Nikki Haley is withdrawing from the race for the Republican nomination, the politician announced in a press conference in South Carolina on Wednesday.
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“I wanted to give a voice to Americans, I have no regrets,” said Nikki Haley.
Nikki Haley has often criticized Trump for colluding with “dictators,” citing Russian leaders Vladimir Putin, Chinese leaders Xi Jinping, and North Korean leaders Kim Jong-Un, making short work of historic allies of the United States.
However, in her short speech, Haley congratulated her opponent and former White House tenant, Donald Trump, without giving him her support.
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“It is now up to Donald Trump to deserve the votes of those, in our party and beyond, who did not support him and I hope he will do it,” said Nikki Haley from Charleston (south -east), city in the state of South Carolina of which she was governor.
He himself has been calling her “sparrow brains” for months. He apparently does not forgive him for this crime of lèse-majesté of having gone back on his promise not to run against him if he was a candidate in 2024.
Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden have both called on Nikki Haley’s voters to join them.
The former president, who is expected to be named the Republican nominee at the party’s convention this summer, called on Nikki Haley’s supporters to join “the greatest movement in the history” of the United States while the Democrat , also almost assured of being there for the November presidential election for his party, affirmed that there was “a place for them” in his camp.
Joe Biden also praised the “courage” of the Republican candidate for defying Donald Trump.
Born in Nimarata Nikki Randhawa, she is the daughter of a couple of Indian immigrants of Sikh religion.
She entered the political scene with her election in 2004 to the legislature of her native state of South Carolina, then rose to national prominence in 2010 during her campaign to become governor.