Nikki Haley plans to suspend her Republican presidential campaign campaign on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with her plans.
Haley is scheduled to speak in Charleston, South Carolina at 10 a.m. ET.
The Wall Street Journal, which reported this news, report Haley said Wednesday that she would not endorse former President Trump, but called on her to “enlist the support of the Republicans and independent voters who supported her.”
Haley’s decision ends the binary contest between Haley and Trump, making it all but certain that the former president will secure the Republican nomination.
Haley had been aiming to be the primary Republican alternative to Trump, but she started gaining significant momentum late last year and ended up trailing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in most polls. , surprising many people. However, Haley was unable to overtake the former president, who had consistently been the frontrunner in the race for the Republican nomination.
The latest developments include double-digit losses to Trump in New Hampshire and Haley’s home state of South Carolina, as well as an embarrassing loss in the Nevada primary, where Trump’s name didn’t even appear on the ballot. This follows.
He was able to win the Republican presidential primaries in Vermont and Washington, D.C., on Super Tuesday last weekend, but Trump’s wins in most other Super Tuesday states made him the party’s nominee. It is almost mathematically certain that he will become the
Haley, a former South Carolina governor who served as President Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, is the second prominent Republican to join the presidential campaign, following the former president. She initially said she would not run for president in 2024 if Trump runs in 2021, but she later reversed her stance.
Haley attacked the former president during the campaign on a variety of issues, including the rise in the national debt during his term and his foreign policy stance, and pitched herself as the best chance to move on from the former president.
She also criticized Trump’s “disruption” and called on a new generation of leaders to move on from both Trump and President Biden. She repeatedly pointed out that polls showed Biden would have the strongest performance against Biden among the major Republican presidential candidates in a hypothetical matchup in the general election.
Haley gave some strong debate performances and the audience seemed to consider her at least one of the winners. She saw a significant jump in her polls and was locked in a battle for second place with DeSantis. Her rise in the polls also led to a significant increase in fundraising for her candidacy.
By the day of the Iowa caucuses, polls showed her emerging in second place over Mr. DeSantis, who has spent more time and resources on campaigning in the Hawkeye State. Ta. In the end, Haley finished in third place, just two points behind DeSantis.
In a speech following the results, she declared that Iowa had turned the contest into a “two-person contest” between her and Trump.
Haley also has the potential to upset Trump in the New Hampshire primary, the first in the nation, as polls have shown Haley’s approval ratings consistently rising for months. seemed to be in a position. Some polls have her trailing Trump by just a few points, or even a tie, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) late withdrawal from the race has led many of his supporters to believe that she A second choice that seemed more likely to help her further, as she showed that she was their supporter.
But Ms. Haley was unable to muster enough support to prevent Mr. Trump from bringing both of the first two states to the polls to get the boost he needed to block the nomination.
–Updated at 6:50am
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