The Harris campaign strategy of having Trump Administration officials publicly denounce Trump was unprecedented in scale and completely failed to move voters; Liz Cheney's endorsement of Harris, often cited as a sign of bipartisan concern about Trump, actually failed to mobilize Democratic voters.
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Bill WhalenEvidence Quote
“people who had been in the first Trump Administration and prayed them in front of the media denouncing Donald Trump... never been done on that scale before and this too failed... Liz Cheney who knew that Liz Cheney would not mobilize Democratic voters”
Source
The Comeback: The NYT’s Bret Stephens and the GoodFellows Recap the ’24 Election— Hoover InstitutionCreated: 8/11/2026, 1:46:20 AM
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