Posted on 12/23/2023 2:38:08 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Short of Donald Trump being locked in a prison cell, few things would make the Establishment happier than to see Nikki Haley as Trump’s running mate in the 2024 election.
In recent days, the mainstream media has played up Haley’s supposed rise in the polls. Articles, such as one published by The Hill this week, claim that the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador is “gaining ground” on President Trump.
“The survey, published Thursday by the Saint Anselm College Survey Center (SACSC), found Haley garnered 30 percent of the likely Republican primary vote, just 14 points behind Trump’s 44 percent support,” the piece at The Hill reads.
Despite Trump’s vocal lambasting of Haley during the campaign season, sources close to the 45th president say that, amid the polling, he has asked a number of people in his circle for their opinion on the possibility of Haley as a vice-presidential pick.
As Politico reports:
Her rise has caught the attention of the former president, who has recently quizzed people outside his campaign for their impressions of Haley, according to three people familiar with the conversations.
“What do you think of Nikki?” Trump has asked.
As the outlet notes, Trump has also asked his associates for their views on other potential VP choices, including Ben Carson, Tim Scott, J.D. Vance, Byron Donalds, Elise Stefanik, Kristi Noem, and Kari Lake. Haley, however, has recently been the biggest object of his focus, even while publicly he has shot down the notion of a Nikki Haley surge.
“Where’s the Nikki Surge?” he wrote on social media earlier this month. “I hear about it from the Fake News Media, but don’t see it in the Polls, or on the Ground.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thenewamerican.com ...
The politics of race and gender.
VP choices mentioned in the article:
Nikki Haley
Ben Carson
Tim Scott
J.D. Vance
Byron Donalds
Elise Stefanik
Kristi Noem
Kari Lake
Yes! Nailed it.
NO NIKKI!!!!
“Trump should pick Lauren Boebert.”
I could handle that.
THe VP should be a person the other side hates more than the President. I.E. Think Bush is a warmonger? Kill him and get Dick Cheney. Think Obama is an unacomplished moron? Kill him and get Biden. By this metric, I see Trump / Ramaswamy.
Trump is MAGA what he says goes
I’m telling ya, the establishment and the ignorant voters with TDS are sabotaging this election already. They are self defeatists hell bent on destroying themselves.
A true conservative republican will never be elected in this country again. That ship has sailed and it ain’t coming back.
Not going to happen.
She is pure poison.
The last 3 names on your list, might work.
Nikki Nikki Nikki No No No
Correction... We said no f’n way and HELL NO!
Tim Scoot already has the job. Nothing to debate about that decision.
Kari Lake needs to be put out to pasture. I could not endure the whinny screaming Trump wanna be for ten seconds.
I did not say I would chose one of the three. But they are all credible choices.
Haley is NOT a credible choice.
This issue of running mates is troubling.
Can Trump find someone who is in tune with making America great again, and would be an heir apparent for 2028 and Beyond?
This is going to be a key challenge for Trump and Republicans.
Nikki has a natural born citizen clause risk that we need not take.
The ‘rat VP candidate is going to be a Kamala Harris-grade person we would not want to be President.
The GOPe can try to amend out the natural born clause .
I would prefer Vivek Ramaswamy over Nikki. He’s smarter, tougher, and better on the issues.
the whole Trump is considering Haley is a disinformation campaign by the desanctimonious people to kill support for Trump.
the fact that various desantis supporters are posting desantis warroom tweets that blatantly lie about what various Trump people say, if you actually listen to their statements, should prove they are the blame for the rumors
Almost every politician besides Trump is a globalist so I’m not sure it makes a difference. I do like Lake or Tucker or Vivek. If it’s Haley I’ll not weep.
MAGA says? LOL.
MAGA will say whatever Trump tells it to say.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.