WARRENDALE, Pa. – Nikki Haley told voters to put aside their feelings about “noisy” former President Donald Trump and vote for him during a pair of stops in Pennsylvania on Wednesday.
Haley, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and onetime GOP presidential candidate, urged voters to “put the emotion out” and “focus on politics” during a campaign rally for Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick in towns near Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. , “it is not of us” is about future generations.
“I know it’s noisy out there,” Haley told voters near Pittsburgh. “When I tell you to put the emotion aside and focus on the politics, Dave McCormick can’t win if we don’t elect Donald Trump at the top of the ticket.”
Haley and McCormick drew a large crowd at a bar in Warrendale, where some attendees wore Trump campaign clothing. When Haley said, “You might find Trump loud,” a handful of attendees disagreed.
“But he understands that we have to turn this economy around,” he said. “He understands that we have to deal with what’s happening across the border, he understands that we have to be energy dominant, and he understands that we can’t have any more wars.”
Haley was Trump’s last remaining challenger in this year’s Republican primary, and he has been deeply critical of him at times. Even after he left school about 160,000 Pennsylvania Republicans voted for him in the primary elections. Vice President Kamala Harris takes serious aim This segment of the electorate, in Pennsylvania and other battleground states, however, remains it is not clear how they will be broken election day.
At an earlier rally with McCormick in Pennsburg, Haley urged the same voters to support Trump at the ballot box.
“We need to do more than elect Dave McCormick,” he said. “We have to elect Donald Trump because if Donald Trump wins Pennsylvania, Dave McCormick will win Pennsylvania.”
Haley, who spoke at the Republican National Convention this summer, has yet to be seen on the trail with Trump. A senior Trump campaign adviser told NBC News on Monday a joint performance between the two former rivals seemed unlikely as it was difficult to find time to fit into both of their schedules.
talking to Tuesday on Fox NewsHaley said “we’re on standby” for the rally, adding, “There’s no bad blood between me and the president.”
“We want Donald Trump to win,” he said. “I respect his campaign and what he needs. If they need something, they will call and ask.”
However, in that interview, Haley Trumptoo masculineRally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, a comedian’s racist jokes About Puerto Rico, Latin America, and Black Americans. The comedian has faced similar criticism from other Republicans.
“This camaraderie and masculinity stuff is so edgy it’s going to make women uncomfortable,” Haley said.
“You have associated PACs running ads about calling Kamala the ‘c’ word or speakers at Madison Square Garden, you know, referring to him and his ‘pimps,'” Haley added. “This is not the way to win women. This is not the way to win over people who are worried about Trump’s style.”
It was Haley refers to the video Elon Musk’s super PAC called Harris the “c-word” in a broadcast on X, then said he was a “communist.” The smear was removed from the American PAC account on Monday.
Speakers at a rally near Pittsburgh emphasized the national importance of state races.
“What happens here will decide the presidency,” McCormick said. “He will solve the majority in the Senate.”
Some made open pleas for Democrats to pass and reinstate McCormick.
Republican Sen. Camera Bartolotta, who spoke before Haley and McCormick, urged attendees to reach out to family members and relatives of Democrats and encourage them to vote for the Republican Senate nominee.
“Some just won’t vote for Trump,” he said, adding that McCormick could still be sold to Democrats.
“We have to do it,” he said. “It’s a neck-and-neck race. This photo is finished. You can put Dave McCormick at the finish line.”