- Donald Trump issued an angry statement on Truth Social ridiculing Haley
- Still, it ended with a call for her supporters to support his presidential campaign
- She announced her departure from the race with a speech in Charleston, South Carolina
Former President Donald Trump ridiculed Nikki Haley for being “kicked off” on Super Tuesday, just as she was about to announce she would end her campaign on Wednesday morning.
In a victory speech on Tuesday night, Trump took pains to strike a balanced, presidential tone as he transitioned from the primaries to attacking President Joe Biden.
And to Mar-a-Lago’s raucous supporters, he pointedly avoided mentioning Haley, his latest rival for the Republican nomination.
But in a sign of how she got under his skin, with a primary victory in the state of Vermont, that all changed on Wednesday morning when he vented his anger.
“Nikki Haley was defeated in record-breaking fashion last night, despite the Democrats, for unknown reasons, being allowed to vote in Vermont and several other Republican primaries,” he wrote on Truth Social.
Much of her money came from radical left Democrats, as did many of her voters, almost 50 percent, according to the polls.
‘Right now I hope she stays in the “race” and fights it out to the end!’
Haley announced she was ending her campaign from her base in South Carolina. But while Trump nearly clinched the administration with victories, his former U.N. ambassador secured more than 20 percent and 30 percent of the vote in a slew of states, reinforcing her argument that the Republican front-runner does not represent the entire party.
The Biden campaign sees an opening to sway moderates and swing voters, and he appealed to its supporters to support him.
“Donald Trump has made it clear he doesn’t want Nikki Haley supporters. “I want to be clear: There is a place for them in my campaign,” Biden said.
The campaign posted its message minutes after Trump’s post, in which he mocked Haley and tried to call on her supporters to join him.
“I would like to thank my family, friends and the great Republican Party for helping us create by far the most successful Super Tuesday in history, and would further invite all Haley supporters to join the largest movement Close. in the history of our nation,” he concluded in an all-caps message.
For her part, Haley said Trump should earn the votes of her supporters. She did not support her former boss.
“It is now up to Donald Trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond who did not support him. And I hope he does,” she said.
‘At its best, politics is about bringing people into your cause, not rejecting them. And our conservative cause desperately needs more people.”
Her departure means Trump is assured of the nomination, even though it seemed up for grabs since the Iowa caucuses in January.