So Nikki Haley denounces Trump. Big whooping deal.

[yellowcanine]

Not buying your too little too late shit, Nikki.

[Ohiogal]

1. Well, there goes her chances for 2024

[BSdetect]

2. Does she want a medal? Freakin moran

[kentuck]

3. Why the 180 so quickly??

It was just last week she was saying that everyone should get off his back.

What kind of Machiavellian political move is she trying to make??

[patricia92243]

7. She knows a person that has lost the senate, the house, and the presidency will

not be of any help in the future. Trump will fade away and not be of any influence to the Republican party by the next election.

The rest of them can't seem to understand this - but Nicky has caught on.

[lagomorph777]

21. She made the statement about him falling, a month ago.

Her current position is to defend him.

I don't see why everybody is making a big deal of this story, unless it's just to embarrass her. In which case, I'm all for it.

[GoCubsGo]

22. Because she is what she has always been--a craven opportunist.

Nikki only cares about what's best for Nikki. Just search "Nikki Haley opportunist." That'll tell you everything you need to know about her.

[duforsure]

4. She knows trumps downfall is only now a matter of time,

And trump and his minions and family are going to be exposed, and finished in politics, and will be facing consequences for many , many crimes. She's smartly trying to get out in front of this now, but she did work for him.

[livetohike]

5. She really can't decide what her future will be as far as

backing Trump or denouncing Trump. She’s going nowhere in 2024.

[Johnny2X2X]

6. This is significant

“We need to acknowledge he let us down,” Haley, who served in her ambassador role under Trump, said. “He went down a path he shouldn’t have, and we shouldn’t have followed him, and we shouldn’t have listened to him. And we can’t let that ever happen again.”

“When I tell you I’m angry, it’s an understatement,” Haley told Politico. “I am so disappointed in the fact that [despite] the loyalty and friendship he had with Mike Pence, that he would do that to him. Like, I’m disgusted by it.”

Haley was thought to be the future and his most likely 2024 running mate. Now with the GOP, we've seen them kiss and make up after worse than this, but Nikki will have trouble explaining this to Trump cult members in the coming years.

[kentuck]

8. It's rather rotten that he would do something like that to a good Christian like Mike Pence...

...

And why did he wait so long and do nothing as his life was threatened??

[lagomorph777]

24. No, I'm afraid it's not. She said that on Jan 12th. Antiquity in GQP World.

[RussellCattle]

35. "Like, I'm disgusted by it." Like, we're disgusted by you. Go away.

[RAB910]

9. it's not a huge deal, but this is what we wanted from the trial

we wanted more and more people to turn on trump

[patricia92243]

11. Absolutely!

[empedocles]

14. Agreed. Apart from haley's personal feeligs, her comments suggest there is

movement among her voters away from trump - a good thing.

[padah513]

17. Agreed

If we can get just one head to turn and have a closer look, then maybe other heads will follow. She's on the moderate side of the spectrum, so there's a glimmer of hope, though not much. Trump has all these guys pooping their diapers.

[Johnny2X2X]

10. They can never see the truth until after they leave

“At the time, I didn’t think that was dangerous,” Haley said. “I didn’t think that there was anything to fear about him. There was nothing to fear about him when I worked for him. I mean, he may have been brash. He may have been blunt. But he was someone who cared about the country. … I still stand by that. I don’t think we should ever apologize for the policies that we fought for and the things that we did during his four years. Since the election—” she stopped herself. “I mean, I’m deeply disturbed by what’s happened to him.”

Haley repeated these sentiments over the course of a two-hour conversation: “Never did I think he would spiral out like this. … I don’t feel like I know who he is anymore. … The person that I worked with is not the person that I have watched since the election.”

This is a pattern with Trump aids, they get away from him and say stuff like tis all the time, like he's changed. He hasn't changed, you've changed. He was just as crazy before, you were just caught up in it at the time and spent all your time defending his craziness. Nikki, you were part of this, Trump is your legacy, you enabled and empowered his regime which ended with Trump trying to end our Democracy and have his enemies murdered, including the VP.

[SergeStorms]

33. "He was someone who cared about the country ".

Yes, Nikki, he cared SO MUCH he decided to let hundreds of thousands of Americans die from an insidious disease while he played golf and tweeted all day.

If she truly believes that, she's just as bad as Hair Drumpf.

[Iliyah]

12. I do not trust her . . .

[msfiddlestix]

13. Neither am I..

While able to wear a thin veneer of a state actor, her cynical motives still comes through and is glaringly obvious.

