Nikki loses the wind beneath her wings

Created
Thu, 08/02/2024 - 02:30
Updated
Thu, 08/02/2024 - 02:30
‘None of these candidates’ wins Nevada The presidential candidacy of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley was never exactly soaring. She nonetheless hit a downdraft when a majority of voters in Tuesday’s nonbinding Nevada Republican primary chose “none of these candidates.” Donald “91 Counts” Trump, the indicted former president and Haley’s only serious opponent, was not even on the ballot. ABC News: “None of these candidates,” Haley, a number of long shot challengers and two former GOP candidates — Mike Pence and Tim Scott — were on Nevada’s primary ballot. Pence and Scott received a few thousand votes combined and some of the minor candidates garnered several hundred in total. The Haley campaign did not respond directly to a question about their loss, instead releasing a statement where they called Thursday’s competing caucuses a “game rigged for Trump,” an allegation the Nevada Republican Party has repeatedly denied. Even so, Haley was never eligible to win convention delegates on Tuesday. The GOP primary carried little weight, because state Republicans opted to award their delegates through party-run caucuses, which Trump is expected to win Thursday. The party barred those participating in the primary, including Haley, from being eligible for the caucuses, which means Trump will face little competition. Haley’s campaign dismissed the loss, stating it wasted no resources in Nevada. “We didn’t bother to play a game rigged for Trump,” Haley’s team said in a statement. “We’re full steam ahead in South Carolina and beyond.” The South Carolina primary is February 24.…