Nikki Haley isn’t discouraged by the lackluster Republican campaign against former President Trump. In fact, she says her continued pursuit of the presidential nomination is helping strengthen the Republican Party.
“I’m doing it because it’s so important to tell the truth in primaries,” she said in an interview. This week’s Wall Street Journal.
Haley, who served as the Trump administration’s first ambassador to the United Nations in 2017, continues to question Trump’s age and ability to serve a second term, but said she is not worried about alienating Trump supporters. Stated.
“I’m strengthening the party because I’m bringing more people into the Republican Party instead of pushing them away like Trump did,” Haley, 52, told the Journal.
President Trump, 77, said he believes Haley’s campaign is misguided and damaging to the Republican Party. Some Republicans who support Mr. Trump have urged him to withdraw from his campaign.
“It’s bad for the party. In fact, I think it’s bad for her,” President Trump told reporters Thursday in Florida.
National polls tracked by The Hill/Decision Desk show Trump with a significant lead in the primary.
The tracker’s analysis of 37 polls from the February 24 primary in Haley’s home state of South Carolina showed Trump up 32%. Trump also has a large lead in the next state, Michigan.
Haley is Trump’s last major challenger on the Republican ticket after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie all dropped out of the race. .
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