She fancies herself as presidential contender and when she begins campaigning she'll throw trump steaks out to his followers.

But because she's a person of color and is female, she is the Republican party's perfect foil to give cover over their racism, sexism and trumpism.

[George II]

15. This week. She's been back and forth so many times even HER head is spinning.

[NonPC]

16. Is This for Real?

This must be a reference to an article from The Onion.

I can't believe Nikki would turn on Trump. She would rather remain silent than to publicly cross him.

Can you site the source?

[lagomorph777]

26. It's for real, but it was January 12th. She has of course reversed her position since then.

[MadLinguist]

29. Here is one -Don Viejo's post of CNN clip

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017640206

[Wawannabe]

18. She is stumping for her new role in the new Republican diocese

She wants to be the first woman President-not Kamala Harris.

The country is gonna elect a woman next presidential cycle.
Haley’s bet is it is gonna be her at the top of the new Republican diocese against our girl Kamala.

[empedocles]

39. haley v harris. What extremes will the anti-women/anti-woc go to?

OMG!

[lagomorph777]

19. That was a month ago. Since then, she defended Trump.

So that earlier statement was bullshit, of course.

[ancianita]

20. It's not about that. It's about positioning herself as a future presidential candidate.

Realize that two factions, the party remnants and the cult, are already in campaign mode.

Rubio, Haley on the one hand; Hawley, Cruz on the other

[Demsrule86]

23. I agree about the too late part, but it is an indication that Trump is not going to be important in

future years.

[GoCubsGo]

25. Political opportunists are opportunistic.

Typical Nikki Haley. She blows with the political winds, and only does what's good for Nikki. Not sure why anyone is surprised. This is how she has always been, even back to when she was a state senator

[MaryMagdaline]

27. My sentiments exactly

[JI7]

28. Fake Asshole

[Fullduplexxx]

30. From d.u. CNN's John Berman: Nikki Haley turning on Trump is a big deal

Lol

[jb5150]

31. A rat that deserts a sinking ship ...

is still a rat.

[TNNurse]

32. She is not to be trusted.

[Johnny2X2X]

34. Agree, but she thinks this is OK to do now

Haley is an opportunist, she would never do anything to harm herself politically, this was calculated. If Haley thinks it's OK to start trashing Trump, others will follow.

This could be the start of the GOP Civil War, if extremists like Haley are speaking out against Trump, the divisions are deeper than I thought.

[xxqqqzme]

36. Wow, what a brave move!

She must have suffered through many sleepless nights wrestling with that decision.


Typical rethug! Sticks her toe in the water, checks which way the wind is blowing. Has she announced her PAC too or just the result of her soul searching struggle?

[PatrickforO]

37. Nikki sees the writing on the wall.

Lindsey, Ted, Josh, that Gosar - they are too 'in it,' too committed, so see that Trumpism is already on the way out with the vast majority of Americans.

Nikki wants to be the first woman prez.

[Mike 03]

38. I get that Nikki Haley is a phony doing this for political expediency. But what I like about

it is that it will enrage Trump and he will waste at least a week ruminating and planning his revenge.

The more sidetracked by rage and vengeance Trump is, the worse it is for his health. He is losing his grip on power, realizes it, and will become even more self-destructive as a consequence.

So two things can be true: Haley is a fraud. Haley throwing shade at Trump is a good thing.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

40. She's looking at being the reasonable conservative alternative

to Trump or some other fascist extremist like Hawley in 2024.

[colorado_ufo]

41. Right out the MTG Playbook!

" I was deceived!" "It's all the media's - or somebody's - fault!"

I really can't stand this woman.

[dalton99a]

42. Like the cult will vote for her

https://www.politico.com/interactives/2021/magazine-nikki-haleys-choice/

[lagomorph777]

43. That interview was January 12th. She is full TRUMPETTE again.

[Goodheart]

44. She's in a lose lose situation.

She wants to be president but both trump loyalty and trump opposition are cancerous right now. I think she chose the more advantageous of the two toxins, however.

[StarfishSaver]

45. She rode that horse as far as she could. Now she's getting off, claiming

she shouldn't have ever gotten on - while taking full advantage of the fact the horse got her this far.

[Roc2020]

46. Too late. You were warned

the 'Rs' were warned. You didn't listen. Your party didn't listen. And now you will be forever attached to a Traitor. Good luck.