WARRENDALE, Pa. — Nikki Haley told voters to put aside their feelings about “loud-mouthed” former President Donald Trump and vote for him at several stops in the swing state of Pennsylvania on Wednesday.

Haley, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and one-time GOP presidential candidate who campaigned for Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick in the suburbs near Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, told voters to “put the emotions aside” and “focus on the policies,” adding: “this is with us.” “It’s not about” but it’s about future generations.

“I know it’s loud out there,” Haley told voters near Pittsburgh. “When I tell you to put your emotions aside and focus on policies, Dave McCormick can’t win if we don’t elect Donald Trump at the top of the ticket.”

Haley and McCormick attracted a sizeable crowd at a bar in Warrendale; some people here were wearing Trump campaign clothes. When Haley said, “You may find Trump loud,” a handful of people expressed disagreement.

“But he understands that we need to turn this economy around,” Haley added. “He understands that we have to combat what’s happening across the border, he understands that we have to command the energy, and he understands that we can’t have any more wars.”

Haley was Trump’s last remaining opponent in this year’s Republican primaries and was at times deeply critical of him. Even after he left school, approximately 160,000 Pennsylvania Republicans voted for him in the primary. Vice President Kamala Harris heavily targets This segment of the electorate in Pennsylvania and other battleground states, and still It is not clear how they will break Election Day.

At a previous rally with McCormick in Pennsburg, Haley had made a similar appeal for people to support Trump at the ballot box.

“We have to do more than elect Dave McCormick,” he said. “We should elect Donald Trump because if Donald Trump wins Pennsylvania, Dave McCormick wins Pennsylvania.”

Haley, who spoke at the Republican National Convention this summer, has not yet moved on with Trump. A senior Trump campaign adviser told NBC News on Monday It seemed unlikely that the two former rivals would appear on stage together because it was difficult to find a time that suited both their schedules.

talk with Fox News on TuesdayHaley said “we are on hold” for the rally and added, “There is no bad blood between me and the President.”

“We want Donald Trump to win,” he said. “I respect their campaign and what they need. If they need something, they’ll call me and ask.”

However, in the same interview, Haley criticized Trump’s words: “extremely masculineAt a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday, comedian’s racist jokes It’s about Puerto Rico, Latinos, and Black Americans. The comedian faced similar condemnation from other Republicans.

“This whole friendship and masculinity thing is so frustrating that it makes women uncomfortable,” Haley said.

“You have affiliate PACs that are doing ads calling Kamala the ‘C-word,’ or speakers at Madison Square Garden, you know, referencing Kamala and her ‘pimps,'” Haley added. “This is not the way to win women. “This is not the way to win over people who are concerned about Trump’s style.”

Haley it was I’m talking about a video Elon Musk’s super PAC appeared on X and called Harris the “C-word,” then said she was a “communist.” The spot was deleted from America PAC’s account on Monday.

Speakers at the rally near Pittsburgh emphasized the importance the state’s races will have nationally.

“What happens here will determine the presidency,” McCormick said. “The majority in the Senate will decide.”

Some have made open calls for Democrats to pass McCormick and return.

Speaking before Haley and McCormick, Republican State Sen. Camera Bartolotta urged people at the rally to contact Democratic relatives and encourage them to vote for McCormick.

“Some of them won’t vote for Trump,” he said, adding that McCormick could still be sold to Democrats.

“We have to do this,” he said. “It’s a head-to-head race. It’s a photo finish. You can put Dave McCormick at the finish line.”