Haley receives endorsement from New Hampshire's largest newspaper

The Union Leader, New Hampshire's largest newspaper and one that reliably picked Republicans for a century before the rise of Donald Trump, supported Nikki Haley on Sunday in the Republican primaries.

“Of course we can't talk about Nikki Haley without addressing the elephant in the room and the rather old ass hiding in the White House,” it wrote, referring to Mr Trump and President Biden – although it makes no mention from Mr Trump. Trump by name.

The newspaper also did not support Mr. Trump in the previous two cycles.

In the 2016 Republican battle it was supported the then government. Chris Christie of New Jersey – but later has withdrawn its approval when Mr. Christie, who dropped out of the race after a poor performance in New Hampshire, endorsed Mr. Trump.

In the 2016 general election, the country did not support a Republican for the first time in more than a hundred years, choosing Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate.

And in 2020, it endorsed Joseph R. Biden Jr. instead of Mr. Trump, who previously named the newspaper publisher a “low life” in a television interview.

“Nikki Haley is an opportunity to vote for one candidate instead of against those two,” the endorsement reads, again referring to Mr. Trump and Mr. Trump. It called Ms. Haley a “candidate who can run circles around the dinosaurs of the last two administrations, backwards and in heels.”