Trump Weighs In On Nikki Haley's Super Tuesday Performance — And Vermont
To Donald Trump’s great ire, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley stuck out her presidential campaign through Super Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Trump took to his right-wing social media platform, Truth Social, to dismiss Haley’s campaign and her performance in Vermont, the only state to hand her a primary victory, in an on-again, off-again flirtation with the caps lock button. The Truth Social post was made prior to Haley withdrawing from the Republican presidential primary.
“Nikki Haley got TROUNCED last night, in record setting fashion, despite the fact that Democrats, for reasons unknown, are allowed to vote in Vermont, and various other Republican Primaries,” he wrote.
Haley outperformed Trump in Vermont, earning 50.2% of the vote to Trump’s 45.9%.
Trump then baselessly claimed Haley’s campaign was primarily financed by “Radical Left Democrats” and that “almost 50%” of her voters identified as such, “according to the polls.”
“At this point, I hope she stays in the ‘race’ and fights it out until the end!” He continued. “I’d like to thank my family, friends, and the Great Republican Party for helping me to produce, by far, the most successful Super Tuesday in HISTORY, and would further like to invite all of the Haley supporters to join the greatest movement in the history of our Nation. BIDEN IS THE ENEMY, HE IS DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”
Haley suspended her campaign Wednesday morning, congratulating Trump on the nomination ― but notably stopping short of endorsing him.
President Joe Biden struck a far different tone in his own remarks on the development and congratulated Haley for having the courage to “dare to speak the truth about Donald Trump.”
He then extended an olive branch to her