Donors who supportedĀ Nikki HaleyĀ in herĀ RepublicanĀ primary campaign are set to switch their allegiance toĀ Joe Biden, as he prepares to faceĀ Donald TrumpĀ in the presidential election later this year.

Trump wasĀ confirmed as the GOP nomineefor Novemberā€™s presidential election last week after securing enough delegates across multiple primaries. He looks set to face-off against incumbent Biden in a rematch of the 2020 election.

Haley, the former South Carolina governor, dropped out of the primary race earlier this month in the wake of Super Tuesday. Media mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg called Harry Sloan, who had previously helped bring in at least $550,000 for Haley through fundraising receptions, and asked him to donate to Biden instead. He has also donated toĀ DemocratsĀ in the past and gave $100,000 to a pro-Biden political action committee, Future Forward, last year.

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    3 months ago

    Two people who were willing to publicly admit it. The article provides indications that more may have switched over, including that Donald Trump proclaimed anyone who contributed to Haley is out of the MAGA camp, and that the Biden campaign is actively courting them.

    Besides, thereā€™s less than a hairā€™s breadth between Haley and Biden politically.

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      3 months ago

      Besides, thereā€™s less than a hairā€™s breadth between Haley and Biden politically.

      This is just fundamentally not the case

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        3 months ago

        tbf, they do look the same if you approach it from either the position of abolishing capitalism, or of instituting fascism. Since they both would strongly oppose that.

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          ā€œTo be fair they both oppose these two really extreme positionsā€ is a pretty low bar of commonality