Nikki Haley, a GOP presidential candidate, stated on Thursday that she believes former President Trump would not secure a victory in the general election if he becomes the GOP nominee.
“Donald Trump will not win the general election. You can have him win any primary you want — he will not win a general election. We will have a female president of the United States; it will either be me or it will be [Vice President] Harris.” Haley said during a recent interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper.
“But if Donald Trump is the nominee, you can mark my words, he will not win a general election,” she continued.
Several polls indicate that Haley is trailing Trump by a significant margin in the primary race in her home state of South Carolina, where she previously held the position of governor.
Just days before the GOP primary in the Palmetto State, the former United Nations ambassador dismissed the polling deficit during a separate conversation with Blake Burman.
“You know, what I would tell them is that they said I wouldn’t make it to Iowa, and we defeated a dozen other fellas. And we didn’t just make it to Iowa, we came within 1 percent of second place. We had 20 percent,” Haley remarked.
“The day of the election in New Hampshire, they said I was down 30 points. We got 43 percent of the vote. This is — the only poll that matters is the one that happens in South Carolina,” she continued.
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