Juicy update: we now know exactly why Haley is bombing so badly in her home state…
Feb. 3, 20241/2
Have you ever wondered why the former governor of South Carolina trails President Trump by almost 30 points? Yes, Trump’s popularity is off the charts, and he’s the clear frontrunner. But a 30-point gap? That’s not just a defeat; it’s a landslide, especially for a former governor.
So, what’s the story here? Well, it turns out, we’ve got a piece of the puzzle, and it’s as juicy and scandalous as it gets. This is the story of Nikki Haley, a power-hungry woman who climbed to the top on the shoulders of friends and colleagues—only to betray everyone who helped her rise to political fame.
Now, when she needs them the most, they’re returning the favor by turning their backs on her.
New York Times:
The stories pile up one after another, of thanks not offered, allies antagonized, opponents not forgiven — a portrait of a politician who climbed the ladder with speed and skill but failed to ensure that the people who helped her would have her back if she needed them.
Now that politician, Nikki Haley, has returned to her home state of South Carolina in desperate need of support in high places to revive her flagging quest for the presidency.
She is finding little of it.
The man who had been her lieutenant governor, Henry McMaster, signed on with Donald J. Trump long ago. The backbench House member she plucked from a crowded field of South Carolina contenders to put into the United States Senate, Tim Scott, endorsed Mr. Trump just days before the crucial New Hampshire primary, and stood behind him Tuesday night as the former president mocked Ms. Haley’s dress.
The congresswoman whose career was rescued from a Trump-backed challenger in 2022 by a timely Haley endorsement, Nancy Mace, has also sided with Mr. Trump, a man she once said needed to be held to account for the riot of Jan. 6, 2021.
“She was good on economic development but not great on cultivating relationships,”Chip Felkel, a longtime Republican political consultant and Trump critic, said of Ms. Haley. “She forgot who helped her get here.”
So, what’s Nikki Haley’s explanation for her unpopularity back home?You guessed it: sexism and jealousy. Haley has quickly embraced the left’s go-to strategy: identity politics. The New York Times piece goes on:
Ms. Haley and hersupporters attribute the hard feelings she left in her wake to jealousy, sexism and the sense that a young woman of colorhad simply not waited her turn. But for all the talk of South Carolina’s penchant for dirty tricks, the state also values the glad hand. And that was not Ms. Haley’s style. (Sounds like her supporters are ever complaining leftist single women, only they have a severe lack of reality what a witch she is)
Campaigning in New Hampshire last week, Ms. Haley said South Carolina lawmakers had “no love for me” because she fought to make state government more transparent and vetoed pork-barrel projects.
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