Harris focuses on Nikki Haley's primary voters in closing weeks of campaign

In nan last agelong earlier nan 2024 election, Vice President Kamala Harris embarked connected a three-state circuit crossed battleground states to tribunal plaything voters — pinch a peculiar attraction connected those who backed erstwhile U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley successful nan Republican statesmanlike superior earlier this year. 

Harris' transportation was remarkably akin to nan overseas argumentation informing astir Trump that Haley delivered erstwhile she was a presidential candidate.

"If Donald Trump were president, Vladimir Putin will beryllium sitting successful Kyiv — and understand what that would mean for America and our opinionated astir nan world," Harris told Oakland County voters successful Michigan connected Monday. Claiming Trump would surrender Ukraine to Russia, Harris added, "that is signaling to nan President of Russia he tin get distant pinch what he has done. Look astatine nan map. Poland would beryllium next."  

As a campaigner successful Michigan earlier this year, Haley warned of nan imaginable consequences of Trump's nonaccomplishment to dainty Putin arsenic a threat.  

"Once they return Ukraine, Poland and nan Baltics are next," Haley said. "Those are NATO countries that instantly put America astatine war."

Both Harris and Haley besides stressed nan request to support American allies, denouncing Trump and Republicans' views connected an isolationism they opportunity would move nan U.S. person to war. 

"Isolationism, which is precisely what Donald Trump is pushing to propulsion retired of NATO and wantonness our friends," Harris said Monday. "Isolationism is not insulation. It is not insulation. It will not insulate america from harm successful position of our nationalist security."

Haley criticized Trump successful akin terms. "Look astatine nan business that nan Republican Party is putting america successful and that Donald Trump is encouraging — it's this isolationist approach," Haley told Michigan voters earlier this year. "America tin ne'er beryllium truthful arrogant to deliberation we don't request friends."

On Monday, Harris characterized Trump's relationships pinch dictators arsenic a threat to democracy, a constituent Haley besides made connected nan run trail.   

Trump, Harris said, "is truthful intelligibly capable to beryllium manipulated by favour and flattery including from dictators and autocrats astir nan world, and America knows that that is not really we stand."

The erstwhile U.N. ambassador successful January said of Trump, "You don't befriend dictators and thugs who want to termination us." She added, "When I was successful nan management pinch him astatine nan U.N., I virtually had to beryllium him down and show him to extremity this bromance that he had pinch Putin." 

Harris and Haley whitethorn guidelines connected other ends of nan governmental spectrum, but Harris is tapping into their communal views connected overseas argumentation and America's domiciled successful nan world to thief seduce undecided mean Republican and independent voters successful suburban areas.  

In nan counties wherever Harris campaigned connected Monday crossed Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, Haley earned tens of thousands of votes during nan Republican primaries — moreover aft she dropped retired of nan statesmanlike race. A elder Harris run charismatic said nan run believes this is an denotation of suburban voters' discontent pinch Trump. The vice president has been relying connected Republicans to thief make her entreaty to these voters, including erstwhile Rep. Liz Cheney, an outspoken professional of Trump who has endorsed Harris and campaigned pinch her this week. Harris besides deed nan way pinch different Republicans and former Trump aides earlier this month.

In 2020, Joe Biden won Michigan by little than 155,000 votes. In her title against Trump during nan primaries, Haley won astir 55,000 votes successful Oakland County, Michigan. 

Haley dropped retired of nan statesmanlike title earlier nan Pennsylvania and Wisconsin primaries, but nonetheless, successful Chester County, Pennsylvania, Haley received 9,000 votes, astir 24% of nan GOP superior votes successful nan county. President Biden's separator successful Pennsylvania was conscionable 80,000 votes successful 2020, and it was moreover smaller successful Wisconsin — a specified 20,000 votes. Haley received 9,000 votes successful Waukesha County, Wisconsin.

While Harris tries to woo erstwhile Haley supporters, Haley herself is fresh to run for Trump, contempt her warnings astir him months ago. 

According to a root acquainted pinch nan planning, Haley's squad has fixed nan Trump run readiness dates for a imaginable associated run event, and nan 2 teams are moving to schedule an quality earlier Election Day. 

Last month, Haley told CBS News' "Face nan Nation pinch Margaret Brennan" she was happy to beryllium adjuvant to nan run if needed.

"To me, nan stark opposition betwixt a Trump and Harris management are what led maine to say, yes, I request to, you know, I'm going to beryllium voting pinch Trump, and I'm going to speak astatine nan convention," she said. "Do I work together pinch his style? Do I work together pinch his approach? Do I work together pinch his communications? No. When I look astatine nan policies and really they impact my family and really I deliberation they're going to impact nan country, that's wherever I spell backmost and I look astatine nan differences." 

In an question and reply pinch "Fox and Friends" past week, Trump said "I'll do what I person to do" erstwhile asked if he'd beryllium requesting Haley's help, but he reiterated that he "beat her badly."

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