'Kind of disgusting': Harris makes move that could backfire in critical swing state

Vice President Kamala Harris' decision to hit the trail with former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney could backfire in Michigan, where Cheney is hugely unpopular with a critical voting bloc in the swing state.

"It was surprising for us as Arab Americans to have Kamala Harris bringing someone whose family name always reminds us of war crimes in the Middle East," Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib told reporters in an online call Monday. Liz Cheney's father, Dick Cheney, was vice president under former President George W. Bush and was a strong proponent of the 2003 Iraq War.

The comments come as Harris embarked on a three-state battleground tour with Cheney, a Republican who has long sparred with and opposed reelecting former President Donald Trump. That tour landed in southeast Michigan in Royal Oak, where Cheney joined Harris for a town hall-style event and implored moderate Republicans to join her in supporting Harris.

 "I would say, I don't know if anybody's more conservative than I am. And I understand the most conservative value there is is to defend the Constitution," Cheney told members of the audience.

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However, while Harris is hoping the former Republican lawmaker could help her grab extra voters in what promises to be a razor tight race for Michigan, Cheney's visit to the state drew ire from a group typically prone to supporting Democrats.

"The Arab American community, as I see it, are very disappointed," Ghalib, who has now endorsed Trump in the election, said. "To bring this person to our backyard, to remind us all of the tragedies that happened in the Middle East, is something that tells us that there would be more wars coming if Kamala Harris is elected."