As Joe Biden has continued to trail in the polls, Democrats have convinced themselves that they have a silver bullet for defeating Donald Trump this November.
They’d win Nikki Haley voters to their side.
The former UN ambassador and candidate in the Republican primary dashed those dreams earlier in the week.
Haley finally licked her wounds long enough to do what many Republicans hoped and expected, reported Politico.
During an event at the Hudson Institute in Washington, her first public speaking event since exiting the presidential race in March, Haley said her priorities as a voter are supporting a president who would back America’s allies and hold its enemies accountable, who would secure the border, support “capitalism and freedom,” and who would lower the national debt.
“Trump has not been perfect on these policies. I’ve made that clear many, many times,” Haley said. “But Biden has been a catastrophe.”
“So I will be voting for Trump. Having said that, I stand by what I said in my suspension speech.”
When she announced over two months ago that she was ending her presidential bid, Haley declined to endorse Trump, saying he must work to “earn the votes of those in our party and beyond who did not support him.”
I was asked today at @HudsonInstitute whether I would vote for Donald Trump or Joe Biden, here’s my answer: pic.twitter.com/fSgPCuz3do
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) May 22, 2024
MSNBC for their part, did not handle the news well that a former candidate for the Republican nomination announced that she’d be voting Republican.
Nicolle Wallace on Nikki Haley endorsing Donald Trump: “We need shrinks and cult experts to explain this.” (Video: MSNBC) pic.twitter.com/UTbN5OZ6xS
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) May 22, 2024
On top of her endorsement, Haley offered some free advice for the former president.
“Trump would be smart to reach out to the millions of people who voted for me and continue to support me and not assume that they’re just going to be with him,” she said.
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