前联合国大使妮基·黑利发誓要参加2024年共和党初选尽管迄今为止在少数几个早期州被选民拒绝，而且在许多民调中落后于竞争对手唐纳德·特朗普。
正如海莉周二在家乡南卡罗来纳州的演讲中所说，她将继续她的竞选活动，因为她认为她的反特朗普信息很重要，美国其他地方的更多选民应该被“听到”。
“现在公开支持特朗普的许多政客私下都害怕他。他们知道他对我们党来说是一场灾难，并将继续如此。他们只是太害怕大声说出来，”海利在格林维尔对支持者说。
“好吧，我不怕大声说出难以接受的事实。我觉得没必要亲吻戒指。我也不害怕特朗普的报复。我不想从他那里得到任何东西，”她继续说道，赢得了掌声。“我自己的政治前途一点也不重要。“
她继续明确表示，无论外界如何议论，她都不会寻求成为特朗普的竞选伙伴，也不会“试图建立未来的总统竞选”。
与此同时，海莉暗示，她不会为了与前总统竞选共和党提名而一直与他竞争。她说:“我的目的从来不是不惜一切代价阻止特朗普。
特朗普竞选团队的一名发言人在社交媒体上对海莉做出了猥亵的回应:“她会像往常一样，在退出时蹲下来亲吻a -。”。
南卡罗来纳州将于周六举行共和党初选，这是提名战的下一场重要比赛。“但周日，我仍将竞选总统。我哪儿也不去，”海莉说。
根据538的平均投票率在南卡罗来纳州，她落后特朗普30多个百分点。
她在其他州也以类似的差距落后。
海莉一再指出，到目前为止，在今年的共和党提名竞选中，只有三个州投票，尽管她在每一次选举中都输了——包括在内华达州，输给了“这些候选人中的任何一个”。
选民“应该有真正的选择。...海利说:“在这个国家，我们不为国王涂油。“我们有选举。”
在她的演讲中，她说她听到了“美国人民”的声音——一位“只想恢复正常”的母亲，一位“终于对美国成功抱有希望”的高中生——这些声音激励了她的决心。
“他们和我看到同样的民意调查。但更重要的是，他们和我有着同样的信念。他们相信美国。他们相信美国可以做得更好，我们必须做得更好。他们知道当国家的未来岌岌可危时，你不能退出。你继续战斗，”海莉说。“事实上，你比以往任何时候都更努力地战斗。”
“退学是一条简单的路，”她继续说道。“我从来没有走过容易的路。”
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周一晚上，海莉在南卡罗来纳州格里尔的一次竞选活动中也为自己提出了类似的理由，她告诉她的支持者，她将在3月5日的超级星期二及以后继续留在共和党初选中。
“去告诉你的家人和朋友，美国取决于他们周六做什么，”海莉说。“我向你们保证，周日，我将前往密歇根州，然后我们将前往超级星期二州，我们将继续前进。”
在周二的讲话中，黑利继续抨击特朗普和乔·拜登总统。
她说:“事实是，美国人已经知道乔·拜登和唐纳德·特朗普会做什么。“但我们同样关心他们是谁。在美国迫切需要一个统一者的时候，他们是分裂者。他们只会让我们反目成仇。特朗普称他的美国同胞是害虫。这是一个危险的时代。”
“大多数美国人不只是不喜欢一位候选人。他们两样都不喜欢，”她说。“作为一个国家，我们从未见过对领先候选人如此不满。我们从未有如此多的美国人陷入悲观和分裂的泥潭。我们还有机会恢复他们的信仰。只要这种机会存在，我就会战斗。”
海莉像她在竞选中经常做的那样，再次引用了拜登和特朗普的年龄-81岁和77岁。
“我们谈论的是人类历史上要求最高的工作。...你把它交给一个自律的人，一个可以连续八年夜以继日工作的人，”她说。“没有深仇大恨。没有戏剧。只是结果。”
但她说，无论她对特朗普有什么“严重关切”，她都不是“从来不是特朗普”，“从来不是”。
“像大多数美国人一样，我对前总统有一些严重的担忧，”她说。“但我对现任总统有无数严重的担忧。”
'I feel no need to kiss the ring' of Trump, Haley says as she refuses to drop out
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haleyis vowing to stay in the 2024 Republican primary racedespite being rejected by voters in the few early states so far and trailing rival Donald Trump in numerous polls.
