Nikki Haley has made clear she’s on Team Trump. Her supporters don’t all feel the same.
Former state campaign chairs for Haley’s now-defunct presidential bid are increasingly coming out against the former president, including Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, who declined Monday to endorse Donald Trump. And in several other cases, they are endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris over Trump, including in Iowa and Michigan.
Meanwhile, some Haley supporters organizing for Harris hope to raise millions to spend on ads to reach the former U.N. ambassador’s backers. And others are involved in more informal efforts to convince fellow disaffected Republicans to vote blue.
“Most of us are pretty disgusted with Trump and think he would be a disaster. And if you really believe that, then you can’t sit on the sidelines,” said former Maine GOP Rep. David Emery, who is among the Haley supporters now marshaling Republicans to back Harris.
Haley in her presidential primary campaign racked up more than 4 million votes, many of them coming in the months after she dropped out of the race. Nearly 1 million of those came from six of the seven battleground states that will decide the general election.
Too bad Haley is so opportunistic. She could have held back from supporting Trump and, maybe, just maybe, she would have had a future in the post-Trump world.
Her supporters, thankfully, would rather vote Dems than vote for a disaster that is Trump. Good for them.
www.telegraph.co.uk
