“I don't want to be anybody's vice president”

For Nikki Haley, it appears to be the Oval Office or nothing, as the GOP presidential nominee dismissed the idea that she would settle for the bottom spot on the party's 2024 ticket.

In remarks reported by Politico reporter Jonathan Martin, the former South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations told New Hampshire voters that being vice president is beneath her and suggested she would decline the offer.

In a Friday post at X sharing a recent article that he wrote, Martin wrote that Haley “just told a table of voters at a restaurant in Amherst, NH, 'I don't want to be anybody's vice president, that's off the table.'

News: @NikkiHaley I just told a table of voters at a restaurant in Amherst, NH, “I don't want to be anybody's vice president, that's off the table”https://t.co/MhhWE34Vt0

— Jonathan Martin (@jmart) January 19, 2024

The suddenly agitated candidate's remarks come as media hype of her viability collided with the reality of voters' will after she was smoked in the Iowa caucuses, finishing third behind former President Donald J. Trump , who was dominant, and the governor of Florida. Ron DeSantis who took second place.

The disappointment in the Hawkeye state makes it all the more crucial for Haley to win New Hampshire on Tuesday or at least stay close to Trump in her home state's primary a month later.

But the establishment favorite has had a very tough week, capped on Friday when Senator Tim Scott (RSC) endorsed Trump, a major blow to Haley, who as governor had chosen him to fill the seat United States Senate from South Carolina Vacant. when Senator Jim DeMint retired.

There has been much speculation that Trump might select her as his veep, but the front-runner appeared to dash hopes that he would pick her as his running mate if he won the nomination.

“She's not presidential wood,” Trump said at an event Friday in Concord, N.H. “Now when I say that, that probably means she's not going to be picked as vice president.”

Trump downplays idea of ​​Nikki Haley as vice president:

“That probably means she won't be chosen as vice president.” pic.twitter.com/BMDgtKFrv4

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePress) January 20, 2024

Haley's rejection of a subordinate role would be welcome news to those who have criticized the idea, suggesting she would spend her time in office undermining Trump.

“Nikki Haley as vice president would be an establishment neocon fantasy and a MAGA nightmare,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) told Martin. “On day one he would turn the Naval Observatory into a headquarters of anti-Trump resistance, undermining it at every turn.”

“Nikki Haley wants to be in every war the world has to offer,” the front-runner's son, Donald Trump Jr., said in a speech to Iowa voters before the caucuses, pledging that his father would not send the “next generation to die there yet”. another endless war.”

“I would do everything I could to make sure it wasn't Nikki Haley,” Trump Jr. said. said during a Thursday appearance on Newsmax. “That's my opinion, I don't make those decisions.”

Haley's alleged comments come after Axios reported who was on Trump's short list of potential picks along with Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (RNY) and some might suggest that Scott would also be an option after his big endorsement.

Staff writer

Chris Donaldson is an ordinary, ordinary American who is concerned about rampant corruption as well as the ongoing attacks on our way of life by those who despise our hard-won freedoms. A Navy veteran, he has been a frequent contributor to conservative websites and resides in Florida.

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