On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump responded to the news that former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley would be remaining in the presidential race, saying she is only staying because she does not know how to get out.
Trump made his comments shortly after Haley held a press conference declaring that she would ignore calls for her to drop out, despite 60 points behind Trump nationally.
During her press conference, Haley said that she has “settled” the question about whether she was interested in being Trump’s vice president, something that she would refuse to directly answer earlier during the race.
When asked if he thought that Haley had “settled that question,” Trump responded: “Well, I settled it about three months ago. She’s not working. She’s here. She’s down by 30-35 points. And everybody knows her. You’re not supposed to lose your home state, shouldn’t happen anyway. And she’s losing it bigly, big. … But we’re gonna really do a job, I think that as you know, when we went to Iowa, we got the biggest margin in the history of the caucus, the biggest.”
When asked why Haley still has not dropped out of the race, Trump said: “I don’t think she knows how to get out, actually. I really don’t. She did terribly in New Hampshire. She got — the only votes she got was from Democrats.”
Trump then said that the donors who are funding her campaign are aiming at damaging him in the general election.
“Well, they’re trying to hurt me because of the general election, so the Democrats are giving her money and she’s playing into the game, and I think she just can’t get herself to get out,” he said. “She’s doing poorly in the polls. Look, if she was doing well, I’d understand it. But she’s doing very poorly. She lost in record numbers in Iowa, record numbers in New Hampshire. Nevada. ‘No Name’ beat [her].”
TRUMP ON NIKKI HALEY: “I settled her about three months ago! You’re not supposed to lose your home state and she’s doing it bigly.”pic.twitter.com/g3Vrpjqozc
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