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Moderate Republicans broke heavy for President-elect Trump contempt the efforts of opponents specified arsenic Republican erstwhile Rep. Liz Cheney.
Trump carried Republicans who didn’t place arsenic a "MAGA Republican" 74%-22% nationwide successful Tuesday’s election, according to Fox News elector analysis.
The effect comes arsenic Vice President Kamala Harris spent overmuch of the past fewer weeks of the run making an entreaty to mean Republicans, hoping to siphon disconnected votes from members of the enactment who person typically attempted to region themselves from Trump and his "Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement."
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President-elect Trump and erstwhile Rep. Liz Cheney (Getty Images)
At the halfway of Harris’ run to entreaty to those Republicans was Cheney, a erstwhile GOP lawmaker who became infamous for having nationalist clashes with Trump during his archetypal word arsenic president.
Cheney deed the way with Harris successful precocious October, including a three-state battleground circuit successful which Cheney stressed her absorption to Trump arsenic a law conservative.
"I would say, I don't cognize if anybody's much blimpish than I am. And I recognize the astir blimpish worth determination is to support the Constitution," Cheney said during a halt successful the battleground authorities of Michigan erstwhile explaining her absorption to the nominee of her ain party.
Joining Cheney successful the Republican movement to endorse Harris was her father, erstwhile Vice President Dick Cheney, arsenic good arsenic erstwhile Trump White House communications manager Anthony Scaramucci, erstwhile Rep. Adam Kinzinger, and erstwhile Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake. Prominent Republicans specified arsenic erstwhile President George W. Bush and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, besides declined to endorse Trump’s bid for president, though neither opted to connection an endorsement of Harris.
Nevertheless, Republican voters successful battleground states who identified arsenic not MAGA Republicans mostly mirrored the nationalist numbers, overwhelmingly throwing their enactment down Trump.
Such voters broke for Trump successful the largest numbers successful Georgia, with 82% of non-MAGA Republicans supporting Trump compared to 16% who supported Harris.
Nevada saw the slightest support for Trump among members of the radical successful battleground states, with 68% of non-MAGA Republicans supporting Trump and 26% supporting Harris.
Cheney acknowledged the results of the predetermination successful a societal media station Wednesday, calling for radical to judge the results.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney speaks astatine a municipality hallway with Vice President Kamala Harris connected Oct. 21, 2024, successful Royal Oak, Michigan. (Sarah Rice/Getty Images)
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"Our nation’s antiauthoritarian strategy functioned past nighttime and we person a caller President-elect. All Americans are bound, whether we similar the result oregon not, to judge the results of our elections," Cheney said.
Representatives for Cheney did not instantly respond to a Fox News Digital petition for comment.
Michael Lee is simply a writer for Fox News. Prior to joining Fox News, Michael worked for the Washington Examiner, Bongino.com, and Unbiased America. He has covered authorities for much than 8 years.
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