Nikki Haley Rejects Liz Cheney's Suggestion That Her Backing Of Trump Is Unprincipled

Former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Monday took issue with ex-Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-Wyo.) criticism of her offer to campaign with former President Donald Trump to help him secure victory in November.

Cheney, who endorsed Kamala Harris last week and has repeatedly warned Trump poses a threat to U.S. democracy, told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday that she can’t assess Haley’s decision to embrace Trump “in any kind of a principled way” given her past criticism of the former president during the Republican primary.

In an interview with “Fox & Friends,” Haley said she disagreed with Cheney’s assessment.

“I respect her decision but she can’t say my decision is not principled,” Haley said. “It actually is. We can either vote based on style or we can vote on substance. I’m voting based on substance.”

Haley also claimed Trump’s policies on several issues, including the economy, immigration and foreign policy, are better for the country compared with the current administration’s record, which she pinned exclusively on Harris.

“We should be very clear. If you don’t like him, say you don’t like him,” Haley said of Trump. “But you can’t say that his policies are worse than Kamala Harris’. That’s just not a fact.”

Haley conceded the upcoming election will be tightly fought and, once again, said she would be willing to appear with Trump on the campaign trail if he wanted.

“I’m on standby,” she said. “I’m happy to be helpful. I don’t want to see Kamala Harris win. He’s the candidate. He can decide whether he needs my support or not.”

Haley, who withdrew from the Republican presidential primary in March, had repeatedly described him as unfit to serve another term in the White House, calling him “unstable and unhinged.”

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