Are Evil Nikki Haley And Mike Pence Really Trying To Undermine Donald Trumps MAGA Movement?
I have written several columns of late detailing the extent to which former U.S. vice president Mike Pence and former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley have become political lepers to the grassroots conservative base of the Republican party  especially here in early-voting South Carolina. These two establishment GOP politicians took different routes in arriving at their current dire straits  with Haley gradually losing the support of the Make America Great Again movement over a period of several years and Pence falling out of favor more abruptly. Specifically, the former vice president lost his standing with the MAGA warriors when he refused to block the certification of U.S. president Joe Bidens disputed electoral college victory over Donald Trump back in January. Which led to this insanity   Of course, Haleys dismissal of Trump following the 2021 capitol rioting was a defining moment for her as well  a bell she has been attempting to unring for the past several months (unsuccessfully, I would add). That is the working theory of a provocative column published over the weekend on The Last Refuge, a website many of my MAGA friends read religiously. Both Nikki Haley and Mike Pence are tools for the Wall Street class of republicans, the column noted. These are evil, yes I said that word evil conniving people. These are not allies aligned with an earnest middle class fight against the elitist system that controls the levers of power. These are the gaslighting foot-soldiers for the same system that wants to see us destroyed (emphasis original).  Wow  strong words. According to the columns anonymous author, Haley and Pence are in league with GOP chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, who is allegedly working against the interests of the MAGA base.  The head of the RNC does nothing to highlight demonstrable election fraud; she stands aside and watches as media frame an extremist narrative against the base of the party she is supposed to represent, the column noted. McDaniel does nothing to support the legal alliance needed to push back against election fraud; and worse yet she does nothing to support the recruitment of MAGA minded candidates to lead the middle-class working revolution against the corrupt political system. Yet, amid these brutally obvious realities no-one ever seems to call it out.  Including Trump, it would appear   (Click to view)  (Via: GOP)  But the harshest invective of the Refuge piece was reserved for Haley and Pence, both of whom are allegedly positioning to take down Trump so they can then step in to grab the flag and keep the base from recognizing their deceptive agenda.  They are the most vile and Machiavellian manipulators within our nation, the piece continued. They are no different than Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer and any other breed of self-indulgent political class that defines themselves by the affluence they gain from the backs of the American middle-class.  Brutal   In another day and age they would be covered in hot tar and feathers and ridiculed out of town alas, today we watch the audience clap like seals while shaking our head at the insufferable stupidity of our brothers and sisters not to be able to see the scheme for what it is, it concluded. Not all the audience, though  in fact, the last time Pence paid a visit to the First in the South Palmetto State, the response he received from those in attendance was decidedly underwhelming. Her popularity among GOP voters in the state she led from 2011-2017 doesnt seem to extend much further than the wealthy enclave of Kiawah Island these days. In other words, this anti-Trump confederacy is not well-positioned at the moment to win over Republican voters who  by and large  remain unswervingly loyal to the former president (particularly in the pivotal Palmetto State). And unambiguously skeptical of anyone who crossed Trump. Nor does this anti-Trump cabal appear likely to pick up such support anytime soon  especially if Trump decides to seek the GOP presidential nomination again (or anoints a MAGA candidate to campaign in his stead). *****  ABOUT THE AUTHOR   (Via: FITSNews)  Will Folks is the founding editor of the news outlet you are currently reading. Prior to founding FITSNews, he served as press secretary to the governor of South Carolina and before that he was a bass player and a dive bar bouncer. He lives in the Midlands region of the state with his wife and seven children. And yes, he has LOTS of hats (including the above-pictured Washington Senators lid). We have an open microphone policy here at FITSNews! Submit your own letter to the editor (or guest column) via-email HERE. CLICK HERE. CLICK HERE. Banner: U.S. Mission to the United Nations  *****  DONT MISS A STORY  SUBSCRIBE TODAY! *****