Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Friday gave her clearest answer yet about whether she would accept former President Trump’s invitation to join her ticket, insisting that “it’s over.”
Former South Carolina Gov. Haley said people can no longer argue that she ran solely to be vice president. Her comments came as both candidates vie for voters in the Palmetto State ahead of Saturday’s Republican primary.
“Let’s see what happens tomorrow. But the problem is, people say, ‘Why is she doing this?’ why would she do that? ”At first, I was like, “She’s doing this because she wants to be vice president.” “I think we’ve pretty much settled this,” she told Fox News anchor Bret Baier during her campaign stop in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. It’s over,” he said.
“If you were worried about your political future, you wouldn’t be doing this,” she added. “I would have left by now. I’m doing this to wake up this country.”
President Trump told South Carolina voters earlier this month that he would “never” choose Haley as his running mate.
“I’ll never get her and I don’t think anyone is that devastated,” he reportedly said at the time. On-site coverage.
On Friday, when asked whether she would accept an offer from Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) to launch a united front against Presidents Trump and Biden, Haley said she was not open to the idea. was.
“I’m running as a Republican,” she replied. “I’m running to let people know that if we nominate Donald Trump in this primary, we’re going to lose the general election.”
At the beginning of the interview, Baier asked Haley why people in her home state seemed to be unenthusiastic about her candidacy, yet she supported Trump, who in most polls was likely to be the Republican nominee. I asked him if he was doing that.
“This is not about who should be the candidate,” she replied, “This is about who should be the candidate who can win the general election. Because if you lose, nothing will be solved. Because. And that’s what this is all about.”
“We have a country to save. And to save her, we have to win the general election,” Haley added.
Trump leads Haley by at least 30 points (63.8% to 33.1%), according to The Hill/Decision Desk’s South Carolina Polling Index.
Still, Haley, who has vowed to remain in the race until Super Tuesday regardless of Saturday’s results, said voters want someone new. She also criticized Trump and Biden again on the basis of their age, saying the majority of Americans say they are too old to run.
“America can do more than this,” she argued.
“We need a younger generation of people who can work hard day and night for eight years to get us back on track without revenge or drama,” Haley added. “It’s just the outcome for the American people.”
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