Nikki Haley Rips GOP 'Chaos' After Losing Nevada Primary

After losing the Nevada Republican primary, despite front-runner and former President Donald Trump not being listed on the ballot, ex-United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley slammed the Republican Party as chaotic.

While she was the only serious candidate on the ticket, Haley finished in second place on Tuesday night with 31 percent of the vote, losing to "none of these candidates" by more than 30 points, according to Associated Press projections.

In a Wednesday morning post on X, formerly Twitter, the former South Carolina governor blasted her own party, criticizing Republicans for a series of blows that occurred shortly before her loss in Nevada.

Haley said that the GOP has "imploded" in the wake of the news that Ronna McDaniel, the embattled Republican National Committee (RNC) chairwoman, is considering stepping down after facing criticism for weeks.

Haley also took aim at the GOP-led House of Representatives' failure to "pass anything." Just hours before the Nevada race was called, Republican efforts to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the strife at the southern border failed.

In another defeat for congressional Republicans on Tuesday, a GOP-backed standalone bill that would have provided aid to Israel failed in the House, falling short of the required two-thirds majority in the lower chamber.

Haley, who served as UN ambassador in Trump's administration, also mocked Trump over a federal appeals court rejecting his claim of immunity from prosecution regarding felony charges that accuse him of trying to overturn the 2020 election results.

"Republicans keep doing the same thing and getting the same result: chaos," Haley wrote in the X post. "That's the definition of insanity. This week: RNC imploded. GOP House can't pass ANYTHING. Trump lost another court case & threw another temper tantrum. A vote for Trump is a vote for more chaos."

Newsweek reached out via email on Wednesday night to representatives for Haley and Trump for comment.

Despite the second-place finish in Nevada, Haley's team showed no signs of dropping out of the presidential race.

Olivia Perez-Cubas, spokesperson for Haley, told Newsweek in an email shortly after the Nevada primary was called that Haley's campaign is "full steam ahead."

"Even Donald Trump knows that when you play penny slots the house wins," Perez-Cubas told Newsweek. "We didn't bother to play a game rigged for Trump. We're full steam ahead in South Carolina and beyond."

Despite the loss for Haley, the Nevada primary is essentially symbolic, as the state will also hold a caucus where the delegates will be awarded on Thursday.

Haley's decision to appear on the Nevada primary ballot rather than the caucus appeared to be an attempt to show she still has support in the race ahead of the next primary election, which is in her home state of South Carolina, on February 24.