Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, has responded to critics who questioned her endorsement of former President Donald Trump.
During the GOP primary, Haley was among the most vocal critics of the former president. She openly questioned his mental fitness for the Oval Office. In February, she went as far as to suggest that nominating Trump for a third time for the general election would be “like suicide for our country” if the GOP were to do so.
In a recent turn of events, Haley showed support for Trump in her speech at the Republican National Convention, commending the former president for his accomplishments in foreign policy. It is worth noting that Haley had served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during Trump’s presidency.
In a recent interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, former US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, defended her support for President Trump, claiming that she did not face much opposition from fellow Republicans.
TAPPER: When you announced that you were going to vote for Donald Trump, you got a lot of pushback from Republicans who supported you. What do you say to them? What do you say to them when they say that they were with you? They agree that Donald Trump is bad for the Republican Party, bad for the country. And they thought that you you agreed with them and they feel like you sold out. HALEY: I didn’t get a lot of pushback from Republicans. What I will tell you is I have a great respect for those who stood with me. I am incredibly grateful. These were people who saw the fact that our border was out of control. They saw that debt was out of control, and our kids are going to pay for it. They wanted national security that was going to keep America safe. They believed in mental competency tests. They believed in term limits. And they wanted Americans to have a choice for someone they could be proud of. That was what we fought for. That’s what we did. And millions joined us. And so I wanted what they wanted. We were in it together, and I loved the fight that we had together. But we’ve been given a choice. It’s Trump or it’s Harris. And so what I did was I said, this is who I will be voting for. I also said, I don’t agree with Trump 100% of the time, and I don’t expect them to agree with Trump 100% of the time to vote for them. But I wanted them to think about it through my eyes and how I thought about it. Since then, we’ve heard from a lot of people who appreciated my making the case for it. And, you know, I’m going to continue to be true to myself and true to what I fought for, and I’m going to continue to fight for that regardless of whether it’s in a position or not. I’m always going to fight for the country that we all love.
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