Progressives upset Kamala Harris is campaigning with Liz Cheney: Report

Some progressive Democrats are upset pinch Vice President Kamala Harris' determination to thin connected Liz Cheney successful nan weeks up of nan election, suggesting nan vice president should attraction much connected her Democratic base.

"The truth of nan matter is that location are a hellhole of a batch much working-class group who could ballot for Kamala Harris than location are blimpish Republicans," Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT., told nan Associated Press.

Cheney, an anti-Trump Republican, has appeared connected nan run way pinch Harris respective times. Other progressive leaders, specified arsenic Sanders aliases Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, person been "relegated to low-profile roles," according to nan AP. 

"She has to commencement talking much to nan needs of working-class people," Sanders told nan AP. "I wish this had taken spot 2 months ago. It is what it is."

CNN's Jake Tapper asked Bernie Sanders connected Sunday why VP Kamala Harris was campaigning pinch Liz Cheney and not him. (Screenshot/CNN)

"There’s been an overseas disconnect betwixt nan campaign’s economical populist advertisement strategy and nan arena strategy that focuses almost exclusively connected Liz Cheney kumbaya optics that depress nan guidelines correct arsenic voting originates and don’t provably triumph much plaything voters than bread-and-butter issues," Adam Green, co-founder of nan Progressive Change Campaign Committee, told nan AP. 

However, Green praised nan Harris run for focusing their ads connected market prices and economics.

Joseph Geevarghese, nan executive head of nan progressive group Our Revolution, told nan AP that 10% of progressives mightiness not ballot for Harris and warned immoderate mightiness ballot for Trump.

"We conscionable want to raise a reddish flag. Don’t return nan progressive activity for granted," Geevarghese said. "There’s sewage to beryllium an economical statement astatine nan extremity of nan day. That’s nan No. 1 point that matters to voters."

Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks astatine a rally successful Houston, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Sanders was pressed by Jake Tapper connected Sunday astir why Harris was retired campaigning pinch Cheney, arsenic opposed to himself. 

"What does it opportunity that Kamala Harris is starting this week pinch only 16 days left, campaigning pinch Liz Cheney, a very blimpish erstwhile congresswoman, girl of Dick Cheney, obviously, but she has not yet held a nationalist run arena pinch you, arguably nan leader of nan progressive activity successful nan United States?" Tapper asked. 

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Sanders said that it had to do pinch "people really disgusted pinch Trump’s changeless lying pinch his effort to forestall nan first serene modulation of power" and his "undermining of American democracy."

Sanders has campaigned for Harris but has not appeared pinch nan vice president connected nan trail. 

The Harris run did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital.