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Nikki Haley is facing broadening calls to drop out of the GOP primary even as she publicly signals no intention to do so ahead of South Carolina’s contest next month.

The head of the Republican National Committee (RNC), the Georgia Republican Party and growing numbers of GOP lawmakers are urging her to drop out, arguing she has no realistic path to the nomination against frontrunner former President Trump.

There are incentives for Haley to keep going, but also risks. She’s up to 17 delegates after New Hampshire and has the potential to win more in the coming primaries, which could set her up to be an alternate nominee to Trump as he faces myriad legal battles.

At the same time, Haley could become demonized within the GOP if her campaign ends up angering rank-and-file Republican voters who want the party to unify behind its likely nominee.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Is she hoping for some sort of last-minute event that disqualifies Trump or puts him in jail or something (which still likely wouldn’t prevent his run)? Or is she just trying to slow him as much as possible to prevent him from moving to general campaigning? I still wouldn’t ever vote for her, but I’m glad she’s still in, I just don’t get what she’s doing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The former, but that's just my guess. What has she got to lose?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If she's the only alternative in the primary race and he has a heart attack or something, I would assume that she winds up becoming the Republican nominee.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

The SCOTUS could disqualify Trump in February. They probably won't, but it could happen. No reason to drop out before that. It's not like Meatball is going to try to jump back in the race.