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Liz Cheney attacks Trump in major new battleground Harris ad as election final sprint approaches
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Liz Cheney attacks Trump in major new battleground Harris ad as election final sprint approaches

A FIRST ON FOX: Harris-Walz campaign expands former House Representative Liz CheneyR-Wyo., makes a final appeal to Republicans in the critical battleground state of Wisconsin.

Cheney and political commentator Charlie Sykes appear in a pair of new radio ads that debuted Monday, targeting former President Trump and supporting Vice President Kamala Harris. Fox News Digital was the first national outlet to preview the clips.

“I’m a Ronald Reagan conservative. I’ve never voted for a Democrat. But we’ve never faced a threat like this before, from Donald Trump to withdraw from NATO, to call on Vladimir Putin to attack our NATO allies, to praise President Xi.” “America will see our freedom and security challenged and threatened,” Cheney said in the ad.

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Left: Former President Donald Trump; Right: Former Rep. Liz Cheney

Former House Rep. Liz Cheney is spearheading a new radio ad against former President Trump in battleground Wisconsin (Left: ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP via Getty Images; Right: William B. Plowman/NBC via Getty Images)

“Freedom requires that we have a president who understands that America must lead and that our strength comes from both our greatness and our goodness, and that is Vice President Harris.

“She is someone who I know will put the good of this country first. Wisconsin, I’m asking you to help us elect Kamala Harris as our president.”

Sykes, a former conservative radio host and former editor-in-chief of anti-Trump right-wing outlet The Bulwark, said in the second of two ads: “I’ve been a conservative for a long time, and my values ​​have never changed. But this election is not normal.”

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“This isn’t a liberal-versus-conservative or Democrat-Republican issue. It’s about democracy, it’s about the rule of law, it’s about character, it’s about whether America will continue to be a shining city on the hill to the rest of the world,” he said.

Sykes’ ad also referenced recent developments. New York Times In an interview with Trump’s former Chief of Staff John Kelly, the retired general said Trump fits the “general definition of a fascist.”

Trump and his allies was forcibly pushed back About this and other allegations in Kelly’s interview.

MSNBC's Charlie Sykes

MSNBC writer and former editor-in-chief of The Bulwark, Charlie Sykes, also appeared in Harris’ new ad. (Screenshot/MSNBC)

Support for Republicans and Republican-leaning independents has been a central tenet of Harris’ campaign, and the payoff will be seen after Election Day, Nov. 5, next week.

Many polls show Trump and Harris in almost perfect competition, with only a few points difference between them.

Cheney and her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, were two of Harris’ most visible GOP supporters.

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In Wisconsin, Harris was supported by Republican Robert Cowles, the longest-serving state senator, as well as Waukesha Mayor Shawn Reilly, who left the GOP after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot but was re-elected to lead the red-leaning city. .

Former House Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill. Many Republicans, such as, spoke at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in August.

But the Trump campaign rejected Harris’ attempts to reach out to the GOP; The vast majority of Republicans still openly support the former president.

Vice President Kamala Harris with former Representative Liz Cheney

Cheney has been one of Harris’ most prominent GOP surrogates. (Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

On Jan. 6, Cheney, the former vice chairman of the House selection committee, lost re-election to the Trump-backed Republican candidate in the 2022 election.

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After Trump endorsed Harris, he criticized her for being “terrible” in a comment to Fox News’ Bill Melugin.

Trump said in early October: “Liz Cheney is a stupid war hawk. All she wants to do is shoot missiles at people… I think it really hurts.” “I think they hurt each other.”

When reached for comment by Fox News Digital, Trump’s campaign communications director, Steven Cheung, said: “Liz Cheney is a stone-cold loser so desperate for attention and attention that she has degraded herself by campaigning weakly, unsuccessfully and dangerously.” Kamala Harris is also a liberal.”

“They are both made for each other—defenders of endless wars, murderers of Social Security, and enemies of American workers,” Cheung said.

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