[Blaze] On the eve of the South Carolina Republican presidential primary, where former President Donald Trump is expected to trounce former Gov. Nikki Haley, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has been backing President Joe Biden's re-election bid, called former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley "one of our better surrogates."Haley, who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during a portion of Trump's White House tenure, has been critical of the former president. Newsom said that Haley is "spot on" regarding "99% of it."
"Trump's the nominee. We all know that. You know that. Everybody out there knows that," he said while talking to CNN's Jake Tapper. Newsom noted that he believes Haley is "making a good case against Trump."