Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley revealed over the weekend that the FBI held a meeting with her during the Republican Party presidential primary to warn her that the Islamic Republic of Iran was interfering in the election to damage her campaign.
Haley made the remarks during a Sunday interview with CBS News&#8217; Margaret Brennan on &#8220;Face The Nation&#8221; while discussing foreign influence operations targeting U.S. elections.
&#8220;Look at what happened in [New York Governor Kathy] Hochul&#8217;s office with the Chinese influence and what was happening there,&#8221; Haley said. &#8220;Look at the murder-for-hire plot on U.S. soil, which I was named in, by Iran.&#8221;
&#8220;This has been going on for years. Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, to some extent, they have spent years on the cheapest form of warfare is, which is, how do you divide Americans and cause chaos,&#8221; she said. &#8220;They have done that. When I was running my presidential campaign, the FBI had a separate hearing with me to let me know that Iran was meddling in our – influencing the election through with our campaign.&#8221;
She said that the FBI told her that the Iranians were trying &#8220;hurt&#8221; her campaign or kill her.
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&#8220;Don&#8217;t just look at Russia. Don&#8217;t just look at China. Don&#8217;t just look at Iran. The biggest lesson we need to take is, when you look at social media, I bet you a larger percentage of those are foreign engagements,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And when I was in Taiwan, they would tell you they could look at Facebook. Any time Taiwan put something out, it was suppressed. Anything China put out, it was played up.&#8221;
&#8220;America needs to wake up when it comes to foreign actors,&#8221; she added.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NikkiHaley</a> says the FBI told her during her presidential campaign that Iran was meddling in the election to hurt her bid for the White House. She adds that she was later named in Iranian assassination plots, which also targeted President Biden and former President Donald Trump.… <a href="https://t.co/hoyKEdNnvX">pic.twitter.com/hoyKEdNnvX</a>
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1832809195764093126?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said during an interview that aired over the weekend that if communist China invades Taiwan the impact on the global economy will be ten times larger than the impact from Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine.
Haley made the remarks during an interview on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation&#8221; with Margaret Brennan while talking about the threat China poses to the world.
She discussed a recent trip she took to Taiwan where she learned about how they are preparing militarily for a potential war with China, including by reducing investment in China, extending the length of required military service for 18-year-olds, and training with the U.S.
&#8220;When it comes to our allies, when it comes to freedom-loving countries, we need to be the best friend to them that we can, because, if China takes Taiwan, what we saw with Russia and Ukraine, it affected 1 percent of GDP, and you saw the economy shake from that,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/face-the-nation-full-transcript-09-08-2024/">said</a>. &#8220;If China takes Taiwan, it would be 10 percent of the global GDP. That&#8217;s $10 trillion, compared to the $1 trillion in Ukraine. We need to care about that. We need to care about it from freedom. We need to care about it from the economy. We need to care about it from security.&#8221;
She said that Americans should not assume that everything will be &#8220;OK&#8221; if the U.S. goes into isolationist mode and ignores Russian and Chinese aggression.
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&#8220;What Taiwan is asking for is joint military training and to partner with us so that they can make weapons to defend themselves, and they want intelligence-sharing,&#8221; she said. &#8220;The best way to prevent war from China is to start arming Taiwan now and making sure that they&#8217;re ready.&#8221;
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&#8220;I don&#8217;t think we need to send U.S. troops to defend Taiwan,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NikkiHaley</a> says, after President Biden said he would be willing to send U.S. troops but neither Donald Trump nor JD Vance have said so.
&#8220;Taiwan does not want troops,&#8221; she says, adding that Taiwan instead wants joint… <a href="https://t.co/jJVWQ6z6vJ">pic.twitter.com/jJVWQ6z6vJ</a>
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1832804175236719101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Nikki Haley Explains What The Economic Impact Will Be If China Invades Taiwan

