Liz Cheney Was an Electoral Fiasco for Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris made her first campaign appearance with Liz Cheney in Ripon , Wisconsin , one month and two days before the 2024 election.

The point of the visit was to signal to conservatives that they could split with Donald Trump’s Republican Party over their concerns about his election denialism, authoritarian rhetoric, and embrace of global strongmen.

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Julian Zelizer : Democrats ' embrace of Liz Cheney came at a cost that has been too rarely noted in the post-election analyses of the party’s defeat on November 5 .

The party chased former Republicans and former Republicans , while alienating the working-class majority, Zelizer says.

To survive, the Democratic Party needs to transform itself, he says.