Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has raised $2.6 million since losing to Donald Trump in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, according to her campaign.
The 48-hour haul includes $1.2 million in small and digital donations and comes on the heels of the former president threatening to blacklist anyone who donated to his former ambassador to the United Nations.
“Anyone who makes a ‘contribution’ to Birdbrain will, from this point forward, be permanently banned from the MAGA field,” Trump, 77, said in a Truth Social post on Thursday, using his preferred derogatory nickname for Haley, of 52 years.
“Donald Trump’s threats highlight the stark choice in this election: personal vendettas or actual conservative leadership,” said Haley spokeswoman AnnMarie Graham-Barnes.
“Trump’s plan blew up in his face. “Contributions to Haley’s campaign are pouring in – proof that people are tired of the drama and are rallying behind Nikki’s vision of a strong and proud America.”
Nikki Haley speaks after the results of the New Hampshire primary were announced during a watch party in Concord, New Hampshire, on January 23, 2024. AFP via Getty Images
But Haley’s cash pile has also taken a hit after his second-place finish at the Granite State.
Several of her major donors have said they are reconsidering their funding stream because they don’t see a path for her to win the nomination.
Dmitri Mehlhorn, a political philanthropy adviser to Democrat and Haley megadonor Reid Hoffman, told The Post this week that Haley will have to show a “potential new path to victory” before receiving more money from the billionaire.
“It is still possible that Governor Haley could persuade voters that Trump is no longer stable and cannot carry their flag in the fall campaign,” Melhorn said Wednesday. “However, before recommending another investment at this late stage in the process, I would need to see a potential new path to victory, given that she did not win in New Hampshire.”
Donald Trump has received more support after his consecutive victories in Iowa and New Hampshire. REUTERS
Metal mogul Andy Sabin also expressed doubts Wednesday about continuing to fund his campaign.
“You have to know when to hold them back. You have to know when to fold them. You have to know when to walk away. It’s time for Nikki Haley to go,” Sabin told Fox Business host Neil Cavuto on Wednesday, arguing that “there is absolutely no advantage to her going to South Carolina.”
Haley has nearly a dozen fundraisers planned ahead of the Feb. 24 primary in her home state.
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