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The second day of the Republican National Convention (RNC) kicked off under the theme “Make America Safe Once Again,” but the more poignant message appeared to be Republican unity amid Democratic disarray.
Tuesday featured speeches from a number of former President Donald Trump’s vanquished GOP competitors, such as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas – both of whom Trump beat for the nomination in 2016 – also addressed the convention.
Haley, who was Trump’s last biggest competitor in the 2024 primary, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-gives-trump-strong-endorsement-in-call-for-unity-at-rnc?topStoryPosition=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delivered</a> her “strong endorsement” of Trump during her RNC address. Her message was directed toward voters who don’t “agree with Trump 100% of the time,” encouraging them to unify around the GOP candidate to remove President Joe Biden from office.
“We agree on keeping America strong. We agree on keeping America safe. And we agree that Democrats have moved so far to the Left that they’re putting our freedoms in danger,” Haley said. “We have a country to save, and a unified Republican Party is essential for saving her.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NikkiHaley</a> endorses Donald Trump for President of the United States. <a href="https://t.co/20gxiTfnBM">pic.twitter.com/20gxiTfnBM</a>
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DeSantis delivered one of the more memorable lines of the night when he compared Biden’s presidency to “Weekend At Bernie’s,” a 1989 comedy in which two insurance employees prop up their dead boss. The reference earned a wide smile from Trump.
“Let’s send Joe Biden back to his basement and let’s send Donald Trump back to the White House,” DeSantis <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-says-america-cannot-afford-a-weekend-at-bernies-president" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “America cannot afford four more years of a ‘Weekend At Bernie’s’ presidency.”
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Ron DeSantis with the line of the night:
“America cannot afford for more years of a Weekend at Bernie&#39;s presidency.&quot;
Trump’s reaction was priceless. <a href="https://t.co/Os9HTEl9Ae">pic.twitter.com/Os9HTEl9Ae</a>
&mdash; Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) <a href="https://twitter.com/GrageDustin/status/1813412841241661906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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From roughly 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. during the evening, the RNC featured GOP Senate candidates attempting to wrestle seats away from the Democratic Party in competitive states. The convention featured speeches from GOP Senate hopefuls Sam Brown of Nevada, Hung Cao of Virginia, Eric Hovde of Wisconsin, Governor Jim Justice of West Virginia, Kari Lake of Arizona, Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania, Bernie Moreno of Ohio, Mike Rogers of Michigan, and Tim Sheehy of Montana.
Attendees at day two of the convention were treated to a minute-long mashup of Trump dancing on the campaign trail right before the former president walked onto the convention floor.
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They played over a minute of Donald Trump dancing at the RNC convention tonight before they introduced him and I can’t stop laughing 😂
It’s so cute 😭 <a href="https://t.co/HR9QoeY0YL">pic.twitter.com/HR9QoeY0YL</a>
&mdash; Sara Gonzales (@SaraGonzalesTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SaraGonzalesTX/status/1813381849927848324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Under the theme of making America safe again, the lineup included personal stories from Americans impacted directly by violent crime and drug addiction. Madeline Brame, a New York resident, lost her son when he was fatally stabbed in Harlem in 2018. Brame blasted soft-on-crime policies by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who opted to use resources to prosecute Trump.
“My son – Sgt. Hason Correa, an Afghanistan War retired veteran – he received enemy fire from the Taliban only to be murdered with a knife on the streets of New York City,” Brame said. “The four assailants responsible for his death initially were facing justice, but that changed when District Attorney Alvin Bragg was elected.”
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&quot;My son… a retired veteran, received enemy fire from the Taliban only to be murdered with a knife on the streets of New York City.&quot;
Madeline Brame shares her story at the RNC on how violent crime and lack of support for law enforcement have affected her and many everyday… <a href="https://t.co/iofpUwVMpg">pic.twitter.com/iofpUwVMpg</a>
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Anne Fundner took the stage and spoke of her first-born son who died from fentanyl-laced pills. Fundner placed the blame for her son’s death on Biden’s border policies and the drug trade that has crossed over the United States’ southern border. Her son, Weston, died in a moment of “peer pressure,” Fundner said.
“On February 27, 2022, our lives were shattered and our baby was gone. This was not an overdose, it was a poisoning. His whole future, everything we ever wanted for him was ripped away in an instant. And Joe Biden does nothing. I hold Joe Biden, Kamala Harris – the ‘border czar,’ what a joke – and Gavin Newsom, and every Democrat who supports open borders for the death of my son,” Fundner said.
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MUST WATCH: Anne Fundner shares the heartbreaking story of the unexpected and devastating loss of her 15-year-old son, who was poisoned by fentanyl-laced pills. 
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RNC Day 2: GOP Unity And The Dangers Of Democrat Governance

