On Saturday, former President Donald Trump denied that he and his campaign were considering former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to serve as his vice presidential pick in the 2024 presidential election.
“Nikki Haley is not under consideration for the V.P. slot, but I wish her well,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
The post came after a report from Axios the day prior, writing that “two people familiar with the dynamic” claimed that Haley was in consideration to be Trump’s nominee for vice president.
The article was promptly updated after Trump’s response, confirming that he had nixed the idea. However, Axios said that the sources claimed “Trump could pick Haley if he were convinced she’d help him win the presidency, avoid a potential prison sentence and cover tens of millions in legal bills if he loses.”
Haley was the first major candidate to issue a challenge to the former president, after she announced her campaign in Feb. 2023. Trump had announced his intent to campaign three months prior, following the 2022 midterms.
Haley was the final holdout to Trump in this year’s GOP primary, being the last candidate to drop out of the race after consistently being beaten by Trump in primary races, often by double-digit percentages.
While her campaign repeatedly insisted that Super Tuesday would change their chances, their hopes didn’t pan out as Trump swept 14 of the 15 states, and they officially terminated the campaign the day after.
Haley has refused to endorse Trump.
“It is now up to Donald Trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him. And I hope he does that,” Haley said in March, pointing to those who supported her during her bid for the presidency.
Haley’s policies were vastly different from Trump’s, as she took the antithesis of his America First agenda, which aims to keep America out of foreign conflicts, opting instead to spread U.S. influence across the globe and move towards ending various conflicts across the world, such as the wars between Ukraine and Russia, and between Israel and Hamas.
Haley was particularly combative with fellow America First believer Vivek Ramaswamy, and the two repeatedly had disagreements during the primary debates.
Donald Trump Jr. reacted to the news on X, writing, “Oh Thank God!!! Word on street is that her people were floating this bulls— because she has a PAC fundraiser [M]onday and is trying to sell attendance!!!”
Despite Haley no longer running in the campaign, she has repeatedly attracted voters in Republican primaries. In Tuesday’s Republican primary in Indiana, Haley garnered 22% of the vote, although that primary was open to both independent and Democrat voters.
Haley has reportedly not spoken to Trump since she conceded the race earlier this year. She also reportedly does not intend to endorse Trump. The former South Carolina governor is expected to meet with several of her top donors next week, according to Fox News, and plans to thank her major contributors during the event, set to occur on Monday and Tuesday. She is not expected to encourage donors to contribute to Trump’s general election campaign.
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