Nikki Haley is out with a new talking point.
At Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate, the ex-U.N. ambassador called former President Donald Trump “the most disliked politician in all of America.”
The former South Carolina governor repeated the line Thursday in a mid-day interview on Fox News.
“He’s the most disliked politician in all of America. That’s reality. And that person can’t win a general election,” Haley said on “America’s Newsroom.”
Except on this question, the polling is not even close. That title belongs to Senate Minority Mitch McConnell.
At the time of writing, RealClearPolitics’ tracker of favorability ratings for both Republicans and Democrats shows the GOP Senate chief ranked as the most disliked politician. McConnell’s average net-favorable ratings are more than 35 points below zero. Trump doesn’t even come to this.
While none of the listed politicians enjoy positive favorability numbers, California Rep. Nancy Pelosi is the second-most disliked leader, with an average spread of -19 percent. Trump follows just below the former House speaker at -18.6 percent, with Vice President Kamala Harris at -15.9 percent, President Joe Biden at -14.9 percent, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at -12.4 percent, and incumbent House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at -5.4 percent.
In other words, if Haley wants to highlight the most unpopular politician in America, she’d go after the number one Republican in the upper chamber. That’s reality.
In terms of who the most hated politician might be among Democrats, there’s a good case to be made for Trump, who was
