Haley: Trump didn’t win as a GOP champion

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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said Friday that President-elect Trump did not win the presidential election by celebrating GOP values, but running against both major political parties.

Haley told the Federalist Society’s National Lawyers Convention that Trump’s victory presented an opportunity to accomplish key Republican goals, but that her party shared a significant portion of the blame for American’s animosity of the political class. While she said she’s never been Trump’s biggest cheerleader, “I did vote for him and was absolutely thrilled to see him win.”

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