Liz Cheney helps Harris seek moderate votes as they paint Trump as a dangerous choice

BROOKFIELD, Wisc. (AP) — Kamala Harris teamed up with Liz Cheney in three battleground states on Monday to make a bipartisan appeal to Republicans who might be uneasy about Donald Trump, describing the former president as a malignant force that must be excised from American politics.

In an election that's expected to be decided by thin margins, Democrats are trying to persuade enough people to cross the aisle to nudge Harris over the finish line. It's a strategy that goes against longtime political doctrine that suggests candidates must tend to their ideological base above all else, sometimes to the detriment of reaching out to swing voters.

But with Trump alienating some Republicans with his election denial and acting increasingly erratically on the campaign trail, Harris is betting there's a path to victory with college-educated suburban voters who have already been drifting toward the Democratic Party.

Cheney, a former congresswoman from Wyoming, said Harris would “lead this country with a sincere heart.”