'They kinda whisper': Michigan Republicans said to be secretly backing Kamala Harris

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Elisa Slotkin on Thursday claimed that she's heard from several Republicans in her state who are secretly backing Vice President Kamala Harris's bid for the presidency.

As reported by Punchbowl News' Max Cohen, Slotkin made the claim while speaking at Central Michigan University.

"I've been getting all these calls from Republicans, prominent Republicans, and they'll say, ‘Yeah, I'm voting for Kamala Harris,'" she said. "They kind of whisper."

Harris in recent weeks has made an effort to reach out to disaffected Republicans who supported Nikki Haley in the 2024 Republican primary and who have expressed serious reservations about giving former President Donald Trump another four years in the White House.

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Among other things, Harris has campaigned with former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), a staunch conservative who broke with her party after Trump incited a deadly riot at the United States Capitol while trying to illegally remain in power after losing the 2020 presidential election.

Multiple former high-level Trump officials -- including former Vice President Mike Pence, former national security adviser John Bolton, former White House chief of staff John Kelly, and former Defense Secretary Mark Esper -- have declined to endorse Trump in his 2024 White House run and have argued publicly that he should not serve another term.

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