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Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley gave her “strong endorsement” to former President Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Tuesday evening.
Haley was a last-minute addition to the RNC’s lineup, with the announcement that she would attend coming a day after Trump narrowly survived an assassination attempt at a Saturday campaign rally in western Pennsylvania. Last week, Haley, who was Trump’s last major Republican opponent in the 2024 presidential race, directed her delegates to support Trump and called for unity.
“President Trump asked me to speak to this convention in the name of unity. It was a gracious invitation and I was happy to accept. I’ll start by making one thing perfectly clear: Donald Trump has my strong endorsement, period,” Haley said upon taking the stage.
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&mdash; Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1813386804961140772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Haley’s endorsement received thunderous applause at the convention, with the crowd chanting Trump’s name in response. Haley then directed her message at those voters skeptical of Trump, a contingent she was seen to represent late in the Republican primary.
“My message to them is simple. You don’t have to agree with Trump 100% of the time to vote for him,” Haley said. “I haven’t always agreed with President Trump, but we agree more often than we disagree.” 
“We agree on keeping America strong. We agree on keeping America safe. And we agree that Democrats have moved so far to the Left that they’re putting our freedoms in danger,” she continued. “We have a country to save, and a unified Republican Party is essential for saving her.”
Haley’s endorsement came alongside a speech by another major primary opponent of Trump: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The speeches by Trump’s former opponents rallying around the former president for a second term in the White House contrasts starkly with the divisions that have exploded among Democrats in recent weeks.
President Joe Biden’s campaign struck back at Haley’s endorsement, citing harsh criticisms that Haley had leveled against Trump in the past.
“Ambassador Haley said it best herself: someone who doesn’t respect our military, doesn’t know right from wrong, and ‘surrounds himself in chaos’ can’t be president,” the Biden campaign said in a <a href="https://x.com/BidenHQ/status/1813395217044721996" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> before making an appeal to the voters Haley addressed in her RNC speech.

Nikki Haley Gives Trump ‘Strong Endorsement’ In Call For Unity At RNC

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Former 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley blasted ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday after a clip from last August resurfaced on social media showing Stephanopoulos being critical of Haley&#8217;s prediction that Biden would have to step down.
The ABC News host is set to sit down with Biden this week in the president&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-to-sit-for-interview-with-former-clinton-flack-after-poor-debate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first interview</a> since his disastrous debate performance last week. Last summer, Stephanopoulos pressed Haley to show &#8220;evidence&#8221; that Biden would not be able to finish his first term and that Vice President Kamala Harris would assume the role of commander-in-chief.
&#8220;There&#8217;s no way Joe Biden is going to finish his term. I think Kamala Harris is going to be the next president, and that should send a chill up every American&#8217;s spine,&#8221; Haley told Stephanopoulos last August before the ABC News anchor cut her off.
&#8220;Excuse me. Excuse me one second about that. How do you know Joe Biden is not going to finish his term? What is that based on?&#8221; asked Stephanopoulos, the former White House communications director for President Bill Clinton.
&#8220;Do you think that he&#8217;s actually going to finish what he started?&#8221; Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the U.N., replied. &#8220;We look at the decline he&#8217;s had over the last few years. You have to be honest with the American people, George.&#8221;
Stephanopoulos continued to push Haley to provide &#8220;evidence&#8221; that Biden wouldn&#8217;t finish his first term. The legacy media has been criticized for downplaying Biden&#8217;s apparent mental and physical struggles while in office, especially after his debate against former President Donald Trump last week caused panic among many Left-leaning political commentators.
During the debate, the 81-year-old president struggled numerous times to reply coherently to the moderators, CNN anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admits-he-almost-fell-asleep-during-trump-debate?itm_source=parsely-api" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> admitted at a private fundraiser that he almost fell asleep while debating Trump.
&#8220;Believe me now, George?&#8221; Haley posted on X along with the video of her interview with Stephanopolous last summer.
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Believe me now, George? <a href="https://t.co/gy7aS6Mq3Y">https://t.co/gy7aS6Mq3Y</a>
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Biden reportedly discussed the future of his re-election campaign with his family over the weekend, and his family members urged him to stay in the race.
“[The Biden family] will not let those 90 minutes define the four years he’s been president,” first lady Jill Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jill-biden-reacts-to-husbands-poor-debate-performance-says-she-wont-let-those-90-minutes-define-presidency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Vogue following the debate.
“We will continue to fight.” she said, adding, “[Biden] will always do what’s best for the country.”
A group of Democratic governors — including Gavin Newsom of California, Andy Beshear of Kentucky, and Tim Walz of Minnesota — are reportedly set to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/group-of-dem-governors-want-to-meet-with-biden-to-make-sure-hes-doing-ok?topStoryPosition=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meet with Biden</a> on Wednesday &#8220;to make sure he&#8217;s doing ok.&#8221;
“I think the governors just want a direct and candid conversation with the president. We want to make sure he’s doing okay,” Beshear told CNN on Tuesday. “We all know him. He has formed a personal relationship with us, and he says he is [OK], and we take him at his word, but it’s always good to see somebody in person.”

