Hello and welcome to the Buller podcast I'm Tim Miller this morning 1,155 days after Donald Trump incited a deadly riot on the United States

capital in an attempt to overturn a free and fair election he stands alone in the GOP primary

and route to a third presidential nomination that he's won in a landslide with no modern precedent.

His final opponent, Nicky Haley, suspended her campaign this morning during remarks in South Carolina.

I have always been a conservative Republican and always supported the Republican

nominee. But on this question, as she did on so many others, Margaret Thatcher provided some good advice

when she said, quote, never just follow the crowd, always make up your own mind. It is now up to Donald

Trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support

him and I hope he does that. At its best, politics is about bringing

people into your cause, not turning them away. And our conservative cause badly needs more people.

This is now his time for choosing.

I end my campaign with the same words I began it from the book of Joshua. I direct them to

all Americans but especially to so many of the women and girls out there who put their faith in our campaign.

Be strong and courageous.

Do not be afraid.

Do not be discouraged.

For God will be with you wherever you go.

Woof.

That is a depressing state of play, but I'm delighted to have my friend, my former co-guest host, Aaron Haynes, to break it all down.

Aaron is the editor at large of the 19th

news a nonprofit newsroom reporting on gender and politics. It's the subject of a

new documentary on PBS Bias called Breaking the News. She's also the host of

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