Nikki Haley has pulled out of race to become the Republican Presidential Candidate after losing momentum to Donald Trump on Super Tuesday.
The former UN ambassador however stopped shot of endorsing her former Principal, Donald Trump.
Instead, she asked the former President who looks set to win the party ticket to convince her supporters to back him in a likely rematch with President Joe Biden.
“It is now up to Donald Trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond who did not support him,” Haley said to reporters assembled at her campaign headquarters in Daniel Island, South Carolina.
“And I hope he does that. At its best, politics is about bringing people into your cause, not turning them away. And our conservative cause badly needs more people. This is now his time for choosing.”
Her withdrawal leaves Trump as the only candidate left in the race.
Previously appointed by Trump as his United Nations ambassador, Haley was the first Republican to launch her presidential bid after he announced his campaign in late 2022, and was the last to remain in the GOP contest after other challengers bowed out.
