According to Hailey, she is the only Republican candidate who could take on frontrunner Donald Trump and incumbent President Joe Biden and avert a “Trump-Biden nightmare.
Our Bureau
Washington, DC
As the Iowa caucuses formally kicked off on Monday, it starts the long-drawn process by which the Republicans and Democrats choose their nominees for the presidential election on November 5.
Indian-American Nikki Haley finished third in the Iowa caucuses, and on occasion said that she is the only Republican candidate who could take on frontrunner Donald Trump and incumbent President Joe Biden and avert a “Trump-Biden nightmare.”
Haley is the former US Ambassador to the UN; she came a close third with nearly 20% of the votes polled. Trump, the former US president won the caucus with more than 50% of the votes, while Florida Governor Ron DeSantis came in second with 21%.
Vivek Ramaswamy, a fellow Indian-American secured 7.7% of the total votes polled and suspended his presidential campaign.
“Our campaign is the last best hope of stopping the Trump-Biden nightmare,” the 51-year-old politician told her cheering supporters in West Des Moines, Iowa, late on Monday.
The lone woman in the race on either side of the political spectrum said that all the evidence says that if it’s a Trump-Biden rematch, it will be another tossup election.
“It could go either way. We could have more disputes over election interference. And Joe Biden could win again, with Kamala Harris waiting in the wings. Lord, help us,” she added.
Haley, who has been on the rise for the past few weeks, claimed that the Republican contest to choose the presidential nominee is now a two-person race.
“At one point in this campaign, there were 14 of us running. I was at 2% in the polls. But tonight, Iowa did what Iowa does so well. The pundits will analyze the results from every angle. But when you look at how we are doing in New Hampshire, in South Carolina, and beyond, I think we can safely say . . . Tonight, Iowa made this Republican primary a two-person race!” she said.
