Nikki Haley to end White House bid, clearing path for a Trump-Biden rematch

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Reuters

March 6, 2024 8:58 AM EST


CHARLESTON, South Carolina, March 6 (Reuters) - Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will suspend her presidential campaign on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with her plans, ensuring that Donald Trump will win the Republican nomination and once again face Democratic President Joe Biden in November's election.

Haley will give a speech at 10 a.m. local time (1500 GMT) to address her future in the race, the source said, but she will not make an endorsement at that time. She will urge Trump to try to win the backing of her supporters, which include a significant chunk of moderate Republicans and independent voters, the source added.

Haley, who served as Trump's ambassador to the United Nations when he was president, will discuss the importance of a robust foreign policy, the source said. Throughout her campaign, Haley said the United States must help Ukraine defend itself against Russian aggression, a position at odds with Trump. There was no indication Trump would moderate his message.

"He'll continue to focus on the issues that matter: immigration, economy, foreign policy," Karoline Leavitt, press secretary for the Trump campaign, said late on Tuesday. On Tuesday, known as Super Tuesday, Trump beat her soundly in 14 of the 15 Republican nominating contests. Haley lasted longer than any other Republican challenger to Trump but never posed a serious threat to the former president, whose iron grip on the party's base remains firm despite his multiple criminal indictments.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/nikki-haley-exit-us-republican-presidential-race-wsj-reports-2024-03-06/

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Nikki Haley ends White House bid

March 6, 2024 6:54 AM EST


CHARLESTON, South Carolina, March 6 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley will suspend her presidential campaign on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with her plans, ensuring that Donald Trump will win the Republican nomination and once again face Democratic President Joe Biden in November's election.

Haley will give a speech at 10 a.m. local time to address her future in the race, the source said, but she will not be giving an endorsement.

Haley lasted longer than any other Republican challenger to Trump but never posed a serious threat to the former president, whose iron grip on the party's base remains firm despite his multiple criminal indictments. The rematch between Trump, 77, and Biden, 81 - the first repeat U.S. presidential contest since 1956 - is one that few Americans want. Opinion polls show both Biden and Trump have low approval ratings among voters.

The election promises to be deeply divisive in a country already riven by political polarization. Biden has cast Trump as an existential danger to democratic principles, while Trump has sought to re-litigate his false claims that he won in 2020.

[Irish_Dem]

1. She got her feet wet and will be back in 4 years.

[Kennah]

12. Only if the GOOP collectively forgets about TFG having ever existed

[Irish_Dem]

15. She is very weak sauce. Says whatever she has to say to get votes.

Of course the MAGAs love that BS.

[NEOBuckeye]

18. It may not matter

If Trump wins, there won’t be a 2028 election for Haley to run in. And if he loses, the party is sure to descend into even further madness, and he’ll invoke another J6-type event. One wonders why she would even want to be a member of such a party?

[Irish_Dem]

19. She is betting she may find a place in the new GOP government.

Who knows, she may think she will be VP and inherit the dictatorship.
She is ambitious. But is not very smart and has no moral core.
So I guess that makes her a perfect GOP puppet.

[speak easy]

2. Haley won't announce an endorsement

Haley won’t announce an endorsement Wednesday, the people said. She will encourage Donald Trump, who is close to having the delegates needed to win the GOP nomination, to earn the support of Republican and independent voters who backed her.

The Guardian

[et tu]

16. yes and make a bid

for vp- if defendant 45 wants her voters~

[C_U_L8R]

3. Let's see what's she's made of.

Will she tell her supporters to vote for Trump, for Biden or will she just fade away in unremarkable non-commitment?

[onetexan]

14. It will be the latter. She knows she's pissed off the maga crowd

And the Con himself. Her ambition is driving her to stay neutral so she can run again in the future.

[jpak]

4. America to Nikki...

Please fuck off.

Yup

[Oopsie Daisy]

5. Pity. I'd hoped she would take it to the convention in order to kneecap Trump, and deplete his resources *

* and to cause ill-will and division within the party. If she had only taken the selfish and self-serving path, then she may have done some real harm to Trump over the next months... and leading up to the General Election Day.

With luck, she'll remain true to her earlier statements to not endorse or vote for Trump.

I predict that she "writes" another book. LOL!

[kozar]

6. Everybody. STOP

PLease listen, Nikki, dropped, yep, she got her " $$" from TFG.
.oh, he is in the election,
How do we keep America? We VOTE , we all,VOTE
If you never voted before, now is the time, to VOTE

We do not, need this ,MONSTER. As president again

I. AM KOZ

[robbob]

7. More "both-siderism" from the media...

The election “few Americans want” involves a 91 indictment serial rapist threatening to occupy the White House again. Whatever trepidation Americans feel about Joe Biden is being fueled by a non-issue “but he’s old” narrative being shoved down our throats by the MSM. One of the most effective presidencies in recent history is constantly being derailed by so-called pundits who are hoping for a horse race.

[IronLionZion]

8. She won DC and Vermont

so there might still be some sensible Republicans in that party. I believe she made history as the first Indian-American to win a presidential primary. Hiram Fong won Hawaii in 1964, making him the first Asian-American, long before Nikki was even born.

She'll run again in 4 years if the USA still exists as a country.

[Grins]

9. I guess THAT check cleared.

Wasn't it just - yesterday - that she declared she was in it until the end...?

[peppertree]

11. She puts the rat in Nimrata alright

[brooklynite]

10. "Haley Cedes Republican Race to Trump, but Does Not Endorse Him"

“In all likelihood, Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee,” Haley says. “I congratulate him and wish him well. I wish anyone well who would be America’s president.” She conspicuously does not endorse him, though, saying, “This is now his time for choosing.”

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/06/us/haley-out-trump-election-updates/818f773a-580a-51dc-91b2-1f70a85c2dc2?smid=url-share

[ZonkerHarris]

13. Time to humiliate the rapist

[hamsterjill]

17. Democrats better lock and load.

Anyone who says that Trump can’t win is a freaking idiot. We have to keep that from happening and the first step is to take the threat seriously.