President Biden’s reelection campaign on Friday dropped an ad that focuses on courting supporters of
Republican Nikki Haley while also bashing former
President Trump for pushing away her backers. The ad , first reported by The
Washington Post , is a 30-second spot that includes the various times Trump has criticized Haley, including calling her “ bird-brain ” and not presidential material. “If you voted for Nikki Haley,
Donald Trump doesn’t want your vote,” the ad reads. “Haley supporters ‘will be permanently barred from the MAGA camp,’” it says, quoting Trump in a January post on Truth Social. The ad also includes clips of Trump saying he isn’t sure he needs too many Haley voters and that he doesn’t need more votes to win back the
White House in November. “Save America. Join us,” the ad reads. The campaign is spending more than $1 million on the ad, which will run for three weeks in battleground states, according to the Post. It’s part of the $30 million ad buy that the campaign announced after the president’s
State of the Union address to target the seven battleground states that are so critical to Biden’s reelection bid. The campaign earlier this week dropped a statement claiming that Trump doesn’t want Haley voters, adding that Trump has been clear that voters who aren’t part of the “MAGA disciple” aren’t welcome in their camp. “Trump Outreach to Haley Voters: Nonexistent,” the campaign argued in an email. “Donald Trump doesn’t want moderate, independent, or Haley voters.” The campaign also noted that Trump hasn’t called Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, since she dropped out. Haley did not endorse the former president when she left the race. The campaign has claimed from the day Haley dropped out that Trump isn’t interested in appealing to them. The Biden-Harris team see an opening with those
Republicans to court them into the Biden camp and argue that Trump is driving them away. “Donald Trump made it clear he doesn’t want Nikki Haley’s supporters. I want to be clear: There is a place for them in my campaign,” Biden said in a statement March 6.