As Haley said in a speech on Tuesday in South Carolina, her home state, she will be continuing her campaign because she believes her anti-Trump message is important and more voters elsewhere in the country deserve to be "heard."
"Many of the same politicians who now publicly embrace Trump privately dread him. They know what a disaster he's been and will continue to be for our party. They're just too afraid to say it out loud," Haley told supporters in Greenville.
"Well, I'm not afraid to say the hard truths out loud. I feel no need to kiss the ring. And I have no fear of Trump's retribution. I'm not looking for anything from him," she continued, drawing applause. "My own political future is of zero concern."
She went on to make clear that, regardless of the outside chatter, she isn't seeking to be Trump's running mate or "trying to set up a future presidential run."
At the same time, Haley suggested she would not keep running against the former president for the GOP nomination just to run against him. "My purpose has never been to stop Trump at all costs," she said.
A Trump campaign spokesman responded to Haley on social media with a lewd retort: "She's going to drop down to kiss a-- when she quits, like she always does," he wrote.
South Carolina will hold its Republican primary, the next big race in the nomination fight, on Saturday. "But on Sunday, I'll still be running for president. I'm not going anywhere," Haley said.
According to538's polling average, she trails Trump by more than 30 points in South Carolina.
She is behind by similar margins in other states.
Haley has repeatedly pointed to the fact that only three states have voted so far in this year's GOP nominating race, though she has lost in every one of those elections -- including in Nevada, to "none of these candidates."
Voters "deserve a real choice. ... We don't anoint kings in this country," Haley said. "We have elections."
In her speech, she said she'd heard from "the American people" -- a mother who "just wants a return to normalcy," a high school student who "finally has hope that America will make it" -- and they fueled her determination.
"They see the same polls as me. But more importantly, they have the same belief as me. They believe in America. They believe America can do so much better -- that we must do better. And they know when the country's future is on the line, you don't drop out. You keep fighting," Haley said. "In fact, you fight harder than ever."
"Dropping out would be the easy route," she continued. "I've never taken the easy route."
Haley made a similar case for herself during a campaign stop in Greer, South Carolina, on Monday night, telling her supporters she would stay in the GOP primary through Super Tuesday on March 5 and beyond.
"Go tell your family and friends that America's depending on what they do on Saturday," Haley said. "I promise you this, on Sunday, I'm headed to Michigan and then we're going to Super Tuesday states and we're going to keep on going."
During her remarks on Tuesday, Haley continued to blast both Trump and President Joe Biden.
"The truth is, Americans already know what Joe Biden and Donald Trump will do," she said. "But we're just as concerned with who they are. They're dividers at a time when America desperately, urgently needs a uniter. All they do is turn us against each other. Trump calls his fellow Americans vermin. These are dangerous times."
"The majority of Americans don't just dislike one candidate. They dislike both," she said. "As a country, we've never seen such dissatisfaction with the leading candidates. We've never had so many Americans mired in pessimism and division. We still have a chance to restore their faith. I will fight as long as that chance exists."
Haley, as she has done often on the trail, again cited Biden and Trump's ages -- at 81 and 77.
"We're talking about the most demanding job in human history. ... You give it to someone who is disciplined, someone who can work day and night for eight years straight," she said. "No vendettas. No drama. Just results."
But whatever her "serious concerns" about Trump, she said, she was not "Never Trump" and "never [has] been."
"Like most Americans, I have a handful of serious concerns about the former president," she said. "But I have countless serious concerns about the current president."
