As Kamala Harris’ campaign tries to reach disaffected Republican voters, prominent voices in the Never Trump movement remain conflicted about the direction of the Democratic ticket — and their role in the American political landscape.
Many of these anti-Trump Republicans applauded Harris’ decision to pick Tim Walz as a running mate, saying it could help win over swing state voters and serve the ultimate goal of defeating Donald Trump. But some in the movement are raising concerns that the Harris-Walz campaign isn’t doing enough to bring Republicans more ideologically aligned with Mitt Romney than Trump under the Democratic tent.
Heath Mayo, the founder of Principles First, argued Harris and Walz need to do more to establish Democrats’ support for Israel, “make it absolutely clear that a Harris-Walz administration will be ‘capitalist,’” denounce “rioters” and tout the bipartisan immigration deal Republicans ultimately walked away from.