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.
