Trump mentions MAGA party support: ‘Permanently block Haley’s contributors’
Haley Super PAC: “Remarks that added fuel to the fire”
It has been reported that former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, who is running in the US Republican primary, raised over 22 billion won in campaign funds in the month of January.
The U.S. media outlet Axios reported on the 4th (local time) that former Ambassador Haley had raised $16.5 million (about 22 billion won) last month, based on its own coverage. Of these, $11.7 million (about 15.6 billion won) is said to be the amount raised by grassroots supporters.
Former Ambassador Haley is currently the only remaining candidate in the US Republican Party to run against former President Donald Trump. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy all announced their withdrawal from the primary after the Iowa caucuses.
Former President Trump achieved a majority of the votes in both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary held last month, proving himself as the overwhelming first-place runner. Accordingly, pressure is pouring on former Ambassador Haley, who is still running in the primary, to resign.
However, despite pouring pressure to resign, former Ambassador Haley’s campaign is said to have attracted 69,274 new donors last month. In particular, this attracts even more attention as it was carried out amidst threatening sabotage by former President Trump.
Former President Trump previously posted on his social media platform ‘Truth Social’ at the end of last month, “From this moment on, whoever contributes to Birdbrain will be permanently blocked from the ‘MAGA (Make America Great Again)’ camp.” He said.
Invoking the hard-line conservative MAGA party, they actually made a public threat not to support former Ambassador Haley. However, according to Axios, donations to former Ambassador Haley soared after the remarks were made.
Mark Harris, a strategist at the For America Super PAC, which supports former Ambassador Haley, pointed out that former President Trump’s remarks were “the equivalent of pouring fuel on the fire.” This means that former President Trump’s threats actually stimulated grassroots supporters.
It is known that the donations collected by former Ambassador Haley are currently greater than the amount spent last year. This is contrary to former President Trump, Governor DeSantis, and Senator Tim Scott, who spent more money than they raised last year.
Currently, former Ambassador Haley is aiming for a breakthrough in the South Carolina primary, where she served as governor, on the 24th. His plan is to turn the atmosphere around in South Carolina and provide momentum to continue the primary in the future.
Source: Donga
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