President Biden’s re-election campaign said on Monday that former President Trump did not want supporters of Republican Nikki Haley in his campaign and had not contacted them.
“Mr. Trump’s outreach to Haley voters does not exist,” the Biden campaign said in an email. “Donald Trump doesn’t want moderate, independent, Haley voters.”
“Donald Trump and his campaign have made it clear that if you are not a MAGA disciple, you are not welcome in his campaign,” Biden campaign spokesman James Singer said in a statement. “Donald Trump slams the door in their faces, while Biden The president is reaching out to bring them into the coalition.”
The Biden campaign has maintained since the day Haley withdrew from the race that Trump had no intention of appealing to them. The Biden-Harris team is aiming for an opportunity for Republican lawmakers to join the Biden campaign and for President Trump to oust them.
“Donald Trump has made it clear that he does not want Nikki Haley supporters. Let me be clear: there is a place for them in my campaign,” Biden said on March 6. said in a statement.
The Biden campaign stressed on Tuesday that Trump has not called Haley since she dropped out, quoting Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon. said on his podcast Earlier this month, “Nikki Haley is no good – we don’t need her support.”
Haley, a former South Carolina governor, did not endorse the former president when she called off her presidential bid in November, setting up a rematch between Biden and Trump.
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