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Ex-United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley is slamming former President Donald Trump, saying that “we shouldn’t have followed him.” Her comments came in an interview with Politico conducted after the Capitol riot, but before impeachment proceedings. “We need to acknowledge he let us down,” she said. “He went down a path he shouldn’t have, and we shouldn’t have followed him, and we shouldn’t have listened to him. And we can’t let that ever happen again.” She believes Trump will find “himself further and further isolated. “I think his business is suffering at this point,” she said. “I think he’s lost any...

Lindsey Graham is trying to introduce Nikki Haley to big political donors and it’s not going well. The ambitious former ambassador the United Nations released a calculated break from President Trump the same day his defense begins in the sham impeachment trial. The problem: Haley is as unpopular among donors as she is among Republican voters. “Lindsey Graham is making this pitch for Nikki Haley and he’s calling around to people to ask if they will meet with her,” said Richard Baris, director of Big Data Poll. “These donors are angry and they do not want to sit down with...

Click here to read full articleLind­sey Gra­ham is try­ing to intro­duce Nik­ki Haley to big polit­i­cal donors and it’s not going well.The ambi­tious for­mer ambas­sador the Unit­ed Nations released a cal­cu­lat­ed break from Pres­i­dent Trump the same day his defense begins in the sham impeach­ment trial.The prob­lem: Haley is as unpop­u­lar among donors as she is among Repub­li­can voters.“Lind­sey Gra­ham is mak­ing this pitch for Nik­ki Haley and he’s call­ing around to peo­ple to ask if they will meet with her,” said Richard Baris, direc­tor of Big Data Poll.“These donors are angry and they do not want to sit down...

For some reason, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley was a speaker at the Republican convention on Monday night. Nobody is fooled by the unified front that Haley’s appearance presents. Haley was not at the RNC to signal her support for the populist agenda that Donald Trump ran on in 2016, and should run on in 2020 as well. She was there to advance her own ambitions, through superficial association with the Trump administration. These ambitions should be checked now. Allowing Nikki Haley to become a leader in the Republican Party would be a return to Bush-era conservatism, defined by...