Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign on Sunday is launching “Republicans for Harris” as she looks to win over Republican voters put off by Donald Trump’s candidacy.
The program will be a “campaign within a campaign,” according to Harris’ 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.
They always do this shit, appeal to the right while shitting on their own. In the meantime they shift the entire party to the right
Maybe they think appealing to those already committed to voting for you while rejecting those on the fence is a shitty strategy.
The problem is that the Democrats get so obsessed with chasing, “moderate,” Republicans that they lose their own base to low enthusiasm and low turnout. Remember what Chuck Schumer said:
“For every blue-collar Democrat we lose in western Pennsylvania, we will pick up two moderate Republicans in the suburbs in Philadelphia, and you can repeat that in Ohio and Illinois and Wisconsin.”
He said that in 2016, and predicted that not only would Hillary Clinton win, but that the Democrats would retake the Senate. Turns out that was a spectacularly bad prediction. The candidate swap has generated a lot of enthusiasm for Kamala among the Democratic base. They shouldn’t squander it trying to appeal to conservatives.
shouldn’t be hard, their policies are basically the same, it’s all just what coat of paint you prefer
Yea, she is totally a fascist wanting queer people dead, our schools defunded while the church takes over education. /s
They commit social murder daily, so yes, they indirectly want us dead while allowing DoE to lower its standards. There’s a reason the median reading and comprehension level of Americans is 6th grade (11-12 yo children) and our literacy levels are below many other countries considered 3rd world.
Curious question, why is the Department of Education a part of the Executive branch? Doesn’t that seem like something that the legislative branch should be making regulations for? I don’t like the idea of them being laws because those aren’t fluid enough to adapt like education needs, but the executive branch seems a little stretched these days. Policing the state, regulation of education, regulation of energy, the list goes on and on
I’d be OK with Romney for Kamala’s VP.
He reformed health in Michigan Massachusetts when he was there.
Didn’t romney also march during covid in support of the CDC and quarantine? He’s got a lot of shit policies and ideas but he ain’t all bad I guess.
Is this similar to the Lincoln Project? They were really active in 2020 to get Republicans to vote for Biden, and they had some anti-Trump ads playing around this year’s RNC.
Edit: typo
Here’s the gist of what needs to be said
Trump is not only bad for the country, he’s bad for the Republican party and Conservatism as well. Trump has kicked out nearly every sane Republican and continues to attack anyone who even barely stands up to him.
Worse, Trumps attacks and mood is random. He’s an angry demented old man who backstabs any movement the moment it seems politically advantageous to do so. Be it Right or Left, Trumps overwhelming plan is this chaos.
We cannot even vote for a Speaker, write up a Platform or attract good candidates like Jon Huntsman anymore. We are 10+ years unable to pick a Speaker of the House or support them. Is this really the party of the future?
The sooner Trump is defeated, the sooner we can rebuild the party and start doing good for America again.
We cannot remain the party of Fiscal Responsibility through massive Tax Cuts anymore. We need a real plan, a real political identity and not one that immediately contradicts itself outside of Trumps cult of personality.
I am no fan of conservatism but it’s nice to see a level headed conservative in the wild. Since we’re stuck with this two party bullshit I would love to see a functional Republican party who can compromise with Democrats and move the Overton window left.
Actually my real dream is for the party to implode, and the Democrats become the conservative party and then there’s an actual left party as the other. I’m sure you’d like the conservative Democrats. They’re like the Republicans were 40 years ago.
I always wonder - these “level headed conservatives” - voted for Trump anyhow right? Were they frantically writing letters to their representatives asking them to stop turning their party into a racist authoritarian laughingstock these past few years?
Nah. I’ll die of old age before I could be convinced to trust a Republican, and I will never again miss any election, from local on up, to ensure that I vote for anyone, anyone at all, who isn’t a Republican.
I live in an entirely Democrat-run state. There’s no Republican for me to write anything for.
When you live in Democrat-only land, it becomes easier to see the flaws and why a 2nd option is important.
Democrat Governor, 2x Democrat Senators, Democrat Representative, Democrat Mayor, Democrat Board of Education, Democrats on the judiciary, etc. etc.
I never voted Trump. Even in 2016 I saw he was shitty. But McCain was a reasonable option vs Obama and the Ukrainian War proves Obama’s folly in foreign policy and inexperience. McCain in 2012 could have prevented a lot of problems.
