Haley changes her tune and says she supports Trump

Nikki Haley

During her short time campaigning in the Republican primaries, campared to Trump loyalists, Nikki Haley sounded like a moderate. But, make o mistake, she is an ambitious, two-faced radical.

She made it clear where she comes down in the on the political scale when she endorsed Donald Trump, the man she had been campaigning against for months.

Haley made the announcement during a Q&A session at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank, on May 22. They were the first public comments the Indian American and former Trump administration official had made since dropping out of the GOP presidential primary earlier this year. 

She made her endorsement after a speech hitting both Biden and those Republicans opposed to aiding Ukraine. Haley said she would support a candidate who aligned with her views on national security, border and fiscal issues.

“Trump has not been perfect on these policies,” Haley said. “I’ve made that clear, many, many times. But Biden has been a catastrophe. So, I will be voting for Trump.”

Haley, who Trump appointed United Nations ambassador, was not so forgiving on the campaign trail. SDuring her run for the GOP nomination, she called Trump dangerous and unstable, saying, “I feel no need to kiss the ring.”

The former South Carolina govenror also questioned Trump’s mental fitness, and made it a point to question the capabilities of Trump and Biden, both of whomwere approaching 80 years of age.

Haley was the last challenger to Trump and was seen as a moderate alternative for those Republicans abhorred by Trump's antics and radical policies. The support she received revealed that may Republicans were alooking for alternatives to Trump.

Even after she officially dropped out of the race, she still managed to garner votes from dissatisfied Republicans.

She won over moderate Republicans during her campaign even though during her campaign she said expressedd support for a national ban on abortions and favored making cuts to "entitlement" programs like social security and Medicare.

Haley tempered her support for Trump by saying: “Having said that, I stand by what I said in my suspension speech. Trump would be smart to reach out to the millions of people who voted for me, and not assume that they’re just going to be with him.”

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The former ambassador to the U.N. painted Trump as dangerous and unstable on the campaign trail, saying, “I feel no need to kiss the ring.”

 

The remarks drew swift condemnation from anti-Trump Republicans, including former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), who called her support for the former president “pathetic.”

 

Less predictable will be the reaction from those voters who backed Haley in primaries even after she had dropped her challenge to Trump.