Nikki Haley is rumored to be announcing dropping out of the 2024 election tomorrow.
Tune in tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/ORexPC6TtP
— Team Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaleyHQ) February 20, 2024
The bulk of Republican presidential primary challengers were eliminated in the first round of competition against former President Donald Trump; however, Haley, the ambassador to the United Nations, has continued to compete and is currently the only credible opponent left standing for the 45th president.
However, she is currently 0-4 in the primary and is headed toward losing her home state of South Carolina, where she was a popular governor prior to joining Trump’s government in 2016.
Now, several well-known conservatives are putting pressure on Haley to drop out of the race for president, protect her reputation, and support the candidate who seems to be winning the nomination despite legal challenges from Democratic prosecutors and the Biden administration.
“A group of 12 prominent conservatives, including a former governor, media executives, and a former U.S. attorney general,” are calling on her to quit the race, the Washington Examiner reported, though she is continuing to raise money and has vowed to stay in the race until the end.
“While you have waged a spirited campaign for the 2024 Republican Party nomination, it is clear you cannot win the GOP nomination,” a letter to her reads. “We applaud your efforts, but your candidacy is over.”
As the Washington Examiner reported, the group went on to accuse Haley of harming Republicans by remaining in the race:
The group consists of former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, former Ohio Rep. Bob McEwen, Conservative Action Project Chairman Kenneth Blackwell, Conservative Leadership PAC Chairman Morton Blackwell, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell, Counterpoint Institute President Dr. Shea Bradley-Farrell, Tea Party Patriots Chairwoman Jenny Beth Martin, American Lands Council President Myron Ebell, ConservativeHQ.com Chairman Richard Viguerie, presidential historian Craig Shirley, American Spectator Publisher R. Emmett Tyrrell, and former U.S. Attorney General Ed Meese.
The group also lashed out at Haley’s criticisms of Trump, which they said would hurt his chances against President Joe Biden in November.
“Please withdraw from the race now, endorse Donald Trump, and another year will beckon,” the letter concludes. “This action by you would be the better part of valor.”
