Nikki Haley suspends her presidential campaign, but doesn't endorse Trump

Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, has officially suspended her presidential bid.

"The time has now come to suspend my campaign," she said just moments into a speech near Charleston, S.C., on Wednesday. "I said I wanted Americans to have their voices heard. I have done that. I have no regrets. And although I will no longer be a candidate, I will not stop using my voice for the things I believe in."

Haley is the last major candidate to challenge former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination. She did not endorse the front-runner, her former boss. Instead, she wished him well.

"In all likelihood Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee when our party convention meets in July. I congratulate him and wish him well," she said. "I wish anyone well who would be America's president."

She encouraged Trump to reach out to her voters, calling it "his time for choosing."

"It is now up to Donald Trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him," Haley said. "And I hope he does that. At our best, politics is about bringing people into your cause, not turning them away, and our conservative cause badly needs more people."

In a post on Truth Social, his social media site, Trump said, "Haley got TROUNCED last night, in record setting fashion," adding that he would "like to invite all of the Haley supporters to join" his campaign.

Meanwhile, President Biden reached out to Haley's supporters in a statement, saying that he believed they shared common views on the dangers posed to democracy and American foreign policy by the now-presumptive GOP nominee.

"Donald Trump made it clear he doesn't want Nikki Haley's supporters. I want to be clear: