Nikki Haley is a Democrat and RINO pawn.
Her dropping out would not change that.
But even if she drops out, Trump won’t get the nomination until the National Conention nominates him.
Who/what denied him of his security clearance? POTUS Potato in 2021.
She is auditioning for the VP slot on the Democrat ticket to create a “ticket of national unity.”
I am not Trump fan, but the way the Republican primaries are set (winner take all on a lot of them) Haley has little to say about who the winner is.
General Election funds wouldn’t happen until the convention—same with the security briefings. I don’t believe “presumptive nominee” would trigger either of the situations you note.
I would not want a security briefing from the White House pervert squad.
I wouldn’t even want to be in the same room with them—and definitely would not trust anything they said about anything.
Haley Harris ticket
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I figure she is staying in for one or both of two reasons:
1: She expects “them” to assassinate Trump, and wants to be all warmed up and ready to step right in as the replacement.
2: The suckers are still pumping in money to her campaign, and she figures that since her political career will soon be over, is collecting all the dough she can.
Controlled opposition.
The Dems don't have a real primary. And it's hurting them. I mean, it's an advantage in the sense, they can keep Biden out of the view oof cameras. But it gives all the attention to Trump, and with Biden trying to hide, it takes away an advantage an incumbent president should have.
The security briefing afforded the presidential candidates prior to a presidential is a general situational awareness briefing, likely a sanitized version of the PDB, and it’s prepared for the candidate by the government as a courtesy.
I would not be surprised is the current administration decides that it’s “too dangerous” to let Trump have access to any classified information and either snubs him directly (which is politically risky), sanitizes the heck out of anything they provide so it’s not useful in any meaningful way for situational awareness, or tries to plant items in the briefing (that may not even be accurate or even accurately classified, but will have classification markings) that they know Trump will blurt out in campaign appearances so they can frame him as reckless with classified information one more time.
This is essentially her “job” at the present. She is trying to establish a niche as a “respectable anti Trump” figure who can make a living appearing on anti Trump MSM propaganda platforms and collect big sums appearing and speaking at globalist conferences. Doubt she harbors any illusions of being elected anywhere significant. Could serve in some slavish, meaningless capacity in a Democratic administration.
Actually, I have heard that by her staying in the race, Trump gets formal electors for the nomination.
If she quits, the local Republican parties pick the electors, as I understand.
Uniparty gonna uniparty.
#NeverNikki
I think she will team up with Liz and run as a third party spoiler.
There is no nominee until the delegates are counted and certified at the convention.