Nikki Haley Admits It's 'Very Possible' The GOP Is Fully The Party Of Trump

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said it’s “very possible” the GOP has fully become the party of Donald Trump, as she was projected to lose yet another primary to the former president.

Haley was speaking Tuesday to CNN host Dana Bash not long before Michigan’s Republican presidential primary was called for Trump. Michigan is the fifth state where Haley has lost to Trump — another blow making it harder to justify her campaign.

“Isn’t it possible the party has moved, and the party is about Donald Trump and not what you’re describing, which might be the party of yesterday?” Bash asked Haley.

“It’s very possible,” Haley said. “What we’re doing is if 70% of Americans say they don’t want Donald Trump or Joe Biden, we are giving them an option.

“What I’m saying to my Republican Party family is we’re in a ship with a hole in it. And we can either go down with the ship and watch the country go socialist left, or we can see that we need to take the life raft and move in a new direction.”

Haley argued after losing her home state primary on Saturday that the 40% of voters who backed her represent a critical portion of the electorate, one that doesn’t want to see another Biden-Trump election.

Campaign spokesperson Olivia Perez-Cubas reiterated Haley’s point in a statement on the results. “Donald Trump is losing about 35% of the vote. That’s a flashing warning sign for Trump in November.”

“Let this serve as another warning sign that what has happened in Michigan will continue to play out across the country,” Perez-Cubas said.

Haley has campaigned as a conservative alternative to Trump, positioning herself as a candidate for independents, “never Trumpers” and others who want to prevent Trump from becoming the nominee —