What do the two Cabinet nominees announced by President-elect Trump have in common? Yes, they are both women. But more importantly, neither was an enthusiastic supporter of Donald Trump.
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley used her response to President Obama’s State of the Union address to implicitly rebuke Trump. She made it explicit in interviews afterward. She endorsed not one but two different Republican presidential candidates — Marco Rubio, then Ted Cruz — before finally offering tepid support to Trump.
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