{"id":1028534,"date":"2023-12-12T16:14:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1028534"},"modified":"2023-12-12T16:14:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:14:52","slug":"dnc-statement-on-chris-sununus-endorsement-of-nikki-haley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-chris-sununus-endorsement-of-nikki-haley\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on Chris Sununu\u2019s Endorsement of Nikki Haley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu\u2019s endorsement of Nikki Haley, <\/em>DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cChris Sununu knows a loser when he sees one \u2013 and he\u2019s found his next flop in Nikki Haley. Two MAGA extremists trying desperately to masquerade as moderates, Sununu and Haley most recently teamed up to support notorious election denier Don Bolduc after they both said they wouldn\u2019t support candidates who put our democracy in danger in 2020. But it doesn\u2019t stop there: Haley and Sununu are in lockstep behind the rest of the MAGA agenda, backing extreme abortion bans, attacking affordable health care, supporting ending Social Security and Medicare as we know it, and backing tax giveaways for the ultra-wealthy. Haley and her deeply unpopular agenda would lose next year regardless of today\u2019s endorsement, but Sununu\u2019s support is the nail in the coffin.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley made notorious election denier Don Bolduc her New Hampshire campaign chair, and she spent last year campaigning with election deniers after saying she was not supporting candidates who supported Trump\u2019s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/a> in October 2022: \u201cEverybody that I\u2019m helping acknowledges the fact that the elections, you know, were real.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201c[Haley] has endorsed and campaigned with a slate of Senate candidates who reject or question the 2020 election results<\/strong> as she positions herself as a potential 2024 presidential candidate. Haley appeared at a rally Tuesday with Don Bolduc of New Hampshire, who insisted Trump won the election and that President Biden was illegitimate … She also campaigned with Adam Laxalt of Nevada, who led the Trump campaign\u2019s efforts to overturn the results in that state. And she endorsed Ted Budd of North Carolina, who as a congressman voted against certifying the electoral college results on Jan. 6, 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deseret News<\/a>: \u201cNikki Haley adds controversial former U.S. Senate candidate to campaign team\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon Bolduc, a retired Army general and former U.S. Senate candidate, is the new chair for Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley\u2019s New Hampshire campaign, the Haley campaign announced Tuesday morning. Bolduc made national headlines during his 2022 Senate campaign \u2026 for his controversial views on COVID-19 and the 2020 election.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/a>: \u201cWe\u2019re glad [Bolduc\u2019s] on our team.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox News<\/a>: \u201cFormer UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has secured the endorsement of a top Trump ally, House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Ralph Norman. \u2026 His support comes despite former President Donald Trump’s endorsement of his re-election the 2022 midterm elections and also after Norman did not vote to certify the 2020 election, in a nod to his loyalty to Trump.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sununu also endorsed and embraced Bolduc after calling him a \u201cconspiracy theorist-type candidate\u201d \u2013 and Sununu has a history of supporting Trump\u2019s election fraud conspiracies.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seacoast Current<\/a>: \u201cGov. Chris Sununu, who denounced Republican U.S. Senate candidate Don Bolduc as a \u2018conspiracy theorist-type candidate\u2019 recently referred to him as an \u2018amazing individual,\u2019 in a Fox News interview.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sununu<\/a>: \u201cAnd this early voting stuff is difficult, and mail-in voting \u2013 I don\u2019t like any of it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WMUR<\/a>: \u201cChris Sununu told conservative Boston radio talk show host Howie Carr on Monday he believes New Hampshire Democrats have practiced election fraud in the Granite State for many years. Carr asked Sununu why Democrats have repeatedly won gubernatorial elections. Sununu replied, \u2018The Democrats got very sly. When they first took over in the late 1990s and early 2000s, they changed the election laws. \u2018We have same day voter registration, and to be honest, when Massachusetts elections are not very close, they\u2019re busing them in all over the place,\u2019 Sununu said. \u2026 \u2018There\u2019s no doubt there\u2019s election fraud here,\u2019 Sununu said. He said \u2018rigged\u2019 is \u2018the word you\u2019re not supposed to use anymore. But they have really gamed the system in their advantage.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boston Globe<\/a>: \u201cTrump is still blaming his 2016 New Hampshire loss on voter fraud \u2014 with zero proof\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley has pledged her support for extreme abortion bans before many women know they\u2019re pregnant and has made clear that she would sign any nationwide abortion ban that landed on her desk, while Sununu has bragged about signing New Hampshire\u2019s first abortion ban in 40 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cNikki Haley Says She Would Have Signed Six-Week Abortion Ban as Governor\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob Vander Plaats<\/a>: \u201cIf you were governor of South Carolina and that came to your desk, would you sign the heartbeat bill?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley: \u201cYes.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cHaley, who \u2018often clashed with members of her party because she labeled them insufficiently conservative\u2019 on abortion,<\/p>\n\n\n\n