Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has urged voters to pick former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, when they head to polling places on Election Day.
She issued this call in an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Haley, also a former United Nations ambassador under Trump, emphasized the contrasting policies between her former boss and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee.
"I don't agree with Trump 100 percent of the time. But I do agree with him most of the time, and I disagree with Harris nearly all the time," she wrote in her piece published on Sunday, Nov. 3. "That makes this an easy call."
"A Trump administration would be different," she continued. "It wouldn't be perfect. No politician gets everything right … [but] the question is whether we're better off with his policies or his opponent's."
Haley pointed out that the former president "is clearly the better choice" based on his platform. "On taxes, spending, inflation, immigration, energy and national security, the candidates are miles apart," she continued.
The former governor of the Palmetto State also recounted America's strength during Trump's first term, something she experienced during her stint as UN ambassador from 2017 to 2019.
"When he was president, Russia didn't invade another country, Iran was on its heels, China received serious pushback for the first time in decades, and our southern border was more secure," she wrote.
In contrast, Haley claimed that the world became "far more dangerous" under Harris and incumbent President Joe Biden. America's southern border served as a blatant example of this, she noted. The current Democratic administration's weakness also emboldened Washington's adversaries.
"Their debacle in Afghanistan not only created a new terrorist state, it also signaled weakness that sparked Russia's war against Ukraine," she wrote. "Their appeasement of Iran has enriched that despotic regime and emboldened it to pursue war with Israel through its terrorist proxies. And the administration's weakness toward China has done nothing to impede the communist power's expansion at our expense."
Haley now endorsing Trump after refusing to do so earlier
During the GOP presidential primaries, Haley was among the candidates vying for the party's nomination alongside Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. However, she dropped out of the race following Super Tuesday in March – where Trump won in 14 of 15 state primary elections held on that day. (Related: Nikki Haley drops out of presidential race, refuses to endorse Trump, violating her own pledge.)
In her March 6 speech, Haley acknowledged Trump's eventual nomination at the Republican National Convention in July. While she congratulated him on his victory at the time, the former governor stopped short of endorsing him.
"I congratulate him and wish him well. I wish anyone well who would be America's president. Our country is too precious to let our differences divide us," she wrote. According to Haley, it is now up to the real estate mogul "to earn the votes of those in [the GOP] and beyond it who did not support him – and I hope he does."
The Trump campaign never formally asked Haley to campaign for the former president. However, she did take it upon herself to advocate for Republican candidates and encourage higher voter turnout.
Recently, Haley campaigned in Pennsylvania and bolstered her call to back Trump and support Dave McCormick, who is running as the GOP nominee for the state's Senate race. During Haley's visit to the Keystone State, she called on voters to focus on the policies at stake and "take the emotion" out of their decision-making."
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