President Joe Biden on Wednesday quickly maneuvered to court Nikki Haley’s supporters away from Trump
President Joe Biden on Wednesday quickly maneuvered to court Nikki Haley’s supporters moments after she ended her presidential campaign against Donald Trump, with his team projecting confidence they will be able to sway some of the former governor’s supporters as the race pivots toward the general election.
„Donald Trump made it clear he doesn’t want Nikki Haley’s supporters,“ Biden said in a statement Wednesday. „I want to be clear: There is a place for them in my campaign.“
„I know there is a lot we won’t agree on,“ the president continued, adding, „I hope and believe we can find common ground“ on the „fundamental issues“ of preserving democracy and NATO, standing up to foreign adversaries and treating others with respect.
Trump, for his part, swiped at Haley in a social media statement after she exited the race but also asked her voters „to join the greatest movement in the history of our Nation.“
Biden’s campaign is publicly confident they will be able to convince Haley backers to vote for him later this year in a matchup with the former president.
While history suggests otherwise — as a party’s voters often rally back to their nominee after a messy primary — Biden’s team insists that Trump is seriously vulnerable with the relative moderates and independents drawn to Haley and potentially crucial in the fall.
They point to exit polling and results from Super Tuesday in what they say is a „major warning sign“ to Republicans for November.
„Donald Trump’s path is limited and his coalition is hemorrhaging,“ Jen O’Malley Dillon and Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Biden’s campaign chair and campaign manager, respectively, argued in a memo on Wednesday.
