If Haley endorses Trump after criticizing him, the message she sends is: none of those criticisms really matter. You can disregard them now from her, and from anyone else.
If Haley endorses Trump after criticizing him, the message she sends is: none of those criticisms really matter. You can disregard them now from her, and from anyone else.
Haley is damaging Trump by exposing his weaknesses - not with her words to the voters, but with Trump's own reaction to her trolling. Even in the increasingly unlikely event that Haley endorses Trump, swing voters will not forget the whiny, confused, beta Trump who emerged in response to Haley.
Furthermore, every day that Haley remains in the race is a day that Trump has to spend campaign funds to beat her. And, since his super-PAC and the RNC are spending most of their money on Trump's legal expenses, he doesn't have extra funds to spend in the primary. Biden and Haley are both outdoing Trump in fundraising, and most of Trump's money is going to legal expenses. In the general election, Biden will be able to monopolize the airwaves, thanks in part to Nikki.
She will undoubtedly endorse Trump and you are absolutely correct. As I think Sarah has observed, Nikki's endorsement of Trump provides a permission structure for all of these "I prefer Nikki over Trump but . . . ." voters. Some of them are lapsed MAGA so it doesn't matter, but it will matter for MAGA-leaning Independents in swing states who might otherwise hold their nose and vote Biden.
If Haley endorses Trump after criticizing him, the message she sends is: none of those criticisms really matter. You can disregard them now from her, and from anyone else.
Haley is damaging Trump by exposing his weaknesses - not with her words to the voters, but with Trump's own reaction to her trolling. Even in the increasingly unlikely event that Haley endorses Trump, swing voters will not forget the whiny, confused, beta Trump who emerged in response to Haley.
Furthermore, every day that Haley remains in the race is a day that Trump has to spend campaign funds to beat her. And, since his super-PAC and the RNC are spending most of their money on Trump's legal expenses, he doesn't have extra funds to spend in the primary. Biden and Haley are both outdoing Trump in fundraising, and most of Trump's money is going to legal expenses. In the general election, Biden will be able to monopolize the airwaves, thanks in part to Nikki.
She will undoubtedly endorse Trump and you are absolutely correct. As I think Sarah has observed, Nikki's endorsement of Trump provides a permission structure for all of these "I prefer Nikki over Trump but . . . ." voters. Some of them are lapsed MAGA so it doesn't matter, but it will matter for MAGA-leaning Independents in swing states who might otherwise hold their nose and vote Biden.
"Undoubtedly"?
10 bucks says she does.