Why this South Carolina Democrat will vote for Nikki Haley in the primary

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

81% : In this light, stopping Trump and voting for Nikki Haley is an expression of my belief in this country as it is now, and not what Trump hopes to make it.
75% : DNC Chair Jaime Harrison said Haley and Trump are both fruit from the same MAGA tree.
58% : That may be true, and I am fully aware that Haley, being who she is, will likely endorse and enable Trump even after all that's passed between them.
47% : Are we to expect Trump to transition power peacefully?
46% : And if Trump says he wants to remain in power, who will stand up to him?
43% : But even if Trump were to leave peacefully, which is no guarantee, what if he merely installs one of his children as president, just as he is now installing his daughter-in-law as head of the Republican National Committee?
43% : Many Democrats prefer Trump as the GOP nominee because they believe him easier to beat.
41% : Benjamin Franklin's quote "a republic, if you can keep it" has taken on a new meaning in the second coming of Trump.
40% : In a second Trump term, no such people will surround Trump.
39% : But Haley, as the leader of her party and not a mere sycophant, would be a repudiation of Trump.
38% : She refused to expand Medicaid and denied over 300,000 South Carolinians medical insurance.
38% : There is no need to speculate what Trump would do in a second term.
36% : Trump has already called for the execution of his own Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the suspension of the Constitution -- and that's just the start.
36% : She will do so for the same reason all Republicans do: the mistaken assumption that Trump will pass them the torch and they somehow can unring the bell of authoritarianism later.
35% : Without democracy, there is no space to debate abortion, gun control, civil rights or education policies.
34% : The threat to our democracy is not just that Trump may never leave.
20% : In normal political times, her actions would be disqualifying -- but these are not normal times and her opponent, Donald Trump, is no ordinary politician.
12% : It's certainly my hope that Biden can beat either Haley or Trump in November, but both are currently beating Biden in most polling.
7% : In his first term, Trump's compulsions toward corruption and anti-democratic ideals were tempered by his inexperience and a small cadre of rational Americans -- Rex Tillerson, Jim Mattis and John Kelly -- who dissuaded him from his worst impulses.

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