Former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy warned that former ambassador Nikki Haley has “sinister” motives behind her campaign.
“I think that if she stays in this race, it will continue to reveal that there are some sinister forces at work here,” Ramaswamy told Fox News.
“There’s no path for her to defeat Donald Trump through the front door, which means what they’re actually rooting for is eliminating him from competition and then it becomes no mystery that the very people propping up Nikki Haley are the very people who are also paying for the lawsuits to keep Donald J. Trump off the ballot and the lawsuits against him.”
Ramaswamy said LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman donating to Haley’s campaign was a “dark turn.”
“That gets ugly,” Ramaswamy said.
“And I think this could really take an ugly turn in the way that this reveals the corruption of the Republican Party itself if Nikki Haley continues to stay in this race.”
Ramaswamy continued:
“I think the positive thing to do for the country would be for this primary to end tonight, as I believe it should. For all intents and purposes, it is already done as of tonight. But as she continues this, I think it reveals what’s actually at work, which is a far more sinister force in American politics that I don’t think we should be tolerating.”
Ramaswamy also likened Haley to former Vice-President Dick Cheney, calling to “relegate” that “neoconservatism” to “the dustbin of history where it belongs.”
“I think the people of this country and the people of our GOP primary base have spoken loud and clear,” Ramaswamy added.
“Donald Trump will be the nominee and will be the next president. But more importantly, it’s about how we revive those ideals in this country. And so, yes, I do believe it’s time for us to not only reunite this party, but dare I say, reunite this country. And I’m confident we can.”
Ramaswamy also posted this on X:
“Nikki Haley’s biggest supporters include the same left-wing mega donors (e.g. Reid Hoffman) who funded the lawsuits against Trump. It’s now plainly obvious that her sole objective in this race is to await Trump’s unlawful elimination from the ballot & trot into power after that.”
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Nikki Haley’s biggest supporters include the same left-wing mega donors (e.g. Reid Hoffman) who funded the lawsuits against Trump. It’s now plainly obvious that her *sole* objective in this race is to await Trump’s unlawful elimination from the ballot & trot into power after that https://t.co/LaMCyDYeh9
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) January 24, 2024
Haley finished second to Trump in New Hampshire but appeared defiant nonetheless.
“Now you’ve all heard the chatter among the political class,” Haley said.
“They’re falling all over themselves saying this race is over. Well, I have news for all of them, New Hampshire is first in the nation. It is not last in the nation. This race is far from over.”
Campaign manager Betsy Ankney said Haley would hold a large event in her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, this week.
“We’re going to South Carolina, we have put in the ad buy. We’re there,” Haley emphasized on Tuesday.
“This has always been a marathon. It’s never been a sprint. We wanted to be strong in Iowa. We want to be stronger than that in New Hampshire. We’re gonna be even stronger than that in South Carolina. We’re running the tape.”
READ: Democrat Voters in New Hampshire Admit to Voting for Nikki Haley to Stop Trump
