Nikki Halley raises USD 12m in Feb, bags first Senate endorsement

IndianAmerican Republican presidential candidate has Nikki Haley bagged her first senatorial endorsement as her campaign announced to have raised a whopping USD 12 million in the month of February Yet to win a single primary so far Haley on Friday ruled out a thirdparty run asserting that she is a Republican to the core Fighting a losing GOP primary battle against her former boss and former president Donald Trump the IndianAmerican is trailing behind by a massive 64 points against her main rival in the Super Tuesday StatesHaley 51 who has gone ballistic against Trump 77 ahead of the Super Tuesday primary however ruled out a thirdparty run if she is defeated in the partys electoral battle All the talk about the independent No Labels all that I havent talked to anybody about that I know that they have sent smoke signals but Im a Republican she told reporters at a media round table hereThe IndianAmerican was in Washington DC to address Republican supporters in the national capital where she hammed Trump for his policies and told her party colleagues that the country can no longer afford to have another four years of chaos When I started the race we had 14 people in the race I defeated a dozen of the fellas I just have one more I have to catch up to she said Do we want more of the same or do we want to go in a new direction she told her supporters in Washington DCMeanwhile Haley bagged her first senatorial endorsement from Senator Lisa Murkowski from Alaska Im proud to endorse Gov Nikki Haley Murkowski said America needs someone with the right values vigour and judgment to serve as our next President and in this race there is no one better than her Nikki will be a strong leader and uphold the ideals of the Republican Party while serving as a President for all Americans she saidIm grateful to Sen Murkowski for her support and leadership Haley said Sen Murkowski represents the best of Alaska she is a trailblazer and a strong independent voice who doesnt bow down to the powers that be in Washington As President I will fight to make Alaskans and all Americans proud by restoring fiscal sanity energy dominance and limited government she saidHer campaign announced to have raised USD 12 million in February She had raised USD 165 million in January the highest ever for her The USD 85 million in grassroots donations is a testimony to Haleys support among hardworking Americans who are tired of Donald Trumps chaos and division the campaign saidA substantial portion of Republicans are rejecting Trumps divisive politics and isolationist policies said They are rallying around Nikki Haleys conservative message sending smalldollar contributions with handwritten messages and showing up in droves as she travels across the Super Tuesday states Like Nikki they believe America is worth fighting for she saidIn an interview with CNN Haley said that she is not antiTrump I defeated a dozen of the fellas because I focused on each and every one of them getting out The last one was always going to be Donald Trump The goal was always to get this oneonone with Trump What youre hearing me say now is a contrast Thats what people want They want to know the differences she saidI am not antiTrump I am for America and the direction America can go If you look at the Republican Party I believe in fiscal discipline I believe in smaller government I believe we need to stop the wasteful spending Donald Trump didnt shrink government he grew government He put us USD 8 trillion in debt in just four years more than any other President He is not talking about fiscal discipline or debt Haley saidI believe national security is about peace through strength Donald Trump is talking about holding hands with Putin as he invades our allies Hes talking about isolationism I dont believe in that I believe that we should have a country where the American Dream is possible and that we dont have this tent of anger and division Joe Biden and Donald Trump have both led into that she said in response to a questionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever