The Nevada primary is weird. It has a caucus and a primary. The primary happened yesterday without former President Donald Trump on the ballot.

The state runs the primary. The Nevada GOP runs the caucus. The Nevada GOP decided those who ran in the state primary could not participate in the caucus.

Trump, not Haley, will appear on the caucus ballot that happens on Thursday.

Residents can vote in the primary and caucus.

Anyway, you could say that Trump beat Haley in the primary because voters chose the “none of these candidates” option.

Yes. Haley lost to no one in Nevada.

The campaign did not spend money in Nevada or paid attention to the state. Haley and her team insisted the Nevada GOP rigged for Trump.

“Even Donald Trump knows that when you play penny slots the house wins,” explained Haley’s spokeswoman Olivia Perez-Cubas. “We didn’t bother to play a game rigged for Trump. We’re full steam ahead in South Carolina and beyond.”

It sounds like Haley’s team was not wrong:

Washoe County Republican Party Chair Bruce Parks, who pushed for the GOP to hold caucuses, said that he told voters who called his office — and Trump supporters — to participate in the primary by voting for “none of these candidates” over Haley.

“They basically told us they don’t care about us,” Parks said in an interview after the race was called. “By marking ‘none of these candidates,’ we respond in kind — we don’t care about you either.”

Nevada GOP Chairman Michael McDonald, a Trump ally who faces state charges for serving as a so-called “fake elector” on the former president’s behalf, said he left it to each county GOP chairman to decide if they wanted to promote “none of these candidates.” He said Haley’s seeming disrespect of Nevada voters was “reciprocated” with the results.

Haley’s team attempted to brush off the defeat:

While her name was on the ballot, the former two-term South Carolina governor who later served as U.N. ambassador in the Trump administration ignored the Nevada primary.

Haley didn’t campaign in Nevada ahead of the primary and hasn’t been in the state since speaking in late October at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual leadership conference.

“In terms of Nevada, we have not spent a dime nor an ounce of energy on Nevada,” Haley campaign manager Betsy Ankney told reporters on Monday. “So Nevada is not and has never been our focus.”

As the vote count continued, the former president took to his Truth Social network to take aim at Haley.

“A bad night for Nikki Haley. Losing by almost 30 points in Nevada to “None of These Candidates.” Watch, she’ll soon claim Victory!” he argued.

Next up is Haley’s home state of South Carolina.

I figured Haley would not drop out before South Carolina, but girl. You’re about to be demolished in your home state.

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