, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. Their campaign will begin near Philadelphia and end near Milwaukee, reflecting their focus on moderate suburban voters in battleground states.
At the first event in Malvern, Pennsylvania, Harris said Trump had “used the power of the presidency to degrade and divide us” and that “people are tired of it.” .
“People all over the world are watching,” Harris said. “And I sometimes worry a little bit about whether we as Americans really understand how important we are to the world.”
Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, was effectively expelled from the Republican Party for her participation in the Congressional investigation into President Trump’s involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. She lost her seat in Congress in the primary election two years ago.
Cheney said that although she disagrees with Harris on some issues, her conservative philosophy means putting the Constitution above political party. He also said he was concerned about leaving foreign policy to President Trump, who is “totally insane and completely unstable.”
“Our adversaries know they can play Donald Trump,” she said. “And we can’t afford to take that risk.”
Trump took to social media on Monday to slam Cheney, calling her “stupid as a stone” and a “hawk.”
Republican candidates have often tried to portray Ms. Harris, a deep-blue Californian, as a radical liberal, but she struck a more moderate tone in her run with Ms. Cheney.
Harris promised to “solicit good ideas from everywhere” and “cut through red tape,” saying the country “must have a healthy two-party system.”
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“We need to be able to have these high-quality, intense debates about fact-based issues,” Harris said.
“Imagine!” Mr. Cheney responded.
“Let’s start there!” Harris said as the audience applauded. “Can you believe that’s the applause line?”
Cheney has long called herself a pro-life advocate, but since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, Republican women have become more concerned about reproductive health due to excessive restrictions on abortion. He suggested people should vote for Harris on health issues.
Cheney said women aren’t getting the medical care they need and “we’re seeing people come together and say, ‘This is what we need.’ . . It is not sustainable for our country and it must change. ”
Every time abortion rights have been on the ballot in states, even in red states, they have been successful. But it’s unclear whether this issue will encourage Republican women to vote in this year’s presidential election.
Harris said she believes defending abortion rights will appeal to people on both sides of the aisle.
“Americans vote for freedom, regardless of the political party they are registered to vote in,” she told reporters after arriving in Michigan. Harris also warned that “our daughters will have fewer rights than their grandmothers.”
Monday’s more intimate setting was a change for Harris, whose campaign has focused primarily on rallies of thousands of people. The audience listened intently to her and Cheney, nodding and smiling at times. Tears welled up in some eyes as Harris told a story about a boy who was afraid of school classrooms that didn’t have closets to hide from a gunman.
With just over two weeks until the presidential election, the campaign is extremely intense, and Democratic candidates are seeking support from all voters. His campaign is trying to woo the undecided, mobilize Democrats who are considering staying out of the race, and target voters in areas where support for Trump may be waning. I’m thinking of doing it. All three counties Harris visited on Monday were won by Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who ran against Trump for the Republican nomination.
A few votes here and there could lead to an overall victory. In Waukesha County, for example, Haley received more than 9,000 votes in the primary even after withdrawing from the race. Overall, Wisconsin went to President Joe Biden in 2020 by just 20,000 votes. In-person early voting begins Tuesday in the state.
Cheney is not the only party supporter of Harris. Last week, more than 100 former Republican politicians and officials joined Mr. Harris in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, not far from where General George Washington led hundreds of troops across the Delaware River and won a major Revolutionary War victory. joined the.
As the campaign draws to a close, Harris increasingly focuses on Trump’s lies about the election and his role in the botched violent mob operation on January 6, which she calls “The Day of Love.” It became.
On Monday, Harris reiterated that former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley reportedly said that President Trump is “a fascist through and through.” It’s in Bob Woodward’s latest book.
He also said voters should take Trump’s comments seriously instead of dismissing them as having a “terrible sense of humor.”
“Some people think what he says is humorous, but it’s just stupid,” she said. “But please understand how serious it is.”
