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Billionaire and Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone endorses Nikki Haley's campaign

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By Evaristo Lara

09 Dec 2023, 16:40 PM EST

Ken Langone, billionaire and co-founder of Home Depot, publicly announced that he supports Nikki Haley’s campaign, whom he sees as the most appropriate Republican option to fight to win the presidency. in next year’s elections.

During an interview with the television network Fox News, The visionary 88-year-old businessman assured that the country demands someone in the White House who can set a different course for the nation, a profile that fits the vision of the only woman who currently aspires to see her name on the ballot. electoral.}

“I think that The American people need this kind of leadership: statesmanlike and graceful. Just think about where we have been in the last six, seven or eight years. It’s not good at all.

I think she is just what we need right now, her approach is smart. I think she is qualified“, he mentioned.

Langone accepted that, although he also identifies with the vision of the country promoted by Ron DeSantis, his numbers at this moment do not bode well for him.so presenting it as an option to prevent the re-election of Democrats in the White House simply does not figure in their plans.

“The writing is on the wall. On the other hand, Nikki Haley has had a substantial rebound. The only thing I’m committed to is that we have to beat Joe Biden. If Joe Biden is going to be the nominee, we must beat him. We can’t take this chaos anymore.“, he stressed.

Although Ken Langone also likes the proposal offered by Ron DeSantis, he does not see any chance of him being able to beat Donald Trump in the primaries. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Regarding his opinion of Donald Trump’s campaign, Ken Langone described as shameful the position he assumed since he was defeated at the polls by Joe Biden.

“What Trump put this country through during the last three months of his presidency was shameful.

I think what happened on January 6 – all he had to say was ‘Please go home.’ …But she sat in a room and watched it for three hours and did nothing about it and America deserves better than that“, he stated.

Until now, Nikki Haley can boast that she has the support of billionaires Charles Koch, Reid Hoffman, Art Pope and Ken Langone, all of them opponents of the favorite in all Republican polls, Donald Trump.

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