Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has so far lost decisively in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. Not only has she lost those states handily, but new reporting reveals that she managed to spend over three-quarters of a million dollars in doing so, all money that was spent on unnecessary, internecine fighting amongst Republicans rather than on defeating the Democrats in November.
The report on the Haley Campaign’s spending, and the spending of political action committees on its side, came from Breitbart News. Breitbart, noting the astounding amount Haley has spent on losing races handily shows that Trump has strong grassroots support around America, unlike the big spending but utterly unpopular Haley.
According to Breitbart News, Haley’s campaign and her associated PACs spent a whopping $8.4 million in South Carolina, $31 million in New Hampshire, and $37 million in Iowa. All were states she lost to Trump quite badly in. Further, her campaign and super PAC are down to just $15 million in cash as of the end of January FEC filing, so how she will be able to keep up the spending is unclear, Breitbart notes.
Haley, for her part, has vowed to remain in the race despite her steady drumbeat of losses. In a post on X after the South Carolina primary wrapped up with her being conclusively defeated, she wrote, “I’m a woman of my word. I’m not giving up this fight when a majority of Americans disapprove of both Trump and Biden. In the next 10 days, 21 states and territories will speak. They have the right to a real choice, not a Soviet-style election with only one candidate. And I have a duty to give them that choice.”
Explaining why she plans on continuing to run in a speech given after her South Carolina defeat, Haley said, “We need to beat Joe Biden in November. I don’t believe Donald Trump can beat Joe Biden. Nearly every day, Trump drives people away, including with his comments just yesterday. Today, in South Carolina, we’re getting around 40% of the vote. That’s about what we got in New Hampshire too. I’m an accountant. I know 40% is not 50%. But I also know 40% is not some tiny group. There are huge numbers of voters in our Republican primaries who are saying they want an alternative.”
Then, after making the same claim she made in her post on X about a “Soviet-style election,” she attacked both Biden and Trump, saying, “We can’t afford four more years of Biden’s failures or Trump’s lack of focus. We’re at $34 trillion in debt and counting. Not even a third of our 8th graders are proficient in reading. Families can’t afford groceries. Nine million illegals have come to our border—with enough fentanyl to kill every single American. And beyond our borders, the world is on fire. War is spreading further every day. If we aren’t strong, those wars will draw America further in. And it’s not just about policies. We won’t get out of our downward spiral if we keep obsessing over the past. Does anyone seriously think Joe Biden or Donald Trump will unite our country to solve our problems?”
Continuing, she claimed, “One of them calls his fellow Americans fascists. The other calls his fellow Americans vermin. They aren’t fighting for our country’s future. They’re demanding we fight each other. The younger generation—my children’s generation—knows it better than anyone. They deserve better. They deserve leadership. And so I will keep fighting—for them and for you and for all of America!”
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