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BROOKFIELD, Wisc. (AP) 性视界传媒� teamed up with 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 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 性视界传媒渓ead this country with a sincere heart.性视界传媒�

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Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, was essentially exiled from the Republican Party for participating in a congressional investigation of Trump性视界传媒檚 involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. in a primary battle two years ago.

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Taken in their totality, her comments over the course of the day amounted to an extraordinary attempt to roll out the welcome mat for Republican voters to back Harris, a politician that Cheney herself once described as a 性视界传媒渞adical liberal.性视界传媒�

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Harris, the Democratic vice president, talked about Trump as a cruel figure who has exhausted Americans with his divisiveness.

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At times, Harris and Cheney spoke wistfully of a time when Democrats and Republicans could argue about their differences without the country's constitutional foundation at stake.

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With just over two weeks to go before the presidential election, Harris is looking for support from every possible voter. Her campaign is simultaneously hoping to persuade those who haven性视界传媒檛 made up their minds, , and pick off Republican voters in areas where support for Trump may be fading.

All three of the counties visited by Harris and Cheney on Monday 性视界传媒� Chester County in Pennsylvania, Oakland County in Michigan and Waukesha County in Wisconsin 性视界传媒� were won by Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who ran against Trump for the Republican nomination.

A few votes here and there could add up to an overall win. In Waukesha County, for example, Haley won more than 9,000 primary votes even after she dropped out of the race. Overall, Wisconsin was decided for President Joe Biden in 2020 by just 20,000 votes. In-person early voting in the state starts Tuesday.

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Cheney reminded people that 性视界传媒測ou can vote your conscience and not ever have to say a word to anybody.性视界传媒�

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Harris referenced a report in Bob Woodward's latest book that Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Trump is 性视界传媒渇ascist to the core.性视界传媒�

She also said voters should take Trump性视界传媒檚 rhetoric seriously rather than write it off as a 性视界传媒渟ick sense of humor.性视界传媒�

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The more intimate settings Monday were a shift for Harris, whose campaign has mostly focused on rallies with thousands of people. The audiences listened intently to her and Cheney, sometimes nodding along or smiling. During Harris性视界传媒� story about a young boy who was afraid of a school classroom where there wasn性视界传媒檛 a closet to hide from a shooter, some eyes welled with tears.

Trump has frequently tried to paint Harris, who is from deep blue California, as a radical liberal, but she struck a moderate tone during her appearances with Cheney.

At the first event of the day, in Malvern, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, Harris promised to 性视界传媒渋nvite good ideas from wherever they come性视界传媒� and 性视界传媒渃ut red tape." She also said 性视界传媒渢here should be a healthy two-party system性视界传媒� in the country.

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____ Megerian reported from Washington.