Harris Holds Town Hall With Liz Cheney

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Liz Cheney, once the darling of the GOP establishment, now finds herself not just crossing the aisle, but practically doing a waltz with Vice President Kamala Harris. The former Wyoming congresswoman has been on a crusade to keep Donald Trump out of power since the events of January 6th, and now she’s teamed up with none other than Harris to try to sway a few Republicans to vote blue in 2024. And if that’s not bizarre enough, Cheney is confidently claiming that plenty of Republicans will quietly vote for Harris in November. Quietly, of course, because heaven forbid, they actually admit it in public.

Really? So, cringe-worthy, flip-flopping Kamala has hidden voters? I’m not so sure about that.

Let’s be real for a moment: Cheney, once a rising conservative star, has pretty much torched her political career. After voting to impeach Trump and starring in the Democrats’ January 6th Committee spectacle, she got booted from House GOP leadership and lost her Wyoming primary by a landslide. Now, she’s gone full #NeverTrump, and who does she turn to? Kamala Harris, a politician with approval ratings that could rival Congress’s on a bad day. Genius move, Liz.

At a campaign stop in Pennsylvania—a key battleground state—Cheney tried to paint Harris as the defender of democracy, someone who would protect the Constitution. It’s funny because Harris spent most of her career pushing policies that trample on just about every Republican principle Cheney once claimed to support. Remember when Cheney called Harris more liberal than Bernie Sanders? Apparently, that wasn’t such a dealbreaker after all. Now, it’s all about “rejecting cruelty” and “misogyny.” But let’s not forget, this is the same Kamala Harris who’s been at the helm of an administration with historic inflation, skyrocketing crime, and a border crisis that even Democrats are calling a disaster.

Here is KJP confirming that Kamala is no different from Biden.

And Trump’s response? Classic. He dismissed Cheney as a “terrible” war hawk who only cares about “shooting missiles at people.” Honestly, it’s hard to argue with him. Cheney’s foreign policy stance was always out of step with today’s GOP, and her cozying up to Harris just proves how far she’s drifted from the party.

The reality is that Cheney’s endorsement probably won’t move the needle much. As Trump pointed out, Harris and Cheney are both so unpopular with Republicans that they’re more likely to hurt each other than help. Plus, it’s not like Harris suddenly becomes more palatable to conservatives just because Liz Cheney says so. Cheney might be able to sway a handful of old-guard Republicans, but most GOP voters are more interested in strong leadership and policies that actually work—something Harris hasn’t exactly delivered in her time as vice president.

But the real kicker here? Harris herself tried to distance her campaign from Biden, saying she won’t be a “continuation of the Biden administration.” That’s rich coming from someone who’s been Biden’s second-in-command through all the failures of the past four years. Harris trying to reinvent herself while holding hands with Liz Cheney is about as believable as Cheney suddenly becoming the voice of Republican women.

As for those Republicans Cheney claims will secretly vote for Harris? Sure, maybe a few will. But when push comes to shove, most Republicans are sticking with Trump, not because he’s perfect, but because he’s offering something the Harris-Cheney duo can’t—real results.

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