Nikki Haley. NPR/AP.
Nikki Haley has gotten an endorsement from the anti-Trump and Koch Network backed Americans for Prosperity. NPR. AFP said that Republicans are picking "bad candidates" and that Democrats are reacting to "extreme policies" from those candidates. They also say that 3/4's of Republicans are ready to move on from Donald Trump, despite Trump often polling in the 60's and 70's for support. Haley has moved into 2nd place after Trump, bypassing Floridian Governor Ron DeSantis. AFP said they would be spending money on propping up Haley's campaign.
My Comment:
This story isn't all that important in the big scheme of things, Haley has zero chance of being the candidate. She's just where the anti-Trump GOP fringe are landing after Ron DeSantis and his campaign have had a fairly epic collapse. Still, it's worth talking about to see what the neocons are going to push this election cycle.
Though I have long said that I would vote for whoever I thought would win against Joe Biden, I don't think I could do it for Haley. She's terrible on many levels and the only advantage I would see over Joe Biden is the fact that she's at least not senile. In foreign policy, nothing would change, she would still be a warmongering idiot.
In the past I could at least say that she was better on social issues but given her plan to ban private accounts on the internet, that isn't the truth at all. That idea is one of the worst I have ever seen and one that even Biden doesn't seem to be interested in. Indeed, Biden would actually be better on the issue, as bad as he is at least I can badmouth him anonymously on the internet. Haley wouldn't allow that.
What is funny is that Ron DeSantis has failed so spectacularly that Haley has been able to surpass him in several states. DeSantis has run a terrible campaign, with a disastrous launch on Twitter, multiple campaign scandals, and a completely misguided attempt to try and win voters with extremely annoying astroturfed social media accounts. I have said for awhile now that the DeSantis campaign will be studied by future historians and politicians will study his campaign so they may learn from his failure.
Haley has been running a much better campaign. Even though I hate her policies her supporters haven't been anywhere near as insufferable as DeSantis and his online crew. Her only major scandal so far was the above internet restriction plan. That should be disqualifying as far as I am concerned but the anti-Trump groups like AFP are desperate. They will take anyone to defeat Trump.
Of course it's a lost cause. Even if all the non-Trump candidates were lumped together, they are getting 35% of the vote at most, none of them can beat Trump. Trump's actually gaining strength and the polls are now showing him beating Joe Biden, something they did not show in 2020. I think many Republicans who don't even like Trump are starting to realize that no only is he going to win the primary race, he's the best chance the GOP has to take back the White House in 2024...
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