Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley may have a long way to go if she’s going to catch up with frontrunner Donald J. Trump but she has scored one big endorsement despite its dubious value.
The former South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations earned a nod from longtime Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin, one of the most unhinged pundits in the entire media, especially when it comes to Trump who she loathes with a purple passion.
The media’s choice for next year’s nomination, the ambitious Haley isn’t likely to generate much enthusiasm from Trump’s supporters in the unlikely chance that she does manage to emerge as the GOP nominee next year and even Rubin seems to be lukewarm but sees her as the only horse in the race with a chance of overtaking the former president who is running away with the competition.
It’s Nikki Haley or bust for the GOP, @JRubinBlogger writes. https://t.co/upT8ptdSS5
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) November 30, 2023
“Don’t get me wrong. She is an unabashed opportunist who has never fully denounced Trump. She even suggested she might pardon him. She’s enamored of trickle-down economics and more tax cuts for the rich. And her views on abortion are anathema to those who want women to retain first-class citizenship and control over their own lives,” Rubin writes in her column titled “It’s Nikki Haley or bust for the GOP.”
“However, the question is not whether Americans strongly inclined to vote for President Biden would vote for her in the general election. The question is whether, if she managed to topple Trump, she would break with the MAGA cult of personality, decline to bow and scrape before Russian President Vladimir Putin, decline to weaponize the Justice Department against her enemies and return to some version of normal Republican politics,” she continued.
“All indications suggest that, yes, she would refrain from subverting constitutional democracy if she somehow won the nomination and went on to win the presidency,” Rubin wrote, not mentioning Haley’s recent decidedly unconstitutional vow to eliminate social media anonymity if elected.
The oddsmakers on X handicapped the candidate’s odds after the coveted Rubin endorsement and, to put it kindly, see her as even more of a longshot now.
#RIP Nikki Haley’s campaign, 2023-2023 https://t.co/HsXQviYymX
— Anthony Abides (@AnthonyAbides) November 30, 2023
Kiss of death for Nikki Haley. https://t.co/dCi2i6sriw
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) November 30, 2023
“It’s Nikki Haley or bust for the GOP”
Well then… it’s busted.
— Douglas Ritz (@douglasritz) November 30, 2023
straightforward from here, all downhill
— Jonathon Snyder (@JonathonSnyder) November 30, 2023
Jennifer Rubin endorses @NikkiHaley.
‘Nuff said. https://t.co/Iq9T5tR5jD
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) November 30, 2023
If this isn’t the kiss of death for Nikki Haley something is very wrong
Haley is the Trojan Horse for the worst neocons in the country
People like @billkristol and @MittRomney
Absolutely the worst candidate in the Republican field, by far https://t.co/jEnL6yImoh
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) November 30, 2023
Whoa, I used to be okay with Haley, but this endorsement is the kiss of death. Yikes.
— Bert (@BertThere) November 30, 2023
Absolutely devastating news for Haley. https://t.co/T7jrmYnxgq
— Dan Ornelas (@DanielMOrnelas) November 30, 2023
Condolences to the Haley campaign. Tough break. https://t.co/4QyAe1IQjs
— LoLNothingMatters (@DastDn) November 30, 2023
Rubin isn’t the only WaPo columnist who’s enthralled with Haley. In a Friday column titled “Nikki Haley, patient and practical, awaits her moment,” George Will was practically panting with anticipation, as is the majority of the mainstream media.
The candidate is coming off a banner week, having scored a much more significant endorsement from the deep-pocketed Koch network, or as Team Trump refers to it: a “corrupt network of globalist RINO donors.”
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