Washington – Former presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Wednesday she would vote for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, despite previously saying he was “unqualified” to lead the country.
Haley makes her first public political appearance since then cancel her campaignannounced that she would vote for Trump despite everything. Intense and widespread criticism About the actions and character of the indicted former president. Haley is a former governor of South Carolina and served as the United States' ambassador to the United Nations during the Trump administration.
Since the beginning of the year, Haley has called President Trump an “unstable man” and “more unstable than ever.” During a rally in February, Haley said Trump was “unfit to be president of the United States.” He blamed Haley's deployed husband.
“I will be voting for Trump,” Haley said Wednesday at an event at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C. “That being said, I stand by what I said in my suspension speech.”
In a campaign stop speech in March, Haley said she always supports Republican candidates, but quoted former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher: “Never just follow the crowd. Always make your own decision.”
When Haley withdrew from the race, she said, “It's up to Donald Trump to capture the votes of those who didn't support him, both inside and outside his party.'' “And I hope he does. The best thing about politics is bringing people into your cause, not pushing people away. And our conservative cause is We desperately need more people. It's time for him to make his choice.”
In a post on his platform, Truth Social, on May 11, Trump wrote that Haley was “not being considered” as a potential vice presidential candidate.
Following Haley's announcement, the Biden campaign said “nothing has changed” for Republicans who voted for Haley.
“The numbers who continue to vote against Donald Trump in the primaries, who care deeply about the future of our democracy, who stand strong with our allies against foreign adversaries, and who work together across the aisle to get things done. “For millions of Republican voters, nothing has changed. At the same time, we reject the chaos, division, and violence that Donald Trump represents,” Biden campaign communications director Michael Tyler said.
— Nydia Cavazos contributed to this report.
