REPORT: Nikki Haley Canceling Ad Spends And Public Appearances: ‘Very Telling’

Fox News is reporting that Nikki Haley has cancelled a number of ad buys and scaled back public appearances as speculation over her potential exit from the race once again rises.

“There was some reporting over the weekend on Sunday that Nikki Haley may or may not have any ads past yesterday or today. And that she may or may not have any appearances past today, this Monday,” said Fox News host Bill Hemmer before turning to his co-host, Bret Baier. “Bret, you’ve been following that. Can you confirm any of that?”

Baier confirmed that he had heard similar reports. “I haven’t talked to anybody on the campaign beyond, you know, some people tied to it tangentially. If that’s the case and holds to be true, that’s very telling,” he said.

“Her only win so far is the D.C. primary, and you look at the map and look at the polls, and it’s tough to see a breakthrough any place on Super Tuesday despite the fact that 11 out of 15 states are open primaries where Democrats and Independents can vote,” Baier continued. “But that’s a telltale sign. We saw that from Ron Desantis, too, after Iowa.”

Haley finally broke through in a primary contest on Sunday when she won the Republican primary in… the District of Columbia. Haley received 63 percent of the vote in the contest that was decided in a hotel just “just steps away from the heart of D.C.’s lobbying hub,” Politico reported.

Haley’s lone victory came after she was crushed in three primary contests over the weekend, losing soundly to President Trump in both the Missouri and Idaho caucuses, and the Michigan convention. She has also been soundly defeated by the former president in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, the Virgin Islands and even her home state of South Carolina, where she served as governor.

The former governor has vowed to stay in the race after each crushing defeat, though the cancelling of ad buys and public has preceded exits for a number of Republican candidates, including Mike Pence and Ron DeSantis.