Nikki Haley wants her voters to leave the fence and support Donald Trump
Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley solved her past grudges with Donald Trump right in her speech Tuesday night at the Republican National ConventionHaley, who served as United Nations ambassador under the Trump administration, received cheers and boos as she took the stage.
“My fellow Republicans,” Haley began, smiling back at her less-than-warm welcome, “President Trump has asked me to address this convention in the name of unity. It was a gracious invitation, and I am happy to accept. Let me begin by making one thing clear: Donald Trump has my unwavering support, period.” The crowd gave her a standing ovation. Trump, after a few seconds, joined in.
Just a week ago, Haley uninvited to the RNC, even after release All 97 of her delegates joined the Trump campaign on Tuesday, months after officially dropout of the race in March.
Haley, former governor of South Carolina and one of a kind The Republican woman, who participated in a presidential debate, spent ten minutes on the RNC stage addressing her campaign supporters, urging them to switch their votes to Trump. “We should acknowledge that there are some Americans who do not agree with Donald Trump 100 percent of the time,” Haley said. “I happen to know some of them.”
“And I want to talk to them tonight,” she continued. “My message to them is simple: You don’t have to agree with Trump 100 percent of the time to vote for him. Listen to me; I don’t always agree with President Trump.”
Indeed, their disagreements — often deeply personal — dominated the Republican primary.
On the campaign trail, Trump speak Haley’s, “If you think that brain bird, I mean Nikki, becomes president,” drew laughter from the crowd, “she’s not going to fight like we fight.” Back in January, Trump declared that Haley “is not capable of doing this job. I know her very well, she’s not tough enough, she’s not smart enough, and she’s not respected enough. She can’t do this job.” The former president also criticized style of one of Haley’s dresses and mock she Send The first name is Nimarata.
Like Trump newly published running Friend JD VanceHaley also did had her fair share negative things to say about the former president. In July 2023 interviewwhere Haley vowed to support Trump if he were nominated, she said, “We, as Republicans, cannot let him be the nominee. He cannot win the general election.” Haley also introduced with Trump as “out of control” and “weak,” questioned whether he is “mentally fit” for the job, and speak that “America can do better” than a nominee have to pay Writer E. Jean Carroll more than $83 million in defamation damages for lying about sexually assaulting her in the 1990s. “This could be his way of surviving to pay legal fees and get out of some kind of legal jeopardy,” Haley speak of the Trump campaign in February, “but this is like suicide for our country.”
After one will she or won’t she After her campaign ended in March, Haley finally pledged her support for her opponent in late May. “Trump would be wise to reach out to the millions of people who voted for me and continue to support me rather than assume they will just stick with him,” she said. speak. “And I really hope he does.” And in June, two reported Haley shared the call for the first time since dropping out of the race. Haley described it as a “good conversation,” adding that there was no discussion about her role in the campaign, nor was there any mention of her attending the RNC.
