Although she has not explicitly said she should withdraw, Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel urged former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to withdraw from the Republican presidential race on Tuesday night, saying she sees “no calculation and path” for Haley to win the nomination Republican Party on President Donald. Trump and that she should “consider” her candidacy. McDaniel made her comments in an interview on Fox News, saying the message to voters is that the party needs to “unite around our eventual nominee, which will be Donald Trump.”
Haley suffered her second straight loss to Trump in New Hampshire on Tuesday night. Last week, Haley finished a distant third behind Trump in the Iowa caucus.
Haley pledged Tuesday night to stay in the race.
The next GOP vote on awarding delegates is the Nevada caucus on February 8 where Haley was not on the ballot and the South Carolina primary on February 24 where Haley trails Trump by 40 points in a recent poll conducted by Trump's pollster in the state, Tony. Fabrizio.
2024 South Carolina Republican Primary (transition since 11/14):
Trump 64% (+11)
Haley 25% (+1)
DeSantis 8% (-3)
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head-2-head:
Trump 68% (+4)
Haley 28% (-3).@Fabrizio_Lee/@MAGAINcWarRoom (Pro Trump), 600 Z, 1/17-18 https://t.co/ZhdeEVkEuL
— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) January 21, 2024
Haley has 15 fundraisers have been scheduled During the next month.
McDaniel: “I look at the map and the path forward and I don't see that for Nikki Haley. I think she's running a great campaign. But I think there's a message coming out of voters that's very clear: 'We need to unify around our ultimate nominee, which is going to be Donald Trump.' And we need To make sure we defeat Joe Biden…”
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel urges Haley to exit the race pic.twitter.com/hrTL4FikuH
-Aaron Robar (@atropar) January 24, 2024
Full interview:
When asked if Trump should consider Haley as his running mate, without saying yes or no, McDaniel said the party needs to appeal beyond its Republican base, and mentioned independents in New Hampshire, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio, but added that the vice presidential pick should To be someone who can be a boss and someone the boss can trust.
