A coalition of former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley voters pledged their support for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris‘ presidential bid on Sunday, hours after President Joe Biden announced that he was dropping out of the race.
Biden announced on Sunday afternoon in a letter that he will not be seeking a second term in this year’s presidential election and threw his support behind Harris. The president’s decision follows weeks of mounting pressure from people within his own party and from key Democratic donors urging him to step aside for the sake of the party’s future after a disastrous debate performance last month against former President Donald Trump.
The political action committee (PAC), previously known as Haley Voters for Biden, which now features Harris’ name, seeks to amplify the voices of former Haley voters in support of Harris’ White House bid.
It is not affiliated with the Stand For America Fund, Nikki Haley for President, or Stand for America PACs. On Monday morning, the group posted on X clarifying this, writing “Just to clarify, we are not the Nikki Haley affiliated PAC. That was Stand for America.”
They added, “We did spend $1 million supporting Haley and rallied thousands of voters across the political spectrum to vote for her because she was best for our country. And now we support @KamalaHarris.”
Craig Snyder, the group’s director, told Newsweek in an email on Sunday afternoon that the organization believes Harris “is best suited to defeat Donald Trump in November.”
Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador running for the GOP ticket, ended her campaign in March following losses on Super Tuesday in competition with Trump who is the Republican Party’s presidential nominee. Overall, Haley, who served in Trump’s administration, won more than 2 million votes nationally on Super Tuesday. She also polled well among moderates and college-educated voters who don’t support Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) agenda.
Last week, Haley spoke at the Republican National Convention (RNC), where she criticized the Biden administration and specifically called out Harris, saying, “Kamala had one job…one job…and that was to fix the border. Now imagine her in charge of the entire country.”
Haley, meanwhile, has endorsed Trump’s candidacy.
