At a campaign event on February 13th, Republican candidate Nikki Haley predicted President Joe Biden will hand the Democratic nomination over to Vice President Kamala Harris within 30 days.
“My bet is, 30 days from now I don’t think Joe Biden is going to be the nominee,” she said. “You’re going to have a female president of the United States—it’s either going to be me or it’s going to be Kamala Harris.”
Haley predicts Biden will not be the Democratic nominee in 30 days.
“We all saw he didn't want to do the interview tonight before the Super Bowl. I wish him well, I do, but this is serious…my bet is 30 days from now, I don't think Joe Biden is going to be the nominee.” pic.twitter.com/KjTUYQPGcv
— Dylan Wells (@dylanewells) February 11, 2024
She criticized Biden’s aging faculties, making reference to the new Special Counsel report which concluded Biden’s memory is “significantly limited” and therefore criminal prosecution against him would be almost impossible. And in an interview on Tuesday, conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt asked Haley if she thinks President Biden should resign. “Yes, I do,” she said. She went on to criticize both Biden and Trump for their age:
“I think the Democrat Party knows that and I think that it is not just in the best interest of their party. It’s in the best interest of the country. What I will tell you – and I have said this from the very beginning – the party that gets rid of their 80-year-old candidate is the party that will win … We cannot have a country in disarray and a world on fire and have two presidential candidates in their 80s when we need someone who’s going to put eight years into making sure that we are disciplined, focused on getting our economy, the border, preventing war, and getting our country back on track.”
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As it stands, the official story is that President Biden is set to be the frontrunner on the Democratic ticket. Former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have agreed to attend a New York fundraising event for his campaign on March 28th. Reports indicate his campaign is considering an expansive event space to accommodate a larger-than-usual audience.
Obama made it known on X, providing a link to donate. Donors have a chance to win two seats at the event as well as free flights and hotel rooms.
Folks – I’ll be in NYC on March 28th to support @JoeBiden. Who’s coming with me? Chip in for your chance to join: https://t.co/oHcvESvsga
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 6, 2024
Obama is already helping Biden fundraise, appearing in ads with him on YouTube and elsewhere through Democratic commercial agency ActBlue.
Kamala Harris, on the other hand, is apparently raring to go, telling the Wall Street Journal last week that she is “ready to serve” in place of Biden.
Despite the fact that Haley lost in both the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary, she has stayed in the race with the expectation that she will win her home state of South Carolina in the primary on February 24th. But a new poll from CBS News found that 75 percent of South Carolina GOP voters say it makes no difference that Haley served as governor in the state. Further, 87 percent of its Trump-supporting primary voters say they are not changing their minds, and 76 percent of all Republican voters say Haley is not part of the “MAGA” movement.
In response to the question, “Do they fight for people like you?”, 81 percent of the state’s GOP primary voters said Trump does, while only 56 percent said the same for Haley. They approved of Trump’s term as president at 82 percent—only 60 percent approved of Haley’s term as governor.
Haley also faces the problem of dwindling financial support due to her lackluster performance thus far. Billionaire LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman suspended his support for her after her loss in New Hampshire. And while South Carolina indeed has an open primary, in future state primaries that have closed elections Haley will not be able to rely on non-Republican voters, who made up 70 percent of her New Hampshire voters.
Shane Devine is a writer covering politics, economics, and culture for Valuetainment. Follow Shane on X (Twitter).
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