Langone endorsement of Haley--

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“I think she is just what we need right now. I think her approach is smart. I think she’s qualified. More importantly, I think the American people need this kind of leadership – statesmanlike, elegant. Just think of … where we have been in the last six or seven or eight years. It is not good at all,” he said.

Regarding Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who too is running for president and with whom Haley is essentially tied, Langone said he likes him but his poll “numbers aren’t moving.”

“The writing is on the wall. On the other hand, Nikki Haley has had a substantial upswing. The one thing I’m committed to is we have to beat Joe Biden. If Joe Biden is going to be the nominee, we have to beat him. We can’t take any more of this mayhem,” he argued.

As for why he doesn’t just back the lead candidate, former President Donald Trump, like everybody else, Langone argued his time has “come and gone.”

“What Trump put this country through the last three months of his presidency was disgraceful. I think what happened on January 6 – all he had to say is ‘Please go home.’ … But he sat in a room and watched it for three hours and did nothing about it and America deserves better than that,” he said.

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