Neoconservative presidential candidate Nikki Haley has shot down "No Labels" national director Joe Cunningham's interest in helping her run as a third-party presidential candidate.
No Labels is a political organization seeking to run an independent "unity ticket."
On Sunday, Cunningham told Fox & Friends, "Nikki Haley is somebody we’d definitely be interested in." National director of non-profit political organization No Labels, Joe Cunningham expresses interest in Nikki Haley running as a third party candidate. pic.twitter.com/63bDi2Kyyh
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Cunningham continued, "We won't be making a decision until after Super Tuesday. We’ve said from the onset that after Super Tuesday we’re going to look at who the presumptive nominees are, and if the vast majority of Americans are unhappy with those and we feel like we can put forward a ticket or offer a ballot line to candidates who can win, then we’re going to offer that ballot line."
"We're on [the ballot in] 16 states, we have a pathway to get on all 50 states and Washington D.C.," he continued.
Haley responded in a separate Fox News interview on Monday. Republican Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley: “I have not put a second of thought into an independent run because I’m a Republican. I'm not going to switch over and have a Democrat vice president.” pic.twitter.com/otKn7tRpFE
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“I’ve been a conservative Republican my whole life. I’m not going to switch over and have a Democrat vice president. That’s not something I would do,” Haley said. “My heart has always been with the Republican Party and this country. So that’s what I’m gonna do.”
Fox News host Martha MacCallum suggested that Haley's only two options are running third party or staying in the race “just in case the Trump Train implodes, and you hope that you’ll be the alternative to that.”
“I’m sitting here focused on Super Tuesday states,” Haley said. “That’s what I’m going to do.”
Haley said that No Labels has not reached out to her.
“I’m a Republican. I have not talked to any other organization. I have not put a second of thought into an independent run because I’m a Republican. That’s what I’ve always been,” Haley said.
