Joe Biden's 2024 Message to Never-Trump Republicans? 'Save America, Join Us'

Mar. 15, 2025

President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address on March 7, 2024.Photo:Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

The Biden-Harris campaign is ramping up efforts to build a bipartisan coalition ahead of Election Day, releasing anew, 30-second adthat speaks directly toNikki Haley’s supporters.

Jam-packed with social media posts and soundbites fromDonald Trumpin which he belittles Haley and disowns her fans, the ad reads, “If you voted for Nikki Haley, Donald Trump doesn’t want your vote.”

The ad is not the first time Biden has invited Haley supporters to join him. When the former South Carolina governordropped out of the presidential race, he wasted no time opening his arms to a group now on the fringes of Trump’s Republican Party.

“Nikki Haley was willing to speak the truth about Trump: about the chaos that always follows him, about his inability to see right from wrong, about his cowering beforeVladimir Putin,” Biden said in astatement. “Donald Trump made it clear he doesn’t want Nikki Haley’s supporters. I want to be clear: There is a place for them in my campaign.”

Nikki Haley speaks to South Carolina voters ahead of the state’s 2024 Republican primary election.JULIA NIKHINSON/AFP via Getty

JULIA NIKHINSON/AFP via Getty

“But on the fundamental issues of preserving American democracy, on standing up for the rule of law, on treating each other with decency and dignity and respect, on preserving NATO and standing up to America’s adversaries,” he said, “I hope and believe we can find common ground.”

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Biden’s plea — to get proudly conservative voters in his corner — is an unusual strategy that wouldn’t fly in a typical election year.

“We all know this is no ordinary election. And the stakes for America couldn’t be higher,” Biden said, to that point. “I know that Democrats and Republicans and Independents disagree on many issues and hold strong convictions. That’s a good thing. That’s what America stands for. But I also know this: what unites Democrats and Republicans and Independents is a love for America.”

Haley, who dropped out of the race in early March, has not yet endorsed Trump for president, despite himbecoming the presumptive Republican nominee.

AnEmerson College pollreleased the day after Haley suspended her campaign found that 63% of Haley voters said they would now back Biden, with only 27% of respondents saying they would back Trump. Ten percent remained undecided at the time.

source: people.com