Former presidential candidate Nikki Haley publicly endorsed Republican candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday, announcing that she plans to vote for him in November after months of silence about her position. revealed.
“I’m voting for Trump. That being said, I stand by what I said in my suspension speech,” Haley said at the Hudson Institute, where she took a job after dropping out of the 2024 race right after Super Tuesday. He spoke at
“Mr. Trump would be wise to reach out to the millions of people who voted for me and continue to support me and not assume that they are just stuck with him. And I sincerely hope that he will do that,” she added.
The former U.N. ambassador shared similar sentiments in his own suspension speech, in which he called on Trump to woo voters, but did not say at the time who he would vote for.
Following her first speech at the Hudson Institute on Wednesday, she said she was looking for a president who would secure the border, support America’s allies, reduce the debt and support “capitalism and freedom.” , explained why he was voting for Trump.
“Mr. Trump has not been perfect on these policies. I have made that clear many times,” Haley said.
“But Biden was a disaster.”
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Despite withdrawing from the race, Haley continued to garner double-digit support in the primary, winning about 22% of the vote in Indiana and more than 16% in Pennsylvania.
Despite the numbers, the Trump campaign has not made any public outreach to Haley’s supporters. Trump campaign officials are touting polls that show the former president will beat President Biden.
In March, a representative from the Republican National Committee told reporters he was “not too worried” about winning back Haley voters.
“There’s no question that we’ll win them back, because a percentage of Republicans are faced with the choice between continuing to go downhill on the economy, on national security, on border security, or doing the same thing all over again — actual fundamental change,” the staffer said at the time.
“So we’re not too worried about that. Our doors are always open. Always have been.”
