WASHINGTON TIMES
Nikki Haley is telling Republicans it is time to come to grips with the fact that former President Trump has the “Sadim Touch:” a reverse Midas quality in which he tarnishes everything he touches.
Grasping for ways to dent Mr. Trump’s armor in the race for the GOP presidential nomination, the former South Carolina governor is attributing the embarrassing setbacks Republicans experienced this week on Capitol Hill and the bubbling turmoil at the Republican National Committee to Mr. Trump’s negative influence on the party.
“The Republicans couldn’t get a border situation down. They couldn’t impeach [Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro] Mayorkas, they couldn’t pass a pro-Israel bill,” Ms. Haley said this week on Fox News. “The RNC is imploding.”
“All of that had Trump’s fingerprints on it,” she said, alluding to his opposition to legislation that faced blowback from House conservatives. “Everything he touches is chaos, and we continue to lose. How many more times do we have to lose before we realize that that is the problem?”
Ms. Haley also argued that the party is in line for more tumult after a federal appeals court ruled Mr. Trump does not have immunity from charges he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election defeat, at a time when…
