Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley greets supporters at an event at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. — To be at a Nikki Haley rally at this moment in the GOP presidential primary is an exercise in suspending reality.
The chill vibes, however, belied the very serious concerns of the people who believe that no less than the fate of democracy is on the ballot in November.
“She’s going to have a very bad day tomorrow because she’s not a nice person,” the former president predicted at a rally Friday in Rock Hill, where he was introduced by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, the former lieutenant governor under Haley — one of the many South Carolina officials who are behind Trump.
, the unarmed Black man who died in 2015 after being shot in the back five times. “I was waiting on the verdict for trying that cop, and I was on the phone with Nikki Haley, her explaining to me what was going on, her asking me what we needed,” recalled Wilson, who also lauded Haley for presiding overfrom the South Carolina Statehouse two years later — an issue that Haley has virtually erased from her bio as governor.