Opinion: How 'Haley Voters for Harris' could help her win key states

The presidential election is 30 days away, and voters are starting to hear plenty of forceful sentiments from Republicans about Donald Trump.

It's not the kind of talk the former one-term Republican president wants out there about himself.

With the presidential race a dead heat and less than a month to go, every vote along the margins matters. Vice President Kamala Harris and Trump know that, and they are running very different campaigns. She's working feverishly to expand her reach while he stokes his base and hopes to energize low-propensity voters.

A key advantage for Harris: She has Republican allies doing some heavy lifting for her.

Consider Republican Voters Against Trump, which last week launched a series of ads and billboards, spending $15 million to feature former Trump voters explaining how his behavior has persuaded them to cast a ballot this year for Harris.

Then there is Haley Voters for Harris, courting center-right voters who previously backed former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in this year's Republican primaries for president. That group last week started a seven-figure digital ad buy that presents Harris as a better option than Trump for voters concerned about the economy.

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Harris is embracing the GOP support, appearing Thursday in Ripon, Wisconsin – the birthplace of the Republican Party, now in a critical swing state – with former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, a Republican who lost her Wyoming seat in 2022 due to her sustained criticism of Trump during and after his presidency.

Cheney's father, former Vice President Dick........

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