Nikki Haley Calls Nevada Race A 'Scam' Rigged For Trump

"They wanted us to pay $55,000 to just participate in their caucus," Haley said of the GOP's refusal to recognize the state's primary.

Coming off a brutal defeat in Nevada, GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Wednesday that the state’s dueling primary and caucus amounted to a “scam” and that she’s focused on bigger states.

Her remarks on Fox Business come a day after Haley, who was the only major candidate on the state’s essentially symbolic Republican primary ballot, lost to a “none of these candidates” option.

“We always knew Nevada was a scam,” the former South Carolina governor said. “Trump had it rigged from the very beginning. There are multiple press stories on that. Our focus is on South Carolina going into Michigan, going into Super Tuesday. Those are the places that we’re worried about. We’re not focused on Nevada. We never were.”

The rigging that Haley referred to is based on Nevada voters being called to both a primary and a caucus this year, much to their confusion. Former President Donald Trump is the only major candidate competing in the caucus Thursday.

Nevada has held only a caucus for decades, but a recent state law mandates a primary be held if more than one presidential candidate files for a party’s nomination. While Democrats fell in line with the new system, the Republican Party refused and said it would hold a caucus two days later.