Nikki Haley walks back pledge to support GOP nominee

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 March 4, 2024

While participating in a televised Republican primary debate last August, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley was among those who pledged to support the party's eventual nominee.

Yet during an interview this past weekend, Haley made clear that she is walking away from her former promise. 

"I'll make what decision I want to make"

"The RNC is now not the same RNC," USA Today quoted Haley as saying of the Republican National Committee. "I'll make what decision I want to make."

When asked by "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker about the possibility of endorsing former President Donald Trump, Haley was noncommittal.

"It's not anything I think about," the former United Nations ambassador insisted. "If you talk about an endorsement, you're talking about a loss."

Haley wins primary race in Washington, D.C.

"I don't think like that. When you're in a race, you don't think about losing. You think about continuing to go forward," she continued before adding, "What I can tell you is I don't think Donald Trump or Joe Biden should be president."

"While you all think about that, I'm looking at the fact that we had thousands of people in Virginia, we're headed to North Carolina, we're going to continue to go to Vermont, and Maine, and all these states to go and show people that there is a path forward," Haley insisted.

In addition to her "Meet the Press" appearance, Sunday also saw Haley score her first primary win, securing all 19 of Washington D.C.'s delegates.

Olivia Perez-Cubas is a spokesperson for Haley's campaign, and she told the Associated Press, "It’s not surprising that Republicans closest to Washington dysfunction are rejecting Donald Trump and all his chaos."

Trump wins in Idaho, Missouri, and Michigan

However, that victory came one day after Trump won caucuses in Idaho and Missouri as well as taking all the delegates at Michigan's Republican Party convention.

NPR reported that former Trump elector Tom Mendenall spoke in favor of the former president at a church in Columbia, Missouri.

"Every 100 days, we're spending $1 trillion, with money going all over the world. Illegals are running across the border. You know where Donald Trump stands on a lot of these issues," he added.

On the other hand, NPR noted that Haley supporter Seth Christensen's message was less well received, with one caucus-goer asking if he was really a Republican.

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