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The NPR Politics Podcast

Nikki Haley Has Backed Trump. Will Her Voters?

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Politics, Daily News, News

4.524.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

The former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and South Carolina governor continued to receive protest votes in the Republican presidential primary contest long after she dropped out. Now, Nikki Haley says she'll vote for Trump. How many of her voters will follow her lead?

This episode: national political correspondent Sarah McCammon, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

This podcast was produced by Jeongyoon Han, Casey Morell and Kelli Wessinger. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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listening to the NPR Politics Podcast and heard Marilias.

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This podcast was recorded at

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107 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, May 23rd, 2024.

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0:50.0

Hey there it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Sarah McCammon. I cover the presidential campaign.

0:56.0

I'm Frank Ordonez. I also cover the presidential campaign.

0:58.9

And I'm Mara Liason, senior national political correspondent.

1:03.0

As a voter, I put my priorities on a president who's going to have the backs of our allies

1:11.0

and hold our enemies to account, who would secure the border, no more excuses.

1:17.0

A president who would support capitalism and freedom.

1:21.0

A president who understands we need less debt, not more debt. Trump has not

1:27.1

been perfect on these policies. I have made that clear many many times, but Biden has been a catastrophe. So I will be voting for Trump. That

1:39.1

of course is Nicky Haley speaking to a conservative think tank in Washington DC on Wednesday.

1:44.9

The former UN Ambassador and former South Carolina governor and former GOP presidential

1:49.9

hopeful says she is backing Donald Trump at least in her capacity as a voter. So I want to

1:55.3

start there. Haley dropped out of the Republican primary back in March and she

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