What is Nikki Haley doing? Former 2024 Republican joins conservative Hudson Institute as Trump signals he’s unlikely to pick her for vice president
- Former 2024 Republican presidential nominee Nikki Haley has joined the Hudson Institute, the conservative think tank announced Monday.
- Haley has kept a low profile since dropping out of the 2024 race last month
- Former President Donald Trump has indicated that he is unlikely to choose Haley as his running mate
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Former 2024 Republican presidential nominee Nikki Haley has joined the Hudson Institute, the conservative think tank announced Monday.
Haley has kept a low profile since dropping out of the 2024 race last month.
She pulled the plug on her campaign after losing all but one state to former President Donald Trump on Super Tuesday, bowing out a day later from Charleston, South Carolina.
Trump, now the presumptive Republican nominee, has signaled that he is unlikely to add Haley to his ticket, with This is what the New York Times writes on Sunday that he has saved her in conversations with helpers and friends.
During her presidential run, Haley also said she was not interested in being anyone’s vice president.
Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is joining the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, DC. She has kept a low profile since bowing out of the presidential race from Charleston, South Carolina on March 6 (pictured)
Nikki Haley poses with supporters on March 3 in South Burlington, Vermont. Haley won Vermont and Washington, DC, but lost all the other Republican primaries to former President Donald Trump and left the presidential race early last month
‘I don’t play for second place. I don’t want to be anybody’s vice president. It’s off the table,’ she said ahead of the New Hampshire primary in January.
Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, previously served as Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations.
It is also unlikely that she would take another cabinet role.
Haley was the last Republican presidential candidate to remain in the race.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, seen as Trump’s staunchest opponent when he launched his presidential bid last May, never gained the kind of traction needed to take on the former president.
After a Hail Mary trip to South Carolina after the Iowa caucuses, DeSantis dropped out of the race in January, ahead of the New Hampshire primary, where he was not expected to perform well.
DeSantis endorsed Trump on the way out, but gave Haley a shot at a one-on-one race with Trump.
Former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley was named the Walter P. Stern Chair at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank based in Washington, DC
But Haley lost New Hampshire to Trump by 11 points and then lost her home state of South Carolina to Trump by 20.
She only won primaries in Washington, DC and Vermont before announcing on March 6 that she was leaving the race.
Haley did not endorse Trump on his way out.
The former UN ambassador has been appointed to the Walter P. Stern Chair at the Hudson Institute.
Stern led the Hudson Institute through 10 presidential administrations and died in 2022.
“It’s fitting that Nikki has taken on this title,” said his daughter, Sarah May Stern, who serves as chair of Hudson’s board of directors. “She is a courageous and perceptive politician, and these qualities are essential in making Hudson the political organization it is today, and I am extremely proud that she has joined the Institute.”