Sad
Nikki
Haley
(Photo
via
EuropaNewswire/Gado/Getty
Images).
Nikki
Haley
spent
the
early
part
of
the
year
running
a
doomed
campaign
against
Donald
Trump.
While
seeking
the
Republican
nomination,
the
former
Trump
administration
official
said
her
former
boss
was
“unhinged”
and
“mentally
unfit”
and
“like
suicide
for
our
country.”
On
May
22,
she
said
that
she
would
be
voting
for
the
unhinged,
mentally
unfit,
suicide
for
our
country
guy.
After
Haley
dropped
out
of
the
race
—
though
before
she
openly
declared
her
fealty
to
Trump
—
a
SuperPAC
supporting
Haley
set
up
a
campaign
called
Haley
Voters
for
Biden.
Haley
didn’t
do
much
about
that,
but
now,
some
four
months
later
and
after
the
campaign
has
rebranded
as
Haley
Voters
for
Harris,
the
former
South
Carolina
governor
fired
off
a
cease-and-desist
letter.
“Any
use
by
you
of
Ambassador
Haley’s
name,
image,
or
likeness
is
without
her
permission.
Ambassador
Haley
has
been
clear
in
her
support
of
Harris’
opponent.
Any
intimation
that
Ambassador
Haley
supports
Harris
is
intentionally
false
and
misleading,”
Haley’s
attorneys
from
Chalmers,
Adams,
Backer
&
Kaufman
warned
the
group.
Another
SEC
fight
over
NIL,
eh?
In
a
letter
sent
out
yesterday,
the
PAC
noted
that
its
name
doesn’t
say
“Haley
supports
Harris,”
but
that
Haley
voters
do.
Probably
because
they
made
the
mistake
of
trusting
her
when
she
said
things
like,
I
dunno,
“unhinged”
and
“mentally
unfit”
and
“like
suicide
for
our
country.”
And
thus,
the
PAC
explained,
Haley
can
get
bent.
Though
they
put
it
in
much
nicer
terms.
The
disclaimer
for
the
Haley
Voters
for
Harris
website
accurately
states,
-Paid
for
by
PivotPAC
and
not
authorized
by
any
candidate
or
candidate’s
committee.-
And
the
website
additionally
states,
-Statements
expressed
on
this
site
are
our
own
and
may
not
reflect
Nikki
Haley’s
or
Vice
President
Harris’s
views.-
The
letter
fails
to
identify
a
single
statement
that
misrepresents
Ambassador
Haley’s
views.
The
suggestion
that
PivotPAC
may
be
engaged
in
intentional
misrepresentations
to
the
public
is
frivolous
and
defamatory.
Further,
the
organization
notes,
“We
shall
not
cease
and
desist
and
our
First
Amendment
speech
will
not
be
silenced
because
our
activities
under
the
—
Haley
Voters
for
Harris
—
campaign
are
fully
compliant
with
the
law.
It
must
be
tough
for
a
politician
to
see
their
name
so
callously
invoked
to
support
the
principles
they
pretended
to
hold
a
few
months
earlier.
Alas,
“Haley
Voters”
are
not,
in
fact,
“Haley.”
But
one
suspects
Haley
is
less
interested
in
stifling
this
group
than
letting
certain
someones
know
that
she’s
deeply
committed
to
the
Trump
cause.
And
how
could
you
not
trust
her
at
her
word
at
this
point?
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