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There was a time when Nikki Haley thought an “unstable and unhinged” person should not be president. But that was February. Now she says she will vote for Donald J. Trump — just three months after warning that he would be “an unsafe president.”
She is hardly the first losing candidate to reverse course and support the rival who beat her for a party nomination. Flip-flopping has a long if uninspiring history in American presidential politics. But rarely have the flip-flops been as stark and head-snapping as those prompted by Mr. Trump.
Ever since he...
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