Vice President Kamala Harris was joined by former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Oct. 21 for campaign events in three battleground states in a bid to appeal to moderates and Republicans who may be unsure about voting for former President Donald Trump.
The events were scheduled for three counties won by former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the 2024 Republican presidential primary—Pennsylvania’s Chester County, Oakland County in Michigan, and Wisconsin’s Waukesha County, where Haley earned more than 9,000 votes after dropping out of the race. Haley eventually endorsed Trump after losing in the primary earlier this year.
President Joe Biden’s 2020 Wisconsin victory ultimately came down to roughly 20,000 votes. The state begins early voting on Oct. 22.
“People around the world are watching,” Harris said. “And sometimes I do fret a bit about whether we as Americans truly understand how important we are to the world.”
Cheney touted her background as a conservative, telling voters she cares more about the Constitution than her political party. She cited her frustrations over the Jan. 6 Capitol breach as to why she was endorsing Harris. Cheney lost her seat in Congress after opposing Trump and has been at odds with much of the Republican party after voting to impeach the former president and after serving on the House Jan. 6 panel.
Harris sought to portray herself as moderate on Monday, promising to “invite good ideas from wherever they come” to any voters who may be undecided about the 2024 election.
“There should be a healthy two-party system” in the country, and “we need to be able to have these good intense debates about issues that are grounded in fact,” Harris said.
Harris and Cheney were joined by former California First Lady Maria Shriver, a Democrat and member of the Shriver and Kennedy families.
In a statement to The Epoch Times, Trump Campaign Communications Director Steven Cheung said both Harris and Cheney are “made for each other,” and accused them of being “proponents of endless wars.”
Harris also touted her experience on the Senate Intelligence Committee—where lawmakers receive classified briefings from America’s intelligence community—in the spirit of bipartisanship.
“When we went in that room ... people would take off their suit jacket, roll up their sleeves, have a cup of coffee on the table, and we weren’t Democrats or Republicans, we were Americans,” the vice president said.
Harris and Cheney made their final stop on Tuesday night in Wisconsin’s Waukesha County outside of Milwaukee.
