The former South Carolina governor said she only needs “to be competitive” to continue challenging former President Donald Trump.
Former President Donald Trump’s 2024 GOP primary challenger Nikki Haley said that she does not “have to win” her home state of South Carolina to stay in the race during a Fox News appearance on Thursday.
Haley, the last remaining major primary challenger to the ex-president, told anchor Martha MacCallum that Republicans would lose November’s election to President Joe Biden “if Donald Trump is the nominee,” while insisting that she only has “to be competitive” to remain a candidate.
Haley, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under Trump, has stayed in the race despite losing the first two primary contests to the ex-president, including in New Hampshire—where polls indicated a very close race shortly before Florida Governor Ron DeSantis dropped out.
Polls suggest that Haley has little chance of winning the February 24 primary in South Carolina, a state where she once served as governor. An average of recent polls compiled by RealClearPolitics shows Trump with a seemingly insurmountable 27-point lead over Haley.
