The GOP Won’t Disavow Trump, but Nikki Haley Has Another Strategy
The former UN ambassador presents herself as the leader who, without ever renouncing Trump, can heal the divisions his presidency has caused.
by Peter Beinart
Nov 15, 2019
3 minutes
Nikki Haley has a theory about the post–Donald Trump GOP. It’s that Republicans will want to move on from Trump without repudiating him. They’ll want a candidate who promises healing without accountability. Haley auditions for that role in her new memoir, . A former South Carolina governor who served as Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, Haley is a bellwether for her party. She’s done a better job than almost anyone of remaining popular with both Trumpists and the pre-Trump establishment alike, and at 47, she’s a likely presidential candidate in the years ahead.
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