Democrats’ shady efforts to propel Nikki Haley to victory in Iowa’s Republican caucus failed miserably after former President Donald Trump was projected the winner of the contest early Monday evening.
In the days leading up to this week’s caucus, legacy media outlets ran articles suggesting Democrats and left-leaning independents would switch their party registrations to “Republican” in order to vote for the former South Carolina governor. On Saturday, The New York Times noted how these voters seem to be “drawn to Ms. Haley because they see her as a more moderate Republican candidate” and how “some Democratic voters said they preferred her even over Mr. Biden.”
Axios — another left-wing publication — ran a similar article the following day highlighting Democrats’ plans to “crash the state’s Republican caucuses Monday night.” Democrats sought to “become ‘Republicans for a day’ to vote for Nikki Haley — but mostly, against former President Trump,” according to the outlet.
Similarly, in New Hampshire, some operatives are trying to get Democrat-leaning unaffiliated voters to cast their ballots for Haley in the Granite State’s semi-closed primary on Jan. 23. The tactic reflects a strategy Haley herself bragged about when she told reporters last month: “If we get independents, if we get conservative Democrats, that’s what the Republican Party should pursue. Our goal is to get as many people in the tent as we can.”
Flooding a Republican primary with Democrat votes is the same tactic former Rep. Liz Cheney and her backers attempted in an unsuccessful bid to
