Vice PresidentĀ Kamala Harrisā campaign on Sunday is launching āRepublicans for Harrisā as she looks to win over Republican voters put off byĀ Donald Trumpās candidacy.
The program will be a ācampaign within a campaign,ā according to Harrisā team, using well-known Republicans to activate their networks, with a particular emphasis on primary voters who backed former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. The program will kick off with events this week in Arizona, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Republicans backing Harris will also appear at rallies with the vice president and her soon-to-be-named running mate this coming week, the campaign said.
The Harris campaign shared the details of the program first with The Associated Press before the official announcement.
Please no, donāt pander to the right. Pick up the people farther to the left and invigorate younger voters. Weāve had enough centrists and doing this unravels where your momentum is actually coming from. But I guess you have to appease the donersā¦
The strategy that will pick up those stray Republican votes isnāt going to moving to the right, itās going to be focusing on the things that shouldnāt be partisan at all. Despite cosplaying as patriotic Americans, the MAGA crowd routinely positions itself in direct opposition to the core values and principles that America is supposed to stand for: liberty, equality, democracy, truth, justice, and the rule of law.
She doesnāt have to run to the right, she just has to run as someone thatās normal and point out how far from normal Trump and pals really are.
Iām not saying that the examples for your point donāt exist, but it feels like every time they do this it bites them in the ass super hard. These moves alienate people and are a great way to kill energy on the left. Unless weāre just saying that left-most voters donāt matter again.
we get energy on the left by the things they care about: thoughtful and prosocial policy. no contradiction there tbh
Nothing I suggested should be a problem for the left. I specifically said that she wouldnāt win by moving to the right, but rather by running on things that shouldnāt be partisan, core principles which appeal across the political divide, but which arenāt shared by Trump or those around him.
Oh donāt worry, we (they) are saying that.
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