‘Believe Me Now, George?’: Nikki Haley Dunks On ABC Anchor Who Questioned Her Biden Prediction

'Believe Me Now, George?': Nikki Haley Dunks On ABC Anchor Who Questioned Her Biden Prediction 

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SDEROT, ISRAEL — Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley called for Gazan Palestinians to &#8220;separate themselves&#8221; from the terror organization that governs them in an interview with The Daily Wire after touring several sites where Hamas massacred civilians on October 7. 
&#8220;It&#8217;s not that we don&#8217;t want good for the Palestinians, but the Palestinians have to separate themselves from Hamas because they&#8217;ve been indoctrinated themselves,&#8221; Haley said. &#8220;What we&#8217;ve seen is an entire generation that thinks their job is to murder the Jewish people and we can&#8217;t let that happen.&#8221;
&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t just Hamas that did this,&#8221; Haley said while standing at the site of the former Sderot police station, which was destroyed after being taken over by terrorists. &#8220;Thousands of Palestinian citizens came in and participated in the robbing and murdering of these people.&#8221;
There have been reports that Palestinian civilians, <a href="https://freebeacon.com/national-security/children-as-young-as-10-took-part-in-hamass-oct-7-terror-attack-survivors-say/">children</a>, and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/29/israel-un-gaza-hamas-oct-7/">U.N. employees</a> took part in the attack after Hamas breached the Israel-Gaza fence. Haley’s comments came just after she finished touring Kibbutz Nir Oz where 25% of the 380 residents were either taken hostage or murdered, the site of the Nova massacre, a military base near the Gaza border where female soldiers were taken hostage and killed. Her former counterpart in the U.N. who is now a member of Knesset, Danny Danon, accompanied her on her tour.
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Haley also called for American universities to stop accepting &#8220;Arab money.&#8221;
“We should not be taking Arab money into any of our universities, we should not be taking any foreign money into our universities,” Haley said, while standing at the site of the former Sderot police station, which was destroyed after being taken over by Hamas terrorists.
Haley criticized colleges and called for revocation of tax-exempt status at academic institutions where antisemitic threats against Jewish students are not successfully being addressed.
“You can look at what&#8217;s happening on American campuses: those kids are not safe,” Haley said. “That is not a situation I want my kids in. I wouldn’t want anybody&#8217;s kids in and those colleges owe it to the kids there and to the future students. 
“One thing is free speech, but threats and intimidation, that&#8217;s very different,” she added.
U.S. colleges and universities receive about $55 billion from foreign sources, with one-fourth ($13.1 billion) coming from Arab individuals, institutions, and governments, according to a May 2024 study by the <a href="https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/arab-funding-of-american-universities-donors-recipients-and-impact-may-2024">American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise</a>. The biggest foreign donor to U.S. universities is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-examines-how-hamas-harboring-qatar-influences-universities-american-institutions">Qatar</a>, a country with close-ties to Iran and the home to Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. 
Billionaire hedge fund manager <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hedge-fund-manager-bill-ackman-pushes-to-ban-allowing-foreign-contributions-to-u-s-schools">Bill Ackman pointed out</a> that foreign governments are not allowed to own radio and TV stations, yet fund our universities. 
“Why then do we allow foreign governments to give money to our universities, funds that are used to set up Middle Eastern, Asian studies and other programs which can be designed to fit the desired narratives of the donors,” <a href="https://x.com/BillAckman/status/1786361982137880992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1786361982137880992%7Ctwgr%5Ea7e7d2d3f74e2c547825fb21375f2d1153f8bc42%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fhedge-fund-manager-bill-ackman-pushes-to-ban-allowing-foreign-contributions-to-u-s-schools">Ackman tweeted</a>. “Notably, these foreign governments concentrate their ‘gifts’ to our most elite institutions where they can influence our next generation of leaders — judges, politicians, members of the media and more.”
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Haley said she is in disbelief by rhetoric coming from college students and activists that denies or downplays the severity of Hamas’ attack on Israeli civilians.
“You can&#8217;t pretend this didn&#8217;t happen,” Haley said. “Everywhere you go, someone knows someone who was murdered. Everywhere you go, you see where cars were burned, where people were brutalized, police officers here in this town were killed.”
Haley said Americans should sympathize by reflecting on how they felt after September 11, 2001.
“We were in shock, then we went through great sadness and then we went through anger of making sure it never happened again,” Haley said. “Just imagine if we had gone through all of that and then people told us it didn&#8217;t happen [or] it was America&#8217;s fault.”
“It&#8217;s like stabbing someone in the back after they&#8217;ve already been shot,” she added. “We need to be with them. We need to stand with them. We need to believe them.”
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Haley said her time touring the Nova site with survivor Tali Biner made her think of her own daughter who is also a nurse in her 20s.
“We talked to a survivor, who talked about what she heard, what she saw, how she hid, how so many people hid under dead bodies,” Haley said. “The fact that she heard so many women mutilated and raped and even men. I mean, it&#8217;s so much that happened.”
“That wasn&#8217;t easy for her to tell me her story of what she heard, what she saw and what she experienced,” Haley added. “She&#8217;s doing that because nobody believes her. It&#8217;s a horrible thing to do to a victim, and it&#8217;s victimizing them all over again.”
Haley also visited the post with a photo of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of eight hostages held captive in Gaza.
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Last week former president Donald Trump said Haley would  “absolutely” be on his “team in some form” going forward after she pledged to vote for him. In a press conference after her tour, Haley said she doesn’t take the intense rhetoric used by the campaigns personally. 
“I’ve always been able to take the emotion and the personal part out of politics because that is the only way you can do the right thing,” Haley said. “This is about America. It’s about a strong America, it’s about a strong Israel. It’s about having the backs of our friends.”

