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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Here is Trump’s social media post about Haley.
“Nikki Haley got TROUNCED last night, in record setting fashion, despite the fact that Democrats, for reasons unknown, are allowed to vote in Vermont, and various other Republican Primaries. Much of her money came from Radical Left Democrats, as did many of her voters, almost 50%, according to the polls. At this point, I hope she stays in the “race” and fights it out until the end! I’d like to thank my family, friends, and the Great Republican Party for helping me to produce, by far, the most successful Super Tuesday in HISTORY, and would further like to invite all of the Haley supporters to join the greatest movement in the history of our Nation. BIDEN IS THE ENEMY, HE IS DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”
It doesn’t look like anything to get worked up about.
He’s not wrong.
The left has floated Nimrodas as they know Biden will beat her.
However Mr. Trump could handle some things better.
Chaos! Chaos! Chaos! That is all The Witch _itched about. What a waste of space. DISAPPOINTING!
Haley broke her promise to endorse the man who made her the US Ambassador to the UN and you’re upset that Trump reacted. You should be disgusted with her.
Stop sqealing like a betaboy.
He should be a lot harder on the self serving globo-whore who got rich quick off the military complex.
F her to Ukraine - then to hell.
I don’t see any error of his words.
A lot of radical leftists did crossover to screw up the Republican vote by hopping on her.
Explain what you mean.
Trump had better hope that isn't true. If only 60-70% of Republican primary voters vote for him in November, he's going to lose worse than Walter Mondale.
You miss the point, even though it's a very simple one. It doesn't matter whether YOU think it's something to get worked up about. We're not talking about people who already support Trump. He basically invited Haley to refuse to endorse him, and she took him up on it. He also invited Biden's statement reaching out to her supporters.
Nope, everyone that voted for nikki is a dimocrat or rino or never trumper. They would never vote for Trump in the first place.
I’m one of those Trump is always right guys and on this issue especially right. Icky Nikki has a lot of nerve demanding that Trump win her Democrat crossover voters who buoyed her campaign charade. Trump is well within his right to demand party loyalty from the few actual Republicans who voted for the stinky curry queen. Further, icky Nikki should recant all the nasty things she said about Trump. Why is she never scolded for negative campaigning? Moreover, RINOs like the dough boy Karl Rove who demand that Trump change can kiss our grits. Trump is just fine. RINOs not so much.
One hundred percent of her voters already support Biden? Where'd you get that from? I expected that fact free claim.
Bwaaaaaahahaha, Trump ith tho mean. He’s a big bully. He alwayth thayth the wrong fing. Heth tho offenthive.
He’s done the same thing to DeSantis and his voters.
I can’t even figure out what you’re saying. You mean Trump wants her voters to not vote for him?
Many a game has ben lossed on unforced errors.
I mean his statement will not bring any Haley voters who are undecided between him and Biden over to his side. The statement was seemingly intended to insult them. Like the headline in the story says. Maybe you think he shouldn't want Haley's voters. That would be a bizarre thing to say.
Take your meds. He’s attacking a delusional witch and her donors...who will never vote for him.
“Trump makes yet another idiotic unforced error.”
Nah, people like you are so suggestible and stupid that you swallow whole anything that comes down the pike from Leftist rags.
Did you listen to what Haley said about Trump, did you not hear her insult Trump every time she opened her mouth?
What Trump said was absolutely true, and is now Trump supposed to tiptoe around to avoid riling the saintly Haley and the idiots who voted for her and who got her ass kicked severly by voters?
Oh poor you!! Are you so blind that you don't understand that the people who voted for Haley, were never going to vote for Trump to begin with, and that the majority of the votes she got in open primary States were Democrats? And even with open primary States, she only won one, and it wasn't even her home State.
I voted for Trump twice, and will vote for him again, simply because he doesn't pull any punches and says it like it should be said. If you want a pussy for President, who sits in the corner with his tail between his legs when he's attacked by the media and members of his own party, and who doesn't fight back, then go vote for a Rino like George W. Bush. By what rule do you think Trump should be nice to the likes of Nikki Haley, who after serving as UN Ambassador in his Administration, and had nothing but glowing comments about him at the time, has criticized, and bad-mouthed him during her whole campaign. She took a pledge with the RNC to support whoever the Republican nominee would be, and now refuses to honor that pledge. All the candidates whined when Trump refused to sign the pledge, but I'd rather have someone who chose not to sign an allegiance oath, than someone who signed it, and then reneged on that oath. Trump has every right to skewer this clueless beyotch.
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