WASHINGTON – Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Wednesday that she plans to vote for former President Donald Trump in November, despite criticism of him during the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
Haley made her first public appearance since dropping out of the presidential race at the Hudson Institute in Washington, where she gave a speech on national security and foreign policy.
After those comments, he answered a moderator’s question about whether Trump or President Joe Biden would do a better job handling the issues.
“Trump has not been perfect on these policies. I have made that clear many, many times,” Haley responded.
“But Biden has been a catastrophe. So I will vote for Trump.
“That being said, I stand by what I said in my suspension speech,” Haley continued.
“Trump would be smart to reach out to the millions of people who voted for me and continue to support me and not assume that they will just stand with him. And I really hope he does.”
Haley has continued to garner double-digit support against Trump in the Republican primaries, despite dropping out of the race for the Republican nomination after Super Tuesday.
Before dropping out of the race, she called Trump “diminished” and “unhinged” and said he had changed since she first endorsed him for president in the 2016 general election.
