The GOP resistance to Trump is overstated

As former President Donald Trump gets closer to securing the 2024 Republican nomination, one question remains: what to make of the continued support for his last major primary opponent.

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley scored one narrow win on Super Tuesday in Vermont, her second victory of the campaign. Trump beat her everywhere else, typically by landslide margins.

Trump’s foes inside and outside the GOP say Haley’s resilience — she has outlasted everyone but the ex-president, who has been titular head of the party for nearly eight years — suggests Republicans are divided in ways that could doom them come November.

The exit polls showing the lack of general-election commitment to Trump among Haley’s voters appear to support this contention.

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