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The views of Nikki Haley Republicanspro-Ukraine, pro-Israel, pro-marketreflect all those things that Republicans used to think in that bygone era when Reagans and Bushes and Romneys roamed the earth. But few feel any emotional bond to Haley. If she gives a Ted Kennedy style dream shall never die speech at the Republican convention in Milwaukee this summer, they wont tear up. Theyll wonder what the hell she imagines shes talking about.
Most of her supporters voted for Haley as a way to stop Trump. Haleys announcement today that she intends to vote for Trump wont raise their opinion of him, it will only lower their opinion of her. When she says, as she said again today, that she wished Donald Trump would reach out to her voters, shes speaking words that may sound like English, but make no sense. The only way Donald Trump could reach out to Trump-skeptical Republicans is by pleading guilty to the many criminal charges against him and vowing to devote the rest of his life to restitution for the victims of his many civil frauds.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/05/nikki-haley-trump-endorse/678461/
Sorry there's a paywall, I was able to read the entire article on my newsapp. Maybe someone knows where there's another copy of this?
Haley has sold out, for the sake of her own political future, but I don't see it doing her much good in 2028---
the Trump base will never go for her, and the voters she is selling out right now are less likely to vote for her again...
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usonian
(10,348 posts)littlemissmartypants
(23,206 posts)PufPuf23
(8,953 posts)Not sue what this means with all the scurrying about; whether Haley is willing to be VP under Trump.
Could be Trump fails to make the election, Nikki Haley is the GOP POTUS candidate,
Trump and Haley and Netanyahu have conjuring goals.
Traurigkeit
(932 posts)BlueTsunami2018
(3,552 posts)Lets not forget what kind of people were talking about here. Theyre locksteppers and authoritarians at heart. She gives them the excuse they need to jump back on board, regardless of what hes done. Maybe hell drop dead and shell be President. Maybe hell be impeached and convicted this time and shell be President.
This country is fucked in the head.
sheshe2
(84,485 posts)He hates women, they are just play things to him. Toys that are replaceable when he gets bored with them.
He is a user and an abuser. Fact, he wants to have sex with his own daughter and cheated on all his wives. He has no respect for any woman, just a pussy he can grab.
BlueTsunami2018
(3,552 posts)It doesnt matter what his thoughts on women are, he wants to be dictator. If picking her is the means to the end, hell take it. Its not like any VP he has would have any say in anything anyway. It would get him votes and thats all that matters.
And dont tell me she wouldnt take it, she sees that as her path to power should he drop dead or whatever.
We need to stop with this simplistic nonsense. While he is incredibly ignorant, hes not stupid, hes not a fool. Hes devious and cunning, this would be the shrewd angle. Hes all about the angles.
The only thing hes calculating here is whether picking Scott would get him more Black votes, which he absolutely needs, or even more of the women and moderate vote, which he also needs. However that comes out on the scale is what hell do.
Indykatie
(3,704 posts)I saw some interviewed who stated that they would now vote for Biden or sit out the General.
NH Ethylene
(30,845 posts)She was adept at campaigning and there may have been a few who actually favored her, but mostly she was a symbol and nobody is going to care who she is voting for.
ProudMNDemocrat
(17,242 posts)She too sold her soul to the evil demon who even put down her husband in uniform.
What does one call another who sells herself to the highest bidder(TSF)? Nikki Haley is a FAKE.
maxsolomon
(33,620 posts)she's playing nice now to help her chances in 2028. Party 1st!
jaxexpat
(7,050 posts)She may garner protest votes from a few never-Trumpers but for the rest of Republicania's citizens she'll always be "that south-Asian girl". The perfect GOP, not-a-Democrat, candidate to staff those rare occasions when "inclusiveness" is the featured pretense.
Greybnk48
(10,210 posts)Everyone that I have heard interviewed that was for Haley, had that position because they were anti-choice, anti-women's rights, anti-immigrant, but hated Trump.
As someone already said, she is/WAS a conservative anti-Trump protest group.
ananda
(29,032 posts)but like Haley.
I think that article accurately describes them.
duckworth969
(812 posts)Will a typical MAGA middle-aged white male vote for Chump if shes the VP?
Personally, I have serious doubts.
maxsolomon
(33,620 posts)VP plays no part in their choice.
But she's not getting the nod. Trump holds grudges. It's going to be Vance.
Blue Idaho
(5,123 posts)Meanwhile her voters are left wondering just WTF happened to their candidate and her integrity
Traurigkeit
(932 posts)The Wizard
(12,603 posts)Sounds like a Putin ally.
onecaliberal
(33,385 posts)If this isn't proof positive that these people stand for nothing but money and power, I don't know what is.
Wonder Why
(3,637 posts)worst choice. She sold out her party, her constituents, her state, her country, the Constitution and the American people.
Dulcinea
(6,816 posts)She talked a good game at first but folded in the clutch. She fell into line like the rest of them. And she won't be VP. Dolt 45 will pick Tim Scott or JD Vance: someone who will be content to stay in the background.
MoreDemocracy
(1 post)She is going to be VP. Trump needs her voters.