{"id":2240012,"date":"2024-05-08T11:30:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T15:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-supporters-thumb-their-nose-at-trump-in-indiana-primary\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T11:32:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T15:32:31","slug":"nikki-haley-supporters-thumb-their-nose-at-trump-in-indiana-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-supporters-thumb-their-nose-at-trump-in-indiana-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikki Haley&#8217;s backers defy Trump in Indiana primary"},"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%2Fnikki-haley-supporters-thumb-their-nose-at-trump-in-indiana-primary%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=2240012&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>Supporters of\u200d Nikki Haley persist in rejecting Donald Trump&#8217;s\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/understanding-mike-pences-failed-presidential-campaign\/\" title=\"Mike Pence's unsuccessful bid for presidency explained.\">2024 presidential\u200d bid<\/a> \u200beven after more \u2064than two months since Haley ended her campaign. In Indiana&#8217;s GOP primary, Haley garnered over 128,000 votes (nearly 22%), indicating discord \u200dwithin the\u2063 party as Trump overwhelmingly won with 78.3%.\u200d The primary reflects challenges for Trump in unifying \u2063the\u2064 GOP for his \u200bthird presidential bid.\u2064 Nikki Haley&#8217;s backers continue to oppose Donald Trump&#8217;s 2024 presidential run, with Haley\u200c securing\u2063 almost 22% of \u200cvotes in \u2062the Indiana GOP primary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-michael-moore-rants-about-white-christians-says-they-are-the-real-enemies-of-jews\/\" title=\"Michael Moore criticizes white Christians, claiming they pose a threat to Jews\">highlighting internal divisions<\/a> \u200cas Trump won decisively with 78.3%. This underscores the hurdles Trump faces in rallying GOP support for his third <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">presidential campaign<\/a>.  <\/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>Supporters of former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nikki-haley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nikki Haley<\/a> continue to snub former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s 2024 run for president more than two months after she ended her campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lilibet-meghan-markle-steals-queen-elizabeths-nickname-after-calling-monarchy-racist\/\" title=\"\u2018Lilibet\u2019: Meghan Markle Steals Queen Elizabeth\u2019s Nickname After Calling Monarchy Racist\">latest insult<\/a> came Tuesday during Indiana\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>GOP<\/a> primary, in which more than 128,000 people voted for Haley, amounting to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/election-results-2024\/indiana\/?r=15003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>nearly 22%<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-weighs-in-on-california-recall-effort-takes-gov-newsoms-side\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Weighs In On California Recall Effort, Takes Gov. Newsom\u2019s Side\">vote share<\/a>. Trump easily won the primary with 78.3% of the votes cast.<\/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>In several Hoosier State counties, including Marion, Hamilton, and Boone, Haley nabbed higher than 30% of the vote share.<\/p>\n<p>Although Indiana is a reliably red state, the primary represented the latest warning sign that despite locking down the GOP nomination in March, Trump still has a ways to go in unifying the GOP behind his third presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>As the election comes down to just a handful of swing states that will decide who wins, Trump could be harmed by even a small percentage of GOP defectors.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>This photo shows Nikki Haley, left, in Greenwood, South Carolina, and former President Donald Trump in Conway, South Carolina, on Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Haley pulled in more than <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/election-results-2024\/pennsylvania\/?r=39290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>157,000 votes<\/a>, or 16.7%, in Pennsylvania, where Trump must win to block President Joe Biden from victory in November.<\/p>\n<p>The number of voters backing Haley was nearly twice the 80,000 votes that propelled Biden to victory in the Keystone State over Trump in 2020. <\/p>\n<p>In the battleground state of Wisconsin, where Biden is holding an event on Wednesday, Haley won<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/election-results-2024\/wisconsin\/?r=50002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> nearly 13%<\/a> of the votes compared to Trump\u2019s 79.2% during the GOP primary last month.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Haley also <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/election-results-2024\/georgia\/?r=11001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>took in 13%<\/a> of the vote during the GOP primary in Georgia, a state Trump lost in 2020 and where he is facing criminal charges from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. A week later, Haley would win <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/election-results-2024\/arizona\/?r=3700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>nearly 18%<\/a> of the vote in Arizona\u2019s GOP primary.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden campaign is publicly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/2979476\/biden-new-play-haley-voters-rejected-trump-pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>working<\/a> to woo Haley supporters in contrast to Trump, who has not spoken to his former ambassador since she exited the 2024 race in March.<\/p>\n<p>Just days after Pennsylvania\u2019s primary, the Biden campaign released a 30-second commercial titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AkgD7PoW43g&#038;ab_channel=JoeBiden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">If You Voted For Nikki Haley<\/a>,\u201d part of a six-figure ad buy to court Haley backers.<\/p>\n<p>The cold relationship between Trump and Haley is more notable since another fierce Trump rival, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), just recently met with the former president in Miami as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2967390\/megadonors-come-to-trumps-fundraising-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>GOP megadonors<\/a> align themselves with Trump.<\/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>It is not clear how many non-Trump supporters in the primary will continue their protest vote in November, but just enough of them sitting out the race or voting for Biden or a third-party candidate could cost Trump the election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNikki dropped out 2 months ago and is still earning a huge chunk of the primary vote,\u201d a former Haley staffer told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cYou\u2019d have to be a birdbrain to not understand that Trump needs Haley Republicans to win in November. Team Trump should do everything they can to earn her and her voters support before it\u2019s too late.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikki Haley&#8217;s loyalists persist in snubbing Donald Trump&#8217;s 2024 presidential bid, even after her campaign suspension over two months ago. During Indiana&#8217;s GOP primary, Haley garnered over 128,000 votes, comprising almost 22%, showcasing the ongoing rift within the party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2240013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24066555812112-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2240012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24066555812112-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2240012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2240013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2240012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2240012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2240012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}