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SDEROT, ISRAEL — Former U.N. Ambassador <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nikki-haley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nikki Haley</a> gave her most extensive remarks on her relationship with former President Donald Trump on Monday in Israel, just days after her Republican primary campaign rival predicted that Haley would &#8220;absolutely&#8221; be on his &#8220;team in some form&#8221; going forward.
Trump&#8217;s comments came just a day after Haley pledged to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-says-shell-vote-for-trump-has-not-been-perfect-but-biden-has-been-a-catastrophe">vote for him</a> in November, despite the intense rhetoric used by the campaigns before she ended her presidential bid in March. Asked about how she could work with Trump going forward, Haley said you can&#8217;t take campaign fights &#8220;personal&#8221; and that what&#8217;s most important is working together for the country.
“I’ve always been able to take the emotion and the personal part out of politics because that is the only way you can do the right thing,” Haley said at a press conference during a tour of southern Israel. &#8220;This is about America. It’s about a strong America, it’s about a strong Israel. It’s about having the backs of our friends.”
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Just days after Donald Trump said Nikki Haley would be on his &quot;team in some form,” the former UN Ambassador gave her response. 
&quot;It&#39;s not personal for me, this is about America.&quot;
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Haley explained that voting to reelect President Joe Biden isn&#8217;t an option when comparing his policies to those of Trump.
“This is all about policy, and when you look at the policies of the two, I am very much on one side. It’s not even close,” she added. “We sparred in a campaign. If I thought either one of them were great, I wouldn’t have run. I ran because I thought I could do a better job, but at the end of the day, it is what it is.”
Haley’s comments came at a press conference in Sderot after she finished a tour of places in Israel attacked by Hamas on October 7. Her tour included Kibbutz Nir Oz, the site of the Nova massacre, a military base by the Gaza border, and the site of the now-destroyed police station in Sderot.
Haley positively reflected on her time in the Trump administration as the UN Ambassador, chalking it up to having the freedom to make decisions in the role.
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“The goal was to make sure we knew who our friends were and who our enemies were, and I think the reason that he and I worked well together during that time was because he let me do my job, which was to call out our enemies, but we never forgot our friends, which is why we stood with Israel,” Haley said.
“All you have to do is look at the fact that he moved the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and acknowledged the truth, he allowed me to defund UNRWA,” she added.
Trump said last week that Haley was a &#8220;very capable person.&#8221;
“We had a nasty campaign,” Trump said in the interview with <a href="https://bronx.news12.com/trump-floats-possible-vp-picks-in-news-12-interview">News 12 New York</a>. “But she’s a very capable person, and I’m sure she’s going to be on our team in some form, absolutely.” He added that the two “have a lot of the same ideas, the same thoughts.”
When Haley was asked Monday if she would accept being Trump’s running mate, Haley said Trump has “made it very clear&#8221; that she&#8217;s not in the running for that position. &#8220;I don’t think about things that are not reality,&#8221; Haley said.
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Nikki Haley was asked by Israeli press if she would accept if Trump asked her to be VP
