Haley Would “Greatly Reduce” U.S. Funding for UN

GOP presidential candidate and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley would pull out of the UN’s Human Rights Council, she told the eponymous host of Fox News’ Hannity Wednesday evening, where she also vowed to “defund the United Nations as much as possible” if elected next November (per Mediaite). Haley, who served as UN ambassador in the Trump administration and previously was South Carolina governor, pointed to the UN’s decision to appoint Iran as the 2023 chair of its Human Rights Council Social Forum. She said as president, she would not pull the U.S. out of the UN completely.

“If I become president, we will get out of the Human Rights Council. We would certainly not get back into the Paris Climate Agreement.”

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Scott Suspends Presidential Campaign

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), suddenly dropped out of his race for the GOP presidential nomination late Sunday, apparently leaving campaign staff unaware.

“I think the voters, who are the most remarkable people on the planet, have been really clear they are telling me, ‘not now, Tim,’” Scott told the host of Fox News’ Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy. Gowdy himself is a former Republican congressman from South Carolina who wrote a book with Scott, The Hill notes.

Scott’s suspension “leaves his own staff floored” by exiting the 2024 race “without notice,” according to Fox News’ website. Six candidates challenging runaway frontrunner Donald J. Trump remain, four of whom with Scott attended a debate in Miami last week.

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Who Are Trump's Potential Spoilers?

Seven Republicans want to spoil Trump’s huge lead in the polls for the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination. Of the five among those who qualified for last week’s debate, the former president’s former United Nations ambassador, Nikki Haley, now appears to lead the race for second place.

Another of the five, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, is the only one of seven Republican presidential candidates who has openly declared himself a Trump spoiler. So far, he has not done much more than take about 5% of poll standings from the other challengers.

Then there’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the formerly Democratic challenger to President Biden for the nomination who withdrew his challenge to go independent. Having gone indy, Kennedy as an anti-vaxxer would seem to appeal to the considerable conspiracy theory contingent of MAGA. He may also appeal to those mythical voters who claim they backed Barack Obama before they backed Donald J. Trump.

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