She suffered a slew of losses on Super Tuesday.
Nikki Haley, former governor of South Carolina and 2024 Republican presidential candidate, during a campaign event at the Artisan Hotel in Salem, N.H., Jan. 22, 2024.Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is planning on suspending her campaign for president in the wake ofThis now leaves leaving former President Donald Trump as the last major candidate standing among Republicans, all but guaranteeing him the party's nomination on his way to a likely rematch with President Joe Biden in November.
That theme became a core part of her messaging throughout the primary, with Haley continuously telling supporters at events that she was running against Trump because the country needed a “new generational leader.” Seeking to draw a stark contrast between her and Trump’s visions for the Republican Party, she argued that nominating Trump to lead the party in November would spell disaster for candidates up and down the ballot.
While Haley initially pledged to support Trump as the Republican nominee even if he was convicted of a felony, she was signing a different tune by the end of her campaign.
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