{"id":2233344,"date":"2024-04-30T07:15:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T11:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-and-haley-take-two-different-paths-after-losing-to-trump\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T07:17:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T11:17:39","slug":"desantis-and-haley-take-two-different-paths-after-losing-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-and-haley-take-two-different-paths-after-losing-to-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis and Haley choose divergent paths post-Trump defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-and-haley-take-two-different-paths-after-losing-to-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2233344&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former \u2063President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appear to have reconciled after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-perdue-to-propose-election-law-enforcement-division-if-elected-georgia-governor\/\" title=\"David Perdue to Propose \u2018Election Law Enforcement Division\u2019 if Elected Georgia Governor\">heated primary battle<\/a>,\u2063 while former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has left her supporters open to President Joe Biden&#8217;s appeal. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-ethics-and-utilitarianism-set-elon-musk-and-sbf-on-radically-different-paths\/\" title=\"Christian ethics and utilitarianism lead Elon Musk and SBF down divergent paths.\">divergent paths<\/a> of these defeated challengers in handling \u200dthe former president have significant implications for the\u200b GOP&#8217;s future. The reconciliation between Former President Donald Trump\u2064 and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis post-primary, juxtaposed with Nikki Haley&#8217;s alignment with President Joe Biden, showcases the pivotal impact of their contrasting approaches on the \u200dGOP&#8217;s\u2063 trajectory.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> and Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL) have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2984033\/trump-recounts-private-meeting-desantis-taking-back-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>seemingly buried the hatchet<\/a> after a contentious primary fight, while former U.N. Ambassador <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nikki-haley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nikki Haley<\/a> has left her voters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/2979476\/biden-new-play-haley-voters-rejected-trump-pennsylvania\/\" title>to be courted<\/a> by President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t the first time the two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine-features\/2907366\/republicans-bet-it-all-on-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vanquished Trump rivals<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2791349\/republican-debate-haley-and-desantis-tangle-over-abortion-stances\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>diverged<\/a> in their strategies for dealing with the former president and presumptive Republican nominee since wrapping up their own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> bids. DeSantis immediately, if unenthusiastically, endorsed Trump when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2809091\/desantis-dropping-out-puts-spotlight-haley-new-hampshire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>dropped out<\/a>. Haley hasn\u2019t done so yet, and Democrats hope to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2977192\/haley-protest-vote-biden-outreach-swing-state-pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>win over her supporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If DeSantis helps boost Trump\u2019s fundraising for the fall campaign, it could have major 2028 implications, especially if Haley remains on the sidelines through November.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, by winning, would disqualify himself from seeking another term in 2028 under the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution. Defeat would leave Trump with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-cities-re-open-indoor-dining-but-only-now-that-trump-is-out-of-office\/\" title=\"Big Cities Re-Open Indoor Dining, But Only Now that Trump Is Out of Office\">uncertain future<\/a>, politically and otherwise. Either way, it would set up a fight for the GOP beyond Trump.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/election-2024\/?utm_source=homepage&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_campaign=iowa_caucus&#038;utm_id=election2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW LATEST COVERAGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DeSantis ran this year as a successor to Trump, one who could pursue Trumpism with more rigor and discipline than the ex-president himself. Haley, perhaps out of necessity, eventually settled on running as the candidate for Republicans who wanted to see the party revert to the way things were before Trump\u2019s June 2015 escalator ride down the escalator.<\/p>\n<p>Both in their own ways also positioned themselves as more orthodox movement conservatives than Trump, hitting the former president on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/japanification-how-americas-economy-could-see-a-permanent-decline\/\" title=\"\u2018Japanification\u2019: How America\u2019s Economy Could See A Permanent Decline\">excessive federal spending<\/a>. Haley in particular sought to contrast herself with Trump on entitlements and, to a lesser extent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/foreign-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>foreign policy<\/a>. But her campaign was an implicit rejection of Trump\u2019s populism and an explicit reproach to his pugilism in a way that DeSantis\u2019s never was. <\/p>\n<p>Haley\u2019s approach kept her from suffering the fate of more overtly anti-Trump candidates, such as former Vice President Mike Pence and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2884352\/nikki-haleys-fight-for-the-40\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>put a ceiling<\/a> on her level of support in a Republican primary. She won only Washington, D.C., and Vermont. DeSantis campaigned in a way that kept him firmly in second place for almost a year until a distant second-place showing in Iowa wasn\u2019t enough to keep him from falling behind Haley elsewhere. <\/p>\n<p>A Trump-DeSantis rapprochement could help the Florida governor stay relevant after he is term-limited out of Tallahassee in 2027, a year before the next round of Republican presidential primaries. It may even make DeSantis the front-runner if this is Trump\u2019s final campaign, though if Republicans retake the White House, the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a> would presumably have the inside track.<\/p>\n<p>Haley could make peace with Trump just as easily as DeSantis. Despite her insistence that Trump must earn her support, she has waffled on the former president in the past. She initially wasn\u2019t going to run for president in 2024 if Trump did also. By Super Tuesday, she was the last major candidate standing against him.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis could also take a breakfast meeting with Trump and do little else. He and Haley both have been on the receiving end of Trump attacks that could make them reluctant to help much now.<\/p>\n<p>But Haley\u2019s narrow path to a future Republican presidential nomination seems to revolve around being able to say \u201cI told you so\u201d if Trump loses. Some, if not most, of the voters who continue to pull the lever for her in the primaries since she dropped out are at this point <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2893318\/how-unified-is-the-gop-behind-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" title>functionally Democrats<\/a>. It\u2019s not clear how many of them she could deliver with her endorsement in any case, and she looks like a long shot to be Trump\u2019s running mate this year, which is probably the clearest way she could benefit from him winning. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to his relationship with deep-pocketed Republican donors, DeSantis could potentially prevent disaffected conservatives, especially those who thought Trump\u2019s pandemic response was too liberal, from defecting to independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. <\/p>\n<p>DeSantis could more easily avoid being blamed for a Trump loss. And he might not need to be vice president to have a political future if Trump wins.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Either way, other Republicans are sure to emerge as potential candidates after November. But once bitten by the presidential bug, few prospective contenders ever get over that ambition. Haley is only 52, and DeSantis will turn 46 in September.<\/p>\n<p>Everything either of them decides to do could have an impact on the results in November \u2014\u00a0and must also be viewed through the prism of 2028.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Trump and Gov. DeSantis resolve feud post-primary. Nikki Haley shifts focus as Biden reaches out to her supporters. 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