One of the most amazing aspects of the 2024 election has been watching Democrats embrace and campaign with Liz Cheney, not to mention their boasts about the endorsement of former Vice President Dick Cheney.
Apparently, there are some people on the progressive left who are not happy about this and it could be hurting Harris.
FOX News reports:
Progressives upset Kamala Harris is campaigning with Liz Cheney: ReportSome progressive Democrats are upset with Vice President Kamala Harris’ decision to lean on Liz Cheney in the weeks ahead of the election, suggesting the vice president should focus more on her Democratic base.”The truth of the matter is that there are a hell of a lot more working-class people who could vote for Kamala Harris than there are conservative Republicans,” Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT., told the Associated Press.Cheney, an anti-Trump Republican, has appeared on the campaign trail with Harris several times. Other progressive leaders, such as Sanders or Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have been “relegated to low-profile roles,” according to the AP.”She has to start talking more to the needs of working-class people,” Sanders told the AP. “I wish this had taken place two months ago. It is what it is.”…Joseph Geevarghese, the executive director of the progressive group Our Revolution, told the AP that 10% of progressives might not vote for Harris and warned some might vote for Trump.”We just want to raise a red flag. Don’t take the progressive movement for granted,” Geevarghese said. “There’s got to be an economic argument at the end of the day. That’s the No. 1 thing that matters to voters.”
Progressive hero Jon Stewart actually brought up this issue during a recent conversation with Kamala’s running mate Tim Walz. Watch:
Trump is capitalizing on this, naturally.
The Hill reports:
Trump lashes out at Cheney, calls her a ‘Muslim-hating warmonger’Former President Trump lashed out at prominent critic former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), calling her a “Muslim-hating warmonger” during a campaign event in Michigan on Saturday.“Kamala is campaigning with Muslim-hating warmonger, Liz Cheney, who wants to invade practically every Muslim country on the planet. And let me tell you the Muslims of our country, they see it, and they know it,” Trump said at a rally in Novi, Mich.“Her father was responsible for invading the Middle East, killing millions of Arabs – millions – and this is the one that Kamala is campaigning with,” he continued, referring to former Vice President Dick Cheney.
Here’s the clip:
It’s unclear how Democrats think any of this helps Harris.
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