Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is growing more defiant in the face of Donald Trump’s efforts to push her out of the 2024 Republican primary race, poking and prodding at the former president and encouraging supporters to wear Trump’s attacks as a badge of honor.
I like both of those! Defiance plays well when you're the underdog; especially in a woman against a man. And wear his attacks as a badge of honor, absolutely. It is good to have enemies.
Haley’s increasingly pointed attacks on Trump come amid pressure from many Republicans for her to drop out of the 2024 primary race so that the party can coalesce around the former president...
Polls show Haley is far behind Trump in South Carolina...
Still, she remains a thorn in the former president’s side, provoking his ire in ways the 2024 Republican presidential contenders he’s already dispatched never did.
And Haley’s aides say that’s intentional.
Well, I'll be jiggered!
Her campaign is bracing for Trump to go too far in attacking Haley and believes those attacks are likely to boost her support in South Carolina. One campaign official said Trump’s attacks would be a “key piece” of Haley’s pathway to winning over Palmetto State voters ahead of the February 24 primary.
I get that. Southern courtliness. Southern woman's honor. I can absolutely see that playing in SC. Who would know better than Haley? She's South Carolina's daughter. Bullying, especially bullying a woman, I could see Trumpie getting away with that in Alabama, but in genteel Charleston, Savannah, and against one of their own! I must say--I hope this fails--but I think it is brilliant.
