Home Depot co-founder and billionaire Ken Langone warned Thursday that he may withhold financial support for Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign if she doesn’t perform well in next week’s New Hampshire primary.
Home Depot co-founder and billionaire Ken Langone warned Thursday that he may withhold financial support for Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign if she doesn’t perform well in next week’s New Hampshire primary.
The 88-year-old financier and Haley-backer told the Financial Times that “a nice sum of money” from him awaits the former South Carolina governor but that the “major gift” won’t come before the Granite State’s Jan. 23 primary results are in.
“If she doesn’t get traction in New Hampshire, you don’t throw money down a rat hole,” Langone told the outlet.
Langone endorsed Haley for president last month, praising her as “smart,” “elegant” and “statesman-like,” but the GOP megadonor now appears to have doubts about the former governor’s ability to secure the Republican nomination.
