MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) – Former Ambassador Nikki Haley on Monday endorsed Kelly Loeffler for the U.S. Senate, saying more conservative women are needed in Washington.
Haley, who served as Trump’s U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, made the comments at a rally in Atlanta’s suburbs. Loeffler is running in a special election to fill the remaining two years of the six-year term of Johnny Isakson, who retired in December due to health reasons. Gov. Brian Kemp appointed Loeffler to the seat until the special election could be held.
Haley said Loeffler is a political outsider and a businesswoman, and more conservative women are needed in Washington. The United States can’t afford former Vice President Joe Biden __ one of the two leading Democratic presidential candidates – if he’s elected, Haley said.
“We need someone that’s going to help President Trump fight, that’s why we need Kelly Loeffler,” Haley said.
Kemp “went ahead and picked a conservative woman, which we could use more of those in D.C.,” Haley said.