Haley to barnstorm nation on fundraising tour as South Carolina primary inches closer

Republican Nikki Haley will barnstorm the country with at least 17 fundraisers across five states over the next several weeks as the eyes of the nation turn to the upcoming rematch between her and former President Donald Trump in Haley's home state of South Carolina.

Fundraisers are scheduled in Columbia, Charleston and Greenville, South Carolina, just days before the state's primary.

Haley's other fundraising events, some of which she is expected to attend, will be split between four states — New York, California, Texas and Florida — as she continues to make the pitch to both voters and deep-pocketed Republican donors that her candidacy against Trump remains viable following an 11-point loss in New Hampshire and a third-place finish in Iowa.

Haley's back-to-back fundraising schedule comes on the heels of Trump declaring on Wednesday night that «from this moment on,» Haley donors are «permanently barred from the MAGA camp,» an unprecedented move that has jarred several GOP donors.

For months leading up to the Iowa caucuses, major Republican donors showed signs of coalescing behind Haley amid her rise and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' crash in the polls.

That upward trajectory was partially reflected in the Haley-aligned super PAC SFA Inc.'s latest fundraising haul, with the group announcing on Thursday that it raised a whopping $50 million in the second half of 2023, topping the pro-Trump super PAC Make America Great Again Inc.'s haul during the same period.

While the strong numbers may allay the fears of some skittish donors and offer some short-term confidence that Haley's operation has the cash to keep going, the campaign is nonetheless being hit with fresh questions about the viability of her path to the Republican