VP's campaign launches 'Republicans for Harris' in push to win over GOP voters put off by Trump
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The program will kick off with events this week in Arizona, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

Vice PresidentĀ Kamala Harrisā€™ campaign on Sunday is launching ā€œRepublicans for Harrisā€ as she looks to win over Republican voters put off byĀ Donald Trumpā€™s candidacy.

The program will be a ā€œcampaign 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.

  • Makeitstop@lemmy.world
    29Ā·
    3 months ago

    The strategy that will pick up those stray Republican votes isnā€™t going to moving to the right, itā€™s going to be focusing on the things that shouldnā€™t 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 doesnā€™t have to run to the right, she just has to run as someone thatā€™s normal and point out how far from normal Trump and pals really are.

    • fantasyocean@lemmy.myserv.one
      42Ā·
      3 months ago

      Iā€™m not saying that the examples for your point donā€™t 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 weā€™re just saying that left-most voters donā€™t matter again.

      • Match!!@pawb.socialEnglish
        3Ā·
        3 months ago

        we get energy on the left by the things they care about: thoughtful and prosocial policy. no contradiction there tbh

      • Makeitstop@lemmy.world
        1Ā·
        3 months ago

        Nothing I suggested should be a problem for the left. I specifically said that she wouldnā€™t win by moving to the right, but rather by running on things that shouldnā€™t be partisan, core principles which appeal across the political divide, but which arenā€™t shared by Trump or those around him.

      • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1Ā·
        3 months ago

        Unless weā€™re just saying that left-most voters donā€™t matter again.

        Oh donā€™t worry, we (they) are saying that.

        It wasnā€™t always this way for Harris, who, in 2020, faced off against Biden and more than a dozen other Democrats as the party lurched to the left.

        ā€œRunning in a Democratic primary at the height of the racial reckoning in 2020, her background as a former prosecutor, I think, hurt her,ā€ said Conway. ā€œIn 2024, the country is in the mood for a candidate that has her background and can go on offense against Donald Trump.ā€

        First, Harris has to reintroduce herself and, in the process, reassure moderates, Republicans looking to her said. While Conway, Whitman and Shays all plan to vote for Harris, others may need more to come on board.

        ā€¦

        Whitman is clear-eyed about the challenge of putting at ease voters who may have reservations about Harrisā€™s liberal record and stances. ā€œItā€™s going to be tough,ā€ Whitman said. ā€œA lotā€™s going to depend on who she picks as vice president. Even though sheā€™s not way-left, thatā€™s how theyā€™re going to paint her, and thatā€™s how sheā€™s going to be perceived.ā€