The very fact that former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) has been able to draw the votes of a substantial number of Republicans away from presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump should be setting off alarms among Republicans.
That is the opinion of former Trump White House communications official Alyssa Farah Griffin
Speaking with CNN host Sarah Sidner Monday, Farah Griffin pointed to Haley's getting 40 percent of the vote in the South Carolina presidential primary, with a sold majority of her voters saying they would never vote for Trump.
"Let's take a step back," she told the host. "So Donald Trump's running virtually as an incumbent, being that he's a former president and somebody with virtually universal name ID. There's still a lot of Americans who don't even know who Nikki Haley is if you present that name, and she has consistently gotten about 30 percent to 40 percent of the vote in these primaries, just getting about 40 percent in South Carolina."
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"That is a glaring blaring siren alarm bell to the Republican Party that there is a significant portion of Republicans who do not want Donald Trump. They know who he is and they want someone else," she added.
"So if you look at those voters, we don't have clear data on how many would actually be willing to go over to Donald Trump," she elaborated. "But even if there's a small margin that are kind of this, 'Never Trump, I can't be with him,' that's enough to make him lose this general election."
She continued, "And I'm just kind of stunned that this isn't a bigger wake-up call to the party. He is the least popular that he's ever been. Yes, he will be the nominee, but his ability to actually win the general is very much in question."
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