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In the twilight of her campaign, Nikki Haley pleaded with Republican voters to move on from the “unhinged chaos” that comes with Donald Trump. At every appearance, she called out Trump’s ugly rhetoric, his toxic narcissism, his grift, and his reckless empowerment of Vladimir Putin.
Even as he moved closer to clinching the 2024 GOP nomination, Haley warned Republicans that the multi-indicted Trump cannot win the general election. And again and again, she appealed for a return to what she called “normalcy.”
But on the eve of Super Tuesday, this much seems clear: the Republican voters don’t want normal. And Trump’s expected sweep will put an exclamation point on the GOP’s full embrace of the chaos that will define the next year.