Stand for America Fund Inc, a super PAC that supports Nikki Haley, reported on Thursday that it has raised $50.1 million in the second half of 2023 — millions more than Trump-aligned super PAC MAGA Inc., which reported over $46 million.

There are no details from these numbers yet, which were reported by the New York Times, as the Federal Election Commission filing deadline is only Jan. 31.

When it comes to MAGA Inc.'s funds, the super PAC ended the year with over $23 million in cash on hand, according to reports — and counted with over a dozen donors who contributed with $1 million or more.

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    From everything I’ve seen, this race is over. New Hampshire was one of the highest populations of Haleys base and she still lost by 10 points.

    She would need a very seismic shift in the race to have any prayer of a chance.

    And just to be clear, I’m quite liberal. But whenever I write these comments people think I’m for Trump. I just look at the data.

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    Well Trump has been skinning his base (voters) for money for close to a decade now without really giving them anymore in the wallet while president.

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      If they haven’t figured by now that they’re being scammed, they never will. The cult leader can do no wrong.

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        I mean I’m sure they would’ve donated more, if Trump had left them any money… His famous “tax cuts” were if you recall actually a tax increase on the less fortunate that make up his most fervent followers for whatever reason.

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    Best case scenario is she wins the nomination.
    Everyone keeps saying that “Biden’s best chance is against Trump”.
    And while that may be technically true, something people fail to take into account is that under absolutely no circumstances is Trump going quietly.
    There’s a 0% chance he doesn’t run as an independent or write in candidate and split the Republican vote. It’s just not going to happen.
    And yes, the Republican party could just hand him the nomination and put him up if Nikki wins legitimately, but then they’ve just disenfranchised everyone that voted for her, everyone that wanted to vote Republican but didn’t want to vote for Trump.
    And some of those people will vote for Biden, and some may not vote at all.
    But as much of a piece of shit as she is, the mess she’s making in the Republican party is doing us all a huge favor.

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      If trump runs as an independent and splits the vote up, and no one ends up getting 270 electoral votes, then the house of representatives gets to choose who to make president by simple majority of 26 out of 50(one vote per state). This currently means that Republicans get to pick, since they control more states.

      So basically, if Biden can’t hit 270 for any reason at all, Biden loses, and even if Nikki got 80 percent of all the other non Biden votes, the Republicans controlled house could choose to put trump back in, leaving us with a president that we’ll over most of America didn’t vote for.

      Nikki and Trump together only need half the electoral votes, with Biden getting the entire other half, and that will leave a Trump or Nikki win.

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        leaving us with a president that we’ll over most of America didn’t vote for.

        Keep in mind that in the last 30-something years, Republicans have only won the popular vote once for the Presidency, and that was back in 2004.

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      Trump could die tomorrow and he would still get a non-trivial number of votes. Diehard MAGA would be talking about how he’s not really dead, that he never stopped being president, and that Trump’s hair looks amazing.

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      I agree.

      Even barring 3rd party shenanigans leaving dems in control of the WH. Haley will leave when her term is done, trump will not. I’d much rather take my chances on a less than favorable Haley-Biden matchup than make a wild, all-in bet for the future of the republic.

      There is nothing about Haley that appeals to me but I hope she manages to pull this off somehow. I will sleep better, that’s for damn sure.

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        There is nothing about Haley that appeals to me but I hope she manages to pull this off somehow. I will sleep better, that’s for damn sure.

        Agreed. I even thought about requesting a Republican ballot this year for the Ohio primary and voting for her.
        I’m voting for Biden in the general either way, but I’d still rather have him up against her.

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          I’m sorry, but I think this whole thread is crazy, Haley could absolutely beat Biden if she somehow managed to get the Republican nomination. Independents will vote against Trump in November because his handling of COVID and January 6 freaked them out, but they don’t like Biden at all either and would love to have someone else to vote for. Plus, Haley being a woman will probably go a long ways towards disarming the abortion issue for people who only think about politics for five minutes a year.

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      Even though I disagree with Haley’s platform, I believe she’d leave office at the end of her term. I believe she’d accept the result of an election she’s lost. I believe that she’d behave with a level of decorum appropriate for the office.

      So she’s immediately better than Trump simply by not being a fascist monster. Even if the dems lost to her, I wouldn’t have to worry about democracy suddenly ending or concentration camps for immigrants or nuking random countries and leaving NATO or her encouraging everyone to inject bleach and take horse de-worming pills, at least for 4 years.

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        It’s sad that “will behave with decorum and tact” is the bar Republicans continue to struggle to clear.

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      Should we be donating to her campaign? Would that money travel further in making sure neither of them win vs. donating to Biden?

      Im not going to give either a penny but I am curious what others think.

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    I think there are a great many Republicans who won’t vote for a woman for president. Haley would be great for Dems, IMO.

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      No joke, I don’t think it was “The Pyramids were for storing grain so Dinosaurs wouldn’t eat them!” thank sunk Dr. Ben Carson, I legitimately believe that many people who only read about the man abandoned him when the debates started solely because they realized he was black

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    I’m sure that burns him more than anything. She’s got a bigger wad than he does.

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    There’s no way Trump isn’t going to run in November. If he get’s frozen out by the GOP he’ll declare himself a write in candidate, and if he’s barred by SCOTUS he’ll run Ivanka.

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    And yet there is no chance in hell she wins the nomination nevermind the general. She’s a 30:1 long shot in current betting markets.

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      When I bet on Trump for 2016 I got 12:1 odds at the time (end of primaries). Don’t pay attention to betting markets, the market makers need to balance their books, so its just weird feelings that drive odds.

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    Omg imagine if she ends up being the first female president?!? This is just silly, but i do love watching conservative infighting 🍿🥂