Nikki Haley Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Constituents Haley for Harris PAC

Haley Voters for Harris, a Philadelphia-based group led by Nikki Haley voters opposed to former President Donald Trump, has turned to Pennsylvania and other key battleground states, urging Haley supporters to back Vice President Kamala Harris.

But Haley, a former Republican presidential candidate, does not support the idea.

On Tuesday, the former South Carolina governor and ambassador to the United Nations sent a letter to the group demanding it cease and desist from what she believes is an attempt to associate her name with support for Harris.

General Counsel Michael G. Adams wrote in a letter on Haley’s behalf that “Haley’s name, image, or likeness suggesting her support for the election of Kamala Harris as President of the United States” should not be used by the group, NPR reported.

“Kamala Harris and I are polar opposites on every issue. Any attempt to use my name to support her or her agenda is misleading and wrong.” – Haley he said in a statement to NPR. “I support Donald Trump because he understands that we have to make America strong, secure, and prosperous.”

Haley he initially rejected endorsed Trump after he dropped out of the presidential race, but ultimately endorsed the former president and even gave a speech endorsing him at the Republican National Convention last week in Milwaukee.

However, Haley Voters for Harris said Thursday it “will not cease or desist” and still intends to step up voter outreach efforts in Pennsylvania next month.

The group Haley Voters for Harris (HV4H) said in a statement that: statement that her First Amendment speech will not be silenced “because our activities as part of the Haley Voters for Harris campaign are fully lawful.” The group sees the cease and desist letter as “an attempt to use the legal process to intimidate political speech, to stifle political speech,” said Craig Snyder, director of HV4H.

“We’ve said many times that we have nothing against her personal choices, that’s up to her, but we’re the ones working on this, in this and that,” Snyder said. “We’re Haley voters and we support Harris, so we just call ourselves who we are. It’s a simple statement of English fact.”

HV4H has an “anyone but Trump” philosophy. Join nearly 160,000 other registered Republicans in PennsylvaniaSnyder, an Old City resident, said he made a “pretty bold and dramatic statement of protest” and voted for Haley in the Pennsylvania Republican primary even though she suspended her candidacy.

“When we went to the polls, we knew we weren’t really voting for Nikki Haley,” Snyder said. “We were voting to express our displeasure with Donald Trump.”

What is Haley Voters for Harris?

Haley Voters for Harris is a project of PivotPAC, a super PAC that was launched during the primaries to meet the expectations of Republican voters — “not Trump supporters, not MAGA supporters,” Snyder says — who were looking for an alternative to the former president.

The group was never an official PAC associated with Haley, but spend $1 million to support the former UN ambassador during her campaign. She also said she had sent over 2.1 million text messages and mailings to 1.1 million people in nine different states to encourage voters to vote for Haley over Trump.

PivotPAC has raised nearly $400,000 in 2023-24, with many of the contributions coming from other anti-Trump groups, according to campaign finance data.

The group then began supporting President Joe Biden in the race against Trump, adopting the name “Haley Voters for Biden,” until Biden withdrew his re-election bid and the group adopted the name “Haley Voters for Harris.”

Conducted by a team of four people Using a variety of polling and research contractors, the group has been “waiting on the sidelines” amid calls for Biden to drop out of the race, ready to support whoever the Democratic nominee is in November, Snyder said.

“In our view, the president or vice president is a better fit for this job than Donald Trump, so we decided to wait and see what happens and then move forward,” Snyder said.

Focus on Philadelphia and its suburbs

HV4H has a up-to-date series of mass voter outreach efforts set to launch in slow August, but “they’re not trying to talk to everybody,” Snyder said. H4VH plans to narrow in on center-right voters in Pennsylvania — mostly in Philadelphia and its suburbs — to lobby for Harris via text messages, YouTube and digital ads on social media platforms, Snyder said.

HV4H sees an opportunity to make its case to Harris among the nearly 160,000 registered Republicans in Pennsylvania who gave Haley nearly 17% of the commonwealth’s vote during the primary election, even though she is no longer an vigorous candidate, Snyder said. Harris’ campaign is welcoming Republican Party voters and Trump opponents to her base.

The largest number of votes cast for Haley in the primary came in southeastern Pennsylvania, where Montgomery County gave Haley nearly 25 percent of the vote.

The anti-Trump group plans to seize on the message of the Democratic National Convention, which will be held in Chicago from August 19 to 22.

Snyder said he has a deep understanding of Philadelphia, having grown up in the area and attending both the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University. He served as president of the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia and was the GOP candidate for Pennsylvania’s 1st Congressional District in 1991 and 1992. Snyder also was a former chief of staff for former Sen. Arlen Specter (R., Pa.), a moderate, pro-choice republican.

Snyder currently runs H4VH’s main operations from the city.

“It’s a coincidence that we’re based here because I’m here, but it’s a happy coincidence because this is where all the action really happens,” Snyder said.