Posted on 03/06/2024 2:40:20 PM PST by lasereye
Just before former Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina suspended her presidential campaign Wednesday morning, former President Donald Trump insulted his former rival — as well as her supporters — before inviting them to support him.
"Nikki Haley got TROUNCED last night, in record setting fashion," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. "Much of her money came from Radical Left Democrats, as did many of her voters, almost 50%, according to the polls."
After cheering his Super Tuesday performance, Trump invited Haley's supporters to join him in "the greatest movement in the history of our Nation" to defeat President Joe Biden, whom he called "the enemy."
Trump's Truth Social missive arrived about the same time Haley announced she was suspending her campaign following a relatively poor showing on Super Tuesday.
Haley did not endorse the former president when she dropped out of the race but wished him well and called on him to win over her supporters.
"It is now up the Donald Trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him," Haley said in her Wednesday speech in Charleston, South Carolina. "And I hope he does that."
"This is now his time for choosing," she added.
On X, a spokesperson for Haley called out the differences between Trump's and Biden's reactions to the ex-UN ambassador dropping out of the race.
In Biden's statement, he said it "takes a lot of courage to run for President" and applauded Haley for being "willing to speak the truth about Trump."
"Donald Trump made it clear he doesn't want Nikki Haley's supporters," the president said. "I want to be clear: There is a place for them in my campaign."
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I wouldn’t either. She’s thoroughly repulsive.
Her supporters and donors, especially, are already on the never Trump train. When her supporters say, “I will vote for Biden over Trump” I believe them.
Here is a lefty publication that actually told the truth on this issue:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/haley-voters-actually-biden-voters.html
Trump certainly thought Haley could “help” when he put her in his White House cabinet. Let’s not pretend her RINO credentials were not well established
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Nikki was Gov of SC, which he talked her into leaving to be Ambassador to the United Nations. This is not a cabinet position. She was a decent ambassador though. I think the Lt Gov was who Trump wanted for Gov of SC.
Were they, though? Because of the Confederate flag?
She wasn’t in DC and was a pretty typical Republican governor.
“It was not a Cabinet-level position under the George W. Bush administration (from 2001 to 2009),[2][3] but was once again elevated under the Obama administration, and initially retained as such by the Trump administration during the tenure of Nikki Haley.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_States_to_the_United_Nations#
Not a big deal. There are only a handful of those imbeciles.
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