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Haley&#8217;s remarks during her visit to Israel largely steered clear of the presidential election. “The last thing I want to do is come to Israel and talk about American politics,” Haley said. “What I do want to do is come to Israel and make sure that the American people see what I see, hear what I hear.”
She criticized both Republicans and Democrats for failing to make a strong case for supporting Israel to the American people.
“The one flaw that I will say of Republicans and Democrats in America is they’re not telling Americans why they should care about Israel. They’re not telling Americans why they should care about Ukraine,” she said. “They’re just making the decision and allowing Americans to hear it in sound bites. Americans are smart. When you give them the information, when you tell them why they need to care, they do.”
Haley announced she was going to vote for Trump during a Hudson Institute event last Wednesday when asked which candidate would be the best for national security.
“As a voter, I put my priorities on a president who’s going to have the backs of our allies and hold our enemies to account, [and] who would secure the border. No more excuses,” Haley said. “A president who would support capitalism and freedom. A president who understands we need less debt, not more debt. Trump has not been perfect on these policies. I’ve made that clear many, many times. But Biden has been a catastrophe.”
“So I will be voting for Trump,” Haley continued. “Having said that, I stand by what I said in my suspension speech. Trump would be smart to reach out to the millions of people who voted for me and continue to support me, and not assume that they’re just going to be with him. And I genuinely hope he does that.”

Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley in Southern Israel

Nikki Haley Says She’d Be Able To Work With Trump After Tough Campaign: ‘This Is About America’

Former U.N. Ambassador <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nikki-haley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nikki Haley</a> said on Wednesday that she will be voting for former President Donald Trump this fall over President Joe Biden.
Haley made the remarks during a question and answer session at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., when asked who she thought would do better on national security.
&#8220;As a voter, I put my priorities on a president who&#8217;s going to have the backs of our allies and hold our enemies to account, [and] who would secure the border. No more excuses,&#8221; Haley said. &#8220;A president who would support capitalism and freedom. A president who understands we need less debt, not more debt. Trump has not been perfect on these policies. I&#8217;ve made that clear many, many times. But Biden has been a catastrophe.&#8221;
&#8220;So I will be voting for Trump,&#8221; Haley continued. &#8220;Having said that, I stand by what I said in my suspension speech. Trump would be smart to reach out to the millions of people who voted for me and continue to support me and not assume that they&#8217;re just going to be with him. And I genuinely hope he does that.&#8221;
Haley stopped short of giving Trump a full-throated endorsement, something that she had pledged to do when she was competing in the Republican Party primary earlier this year. Many of the other competitors, including Trump&#8217;s top challenger, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, did give Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-suspends-2024-presidential-campaign-endorses-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clear endorsements</a>.
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Nikki Haley says Trump has not been “perfect” but says Biden is a “catastrophe”
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Nikki Haley Says She’ll Vote For Trump: ‘Has Not Been Perfect’ But ‘Biden Has Been A Catastrophe’

