Someone is shaking the bush to see what kind of nuts fall out.
Posted on 12/22/2023 8:50:43 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Rumor has it that former President Donald Trump is considering selecting former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as his running mate. The primaries are far from over, but the former president still enjoys a commanding lead over the rest of the Republican field, and his likely nomination has prompted many to speculate about whom he might choose to join him on the ticket for 2024.
According to a CBS News report, some in Trump’s orbit have suggested that he has been soliciting advice on possibly picking Haley as his running mate.
Former President Donald Trump has been asking allies and advisers for their thoughts about Nikki Haley as a potential vice presidential candidate, two sources familiar with the conversations tell CBS News.
The feedback from the MAGA crowd regarding putting Haley on the ticket if Trump wins the GOP nomination has been overwhelmingly negative, according to these GOP sources. Politico first reported that Trump allies are working to quash the possibility of a Trump-Haley ticket.
The former South Carolina governor has been gaining ground in recent polls, and a top Trump adviser tells CBS News one internal prediction is Haley might be a close third in Iowa to DeSantis, or that she could even come in second.
As the report suggests, folks in MAGA world are not too happy about the prospect of Haley joining the ticket. Some have made their feelings known on X, formerly known as Twitter.
If Trump chooses Haley, it will be widely heralded as the perfection of 44-D chess. TRUMP OWNED THE ESTABLISHMENT, they’ll say, because they need him now, not the other way around!
I’m already about to vomit even thinking what we know will be said. https://t.co/huVC24YzaJ— Cernovich (@Cernovich) December 23, 2023
Get this warmonger away from my ticket https://t.co/aEeJM7AuE4— Patriot J 🔥 (@PatriotJ) December 23, 2023
Absolutely not. No. Not under any circumstances should this happen. https://t.co/sc8xfTP7Cr— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) December 23, 2023
If Trump were to select Haley, it might not please his base, but it could potentially help him reach moderates and independents. She could help the ticket appeal to women and suburban voters, a demographic with which the former president has underperformed. Even further, Haley could give Trump an edge over Biden in swing states, according to the findings of a poll released earlier in December.
POLITICO examined four recent surveys from major pollsters that included multiple general-election matchups. The Fox News, CNN/SSRS and Marquette polls all showed Haley running stronger against Biden than Trump.
To understand why Haley outperforms Trump against Biden, we looked at what we’ll call Biden-Haley voters: People who would vote for Biden in a 2020 rematch with Trump, but switch to Haley when she’s the hypothetical GOP nominee instead. Roughly 43 percent of the electorate would vote for Biden in either matchup, according to Marquette’s polling, and 47 percent for Trump or Haley but not Biden.
On the other hand, the base cannot be discounted. These are the people who have been most gung-ho about getting Trump back in office to finish what he started in 2016. To these folks, Haley still represents the establishment. Her hawkish foreign policy stances don’t exactly endear her to the MAGA base either. This could become an albatross around Trump’s neck.
The former president will still need to maintain his support with the base in 2024, and having Haley on the ticket might pose a challenge in this regard. Moreover, the move could turn off the more populist types, who are virulently antiwar.
Of course, Trump has not made a decision yet as the primaries are still in full swing. Nevertheless, this development has already piqued the interest of the chattering class and will continue to fuel speculation going into 2024.
I would like to see Ted Cruz. If Trump fell for Nikki, deep state assassination would probably become a concern. Guns will stay locked up if it’s Ted Cruz next in line.
If Trump wanted a female v.p. running mate, better to go Lake or Noem. Nikki nein draws.
If DJT was elected with Nikki as his running mate, the Deep State would “ eliminate “ him within 3 months.
DJT will pick someone who will carry his torch if he falls, which lessens the chances that he will suddenly exit the planet.
his best pick would be a MAGA firebrand from a purple state ...
this whole nikki haley rumor nonsense is complete bullshite ...
Nikki Haley would be a worse pick then Kennedy picking Johnson whom was be more then willing to “sacrifice” the president for power.
Interesting question, could a person be vice president and a Supreme Court justice at same time? Is it explicitly banned?
It’s going to take a lot more to fix problems than one Trump term, ideally something like Trump followed by two terms of Ted Cruz, or somebody else anti-globalist and relatively young to survive the rigors of the situation.
A case could even be made to say only a dictator could fix the mess left behind by Obama and Biden with the partial recovery of Trump 2017-2019 (cannot count 2020, Fauci was effectively president in 2020). But absent that outcome, strongest possible leadership is desperately needed.
Nikki would be another Sessions type of pick, an own goal situation, a deep state overseer pretending to care. We need people who do more than pretend to care.
Yes. MSM CBS makes something up.
Other chattering class outlets repeat it.
Voila, it’s real.
Someone is shaking the bush to see what kind of nuts fall out.
Surely Trump would know that Nikki as his running mate would be the kiss of death for his MAGA supporters.
We need him in the Senate.
would never happen...this would be trump just asking for a Kennedy Johnson remedy by all Deep Staters those within the intelligence agencies.
The only people pushing haley as Trump’s vp, seem to be those following team desantis’ talking points and acting as ‘social media influencers’.
So the only reason this is out there, is to hurt Trump’s support.
Probably a dirty trick dreamed up by jeff roe, before he quit.
Red state, as you’ll recall, hated Trump…
ahh, sigh. Please don’t feed the trolls.
It’s not true.
Trump himself says he isn’t ruling out Nikki Haley as a running mate when asked directly. “I’ve always gotten along with Nikki.”
https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1735810767881146516
Even Kari Lake, who identifies as the governor of Arizona, does not rule out Donald Trump picking Nikki Haley as his vice presidential running mate.
https://twitter.com/DeSantisWarRoom/status/1736943040562880518
What did Tuvker say on the matter?
Led by one of the ultimate nevertrumpers, erick erickson, who was editor in chief of redstate....
erickson supposedly has moderated his views on Trump, since then, but I still don’t listen to him, so I can’t confirm that.
“Rumor has it…”
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Correction: TROLL rumor has it.
Haley? NO WAY IN HELL!
Don’t believe this lead trial balloon for one second.
This is the establishment trying to make it happen
See BS News has about as much credibility as Hamas casualty reports. Mr. Trump, please don't throw the rats into that briar patch.
Trump senior advisor Jason Miller doesn’t deny it when asked tonight.
https://twitter.com/DeSantisWarRoom/status/1737968922274762760
I’ve been predicting this on here since the day she announced. At the time, Trump actually encouraged her to run, while reaming out DeSantis as a “traitor” was all I needed to see. Halley is the one who actually worked in the Trump administration LOL! Guess you missed all that.
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