Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s announcement of a Tuesday news conference had many in the media speculating that she was ready to suspend her campaign, but they ended up disappointed after she sucked them in.
Instead of acknowledging the obvious in that she has less than a snowball’s chance in Hades of overtaking frontrunner Donald J. Trump for the nomination unless something strange happens, the warmongering cringe queen insisted that she’s not going anywhere.
“Some of you — perhaps a few of you in the media — came here today to see if I’m dropping out of the race,” she told reporters and a small crowd of supporters in Greenville. “Well, I’m not. Far from it.”
Haley: Some of you, a few of you in the media, came here today to see if I’m dropping out of the race… Well, I’m not. pic.twitter.com/6NaYJMFe14
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 20, 2024
With a sense of entitlement rarely seen since Hillary Clinton’s ill-fated 2016 White House campaign, the former United States ambassador to the United Nations and South Carolina governor railed against Trump, regurgitating the former first lady’s crackpot Russia conspiracy theories.
Haley: Donald Trump has all but said he will abandon Ukraine, a massive gift to Putin and now Trump is inviting Putin to invade NATO countries, the came countries that stood with us after September 11th pic.twitter.com/J5G1TGOM9g
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 20, 2024
Haley’s remarks could have been cribbed directly from Hillary who is once again spinning the Trump-Putin yarn initially concocted by her doomed campaign.
Crooked Hillary Clinton — disgraced former secretary of state and multi-time failed presidential candidate — dusts off her old, tired playbook: “Why is Donald Trump so enamored of Putin?” pic.twitter.com/zx9ezTnhse
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 18, 2024
Defiant in the days before an expected shellacking in her home state’s primary, Haley choked up when talking about her military husband’s deployment, a shameless ploy for sympathy and for good measure, suggested that Trump was acting like a king because he’s adored by millions while she is despised.
Haley: Many of the same politicians publicly embrace Trump, privately dread him. They know what a disaster he’s been and will continue to be. They are just too afraid to say it out loud. I’m not afraid to say the hard truth out loud. I feel no need to kiss the ring. pic.twitter.com/JnBbqKyJY7
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 20, 2024
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung reacted to Haley’s kissing the ring comment.
“She’s going to drop down to kiss ass when she quits, like she always does,” he wrote on X.
She’s going to drop down to kiss ass when she quits, like she always does. https://t.co/VwcaXEkF7V
— Steven Cheung (@TheStevenCheung) February 20, 2024
Trump himself was more diplomatic when during his Fox News town hall on Tuesday night, he was asked by host Laura Ingraham about why he thinks that Haley’s sticking around.
President Trump explains why Nikki Haley isn’t dropping out:
“They’re trying to hurt me for the general election so the Democrats are giving her money and she’s playing into the game.”pic.twitter.com/fzfZnmxNYP
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) February 21, 2024
“I don’t think she knows how to get out, actually. I really don’t. “Trump said. “She did terribly in New Hampshire, every vote she got was from Democrats.”
“They’re trying to hurt me for the general election so the Democrats are giving her money and she’s playing into the game…she just can’t get herself to get out,” he added.
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