On Saturday, former President Donald Trump issued a denial after a report claimed he was once again considering making his former U.N. ambassador, Nikki Haley, his vice presidential running mate.
Multiple sources <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/05/11/trump-moves-haley-off-blacklist-2024-election?utm_campaign=editorial&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">told</a> Axios of the alleged new development, which came after the recent collapse of South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, who was considered to be one of Trump&#8217;s top potential running mates.
A couple hours after the report was published, Trump posted on social media: &#8220;Nikki Haley is not under consideration for the V.P. slot, but I wish her well! DJT.&#8221;
Noem had recently just debuted a new book, &#8220;No Going Back,&#8221; in which she revealed that she shot and killed her puppy. The book was filled with inaccurate stories that had to be removed and Noem faced tough questions during interviews and she later canceled the remainder of her book tour reportedly due to bad weather.
The Axios report said that while the relationship between the two &#8220;remains chilly,&#8221; Trump could lean toward picking Haley &#8220;if he were convinced she&#8217;d help him win the presidency, avoid a potential prison sentence and cover tens of millions in legal bills if he loses.&#8221;
Parties in both camps believe that it is in the best interests of both sides to reconcile, even though Haley has not followed through on her pledge to endorse the Republican Party presidential nominee. The report said that Haley has indicated that she believes Trump needs to reach out to her if he wants to unite the party.
The report noted that if Haley continues to withhold her endorsement of Trump, and if he were to lose in November, that she could easily be blamed for the loss by conservatives as her supporters largely remain adverse to Trump.
Trump could use Haley&#8217;s donor network to raise the funds that he needs to stay competitive with President Joe Biden&#8217;s fundraising advantage.
A spokesperson for the Trump campaign responded to the story: &#8220;Only President Trump will rule a contender for Vice President in or out, and anyone claiming to know who he will choose is lying.&#8221;

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President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign is reaching out to voters who sided with one of former President Donald Trump’s top Republican primary opponents.
On Friday, the Biden campaign released an ad targeting Nikki Haley supporters, spending $1 million on the effort to court voters who appear disillusioned by another Trump nomination, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/29/biden-campaign-launches-new-ad-targeting-haley-voters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Haley was the last of Trump&#8217;s GOP opponents to drop out of the race when she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-drops-out-does-not-endorse-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ended her campaign</a> earlier this month, and she has not endorsed the former president.
“If you voted for Nikki Haley, Donald Trump doesn’t want your vote,” the Biden campaign ad says. “Save America. Join us.”
The ad also plays clips of Trump commenting on Haley, such as him calling her “birdbrain,” and saying she “has made an unholy alliance with RINOs [and] never-Trumpers.”
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The ad will run for three weeks across digital platforms in battleground states, campaign officials said, according to the Post. Seven states are considered the top battleground races in the 2024 election, according to RealClearPolitics. As of Saturday morning, Trump leads Biden in all seven states, per the <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/elections/president/2024/battleground-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RCP average</a> of polling data.
During the GOP primary race, Haley — whom Trump tapped to serve as U.S. ambassador to the U.N. during his administration — became <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/18/haley-trump-resistance-gop-primary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">critical</a> of her former boss, saying he is responsible for “chaos” and failure within the Republican Party. In her speech announcing her campaign suspension, Haley <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1765394899010985993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1765394899010985993%7Ctwgr%5E0ebed95c4fe525bd094f5034f7b85a8769a5cb04%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fnikki-haley-drops-out-does-not-endorse-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Trump has work to do to “earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him.”
“And I hope he does that,” Haley added. “At its best, politics is about bringing people into your cause, not turning them away. And our conservative cause badly needs more people. This is now his time for choosing.”
After Haley dropped out of the presidential race, Trump reached out a hand to Haley voters, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4512657-trump-slams-haley-seeks-supporters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writing</a> in a social media post that he would “like to invite all of the Haley supporters to join the greatest movement in the history of our Nation.” That invite came after the former president <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111814072878837196" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> in January that “Anybody that makes a ‘Contribution’ to Birdbrain, from this moment forth, will be permanently barred from the MAGA camp.”
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During her campaign, Haley received thousands of donations from people who supported Biden in 2020, POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/20/haley-biden-donors-trump-00142363" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.  Trump easily secured the nomination over Haley, who has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/us/elections/republican-primary-delegates-tracker-calendar.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won</a> just 94 delegates compared to Trump’s 1,686. Candidates had to reach 1,215 delegates to win the Republican nomination, a threshold Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-locks-up-gop-nomination-after-racking-up-4-more-primary-victories" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crossed</a> on March 12.

