Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has not ruled out the possibility of running alongside rival Ron DeSantis in 2024, but her only mission is to defeat former President Trump, the current Republican front-runner. said.
Asked in an interview if he would consider the governor of Florida as a running mate, he replied, “Maybe.”
“I'm going to defeat Donald Trump on my own. That's our goal,” she said. interview with NBC News and the Des Moines Register. “If he wants to join forces with me, I welcome it.”
“But now we have a race that we're happy with,” added Haley, the former South Carolina governor. “It's surging. We have momentum.”
But DeSantis recently pounced on rumors that Trump might be considering adding Haley to the ticket. Last month, he urged the former UN ambassador to decide whether to accept such an offer.
The comments came as Ms. Haley rose to second place in the Republican primary with a national average approval rating of 11.3 percent in The Hill/Decision Desk headquarters. But she still falls far behind the former president, as he dominates the field with an average of 64.1 percent.
But she currently leads DeSantis by 0.3%, according to the data.
The Iowa caucuses, which kick off the primary voting season, are scheduled to be held on January 15th.
But despite her recent accomplishments, Haley is facing backlash for her answer to a New Hampshire town hall when a voter asked her if she knew why the Civil War happened.
“Well, don't ask me the easy questions,” she said at the time. “So I think the cause of the Civil War was basically the way the government was run, the freedoms, what people could and couldn't do.”
Voters then criticized Haley's response, saying it was “surprising” that she didn't mention slavery in 2023.
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