GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley fired back at the Republican National Committee on Sunday for pressuring her to concede the nomination race to front-runner Donald Trump.
The former U.N. ambassador accused the RNC of “clearly not” acting as an honest broker during the primary process after committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said there is no path forward for Ms. Haley after Mr. Trump dominated the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.
“If you’re going to go in and basically tell the American people that you’re going to go and decide who the nominee is after only two states have voted. I mean, 48 states out there,” Ms. Haley said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “This is a democracy. The American people want to have their say in who is going to be their nominee.”
Ms. Haley is the last primary opponent still in the race against Mr. Trump, and Republicans have grown increasingly loud in their calls for unity around the former president. Ms. McDaniel has referred to Mr. Trump as the “eventual nominee.”
Ms. Haley made a vague acknowledgment that she must perform better in her home state of South Carolina than she did in New Hampshire, but kept expectations modest by declining to say she needs to win.
“This is not about a political party deciding who they want to be the nominee,” Ms. Haley said.
• Ramsey Touchberry can be reached at rtouchberry@washingtontimes.com.
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