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Biden Campaign Releases Ad Targeting Nikki Haley Voters: ‘Donald Trump Doesn’t Want Your Vote’

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bill-maher" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill Maher</a>, host of HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Real Time,&#8221; suggested late last week that President Joe Biden drop Vice President Kamala Harris as his running mate and pick former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley.
Maher said that he does not believe that Haley has a future in the Republican Party and suggested that she team up with Biden.
&#8220;I know it’s crazy to think that she could run with Biden, but that’s my dream, a unity ticket,&#8221; Maher said. &#8220;And then he would, I think, definitely win.&#8221;
&#8220;And of course, she’s said some crazy things,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Most politicians have &#8212; not as crazy as ‘We’ve never been a racist country.’ I mean, that’s pretty crazy.&#8221;
Maher also suggested that Biden could pick Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) to be his running mate.
“Something to reach across so that we don’t live in this world where everybody sees the other side as an existential threat,” Maher said.
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NEW: Bill Maher suggests that President Biden should ditch Kamala Harris and replace her with Nikki Haley to help his chances in 2024.
Nikki Haley being on the Democrat ticket is actually a perfect fit for her.
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Bill Maher Pushes Joe Biden To Drop Kamala Harris And Pick Nikki Haley

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis criticized former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley this week for not endorsing former President Donald Trump in her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-drops-out-does-not-endorse-trump">speech</a> announcing that she was dropping out of the Republican Party presidential primary.
DeSantis, who was Trump&#8217;s top challenger for most of the primary season until he dropped out of the race after a second-place finish in Iowa, made the remarks Wednesday night during a Newsmax interview with Eric Bolling.
&#8220;I signed the pledge and you signed the pledge saying that you&#8217;re gonna not take your ball and go home,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;And so I honored the pledge, and she&#8217;s gonna have to make a decision about whether she wants to or not, but the idea that somehow circumstances have changed, I think we all knew what we were doing when we did that, and you got to make a judgment about whether that&#8217;s meaningful to you.&#8221;
&#8220;And so for me, I tell people, you know, if I say I&#8217;m going to do something, I&#8217;m going to do it,&#8221; he added.
DeSantis also weighed in on Haley&#8217;s strategy during the race, saying she &#8220;waged a campaign on the idea that you can somehow win the Republican nomination for president by getting the votes of mostly just non-Republicans.&#8221;
&#8220;And that just doesn&#8217;t work. And we saw that play out in Iowa,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And I said at the time that she didn&#8217;t have a pathway. So I&#8217;m glad we&#8217;re all through that process. And, you know, now we&#8217;re in a situation where Republicans are staring down the barrel of a President Biden, who&#8217;s clearly not up to the job. &#8230; If you compare him to 2020, to now, I mean, the guy has clearly slowed down dramatically, his policies have not worked. So now&#8217;s the time for that to be the focus.&#8221;
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DeSantis Blasts Haley For Not Endorsing Trump: ‘You Signed The Pledge’

DeSantis Blasts Haley For Not Endorsing Trump: 'You Signed The Pledge'

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