Written by: Nihal Abu Al-Saud
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 02:06 PM
The New York Times said it was expected to end Nikki HaleyThe former governor of South Carolina, launched her presidential campaign after suffering heavy losses in the primaries on Super Tuesday, effectively conceding the Republican nomination to former President Donald Trump in US elections 2024.
Two people familiar with the plans said Nikki Haley She will announce her exit from the race in a speech at 10 a.m. in Charleston, and a third person said she will not endorse Trump.
For months, Haley, who was Trump’s first ambassador to the United Nations, has tried to portray her former president as an aging, mentally unsound mess, unable to respect veterans or military service members and unwilling to be loyal to the Constitution.
Even as her attacks amplified, she was unable to sufficiently loosen Trump’s grip on the party. Instead, she suffered loss after loss, including in her home state late last month. This streak peaked on Super Tuesday and of the 15 states that voted, only Vermont won, adding to its victory on Sunday in the District of Columbia.
Haley’s campaign has highlighted divisions in the Republican electorate. She has consistently won enough votes in enough states to raise questions about Trump’s viability in November, but her argument that she alone can beat President Biden on Election Day has been undermined by polls. The opinion that gave him the lead in the general election campaign.
She faced intense pressure from GOP officials who feared the post-Super Tuesday campaign would further divide the GOP and boost President Biden’s reelection efforts.
After losing by 11 points in New Hampshire, Haley tried to recast the race as a battle between her and the political class grouped behind her. Trumpas well as national Democrats who she said “desperately” want to run against Trump.
And in South Carolina, she tried to show confidence in her ability to take on Trump in her home state, where she had run — and won — tough races before, eventually becoming the first woman and first person of color to lead the state. At 38 years old, he was the youngest governor of any state at the time. But she faced a long list of Republican leaders calling on her to withdraw, and privately, some donors and her allies worried that she no longer had a path to the nomination. But many other high-income donors also urged her to do so.
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