Despite backing Marco Rubio for the Republican nomination, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley says she would support Donald Trump if he emerges as her party's nominee.

“We've said that we would support the nominee if they get the nomination,” Haley said, according to a report Thursday from the NBC afiliate in Greenville, South Carolina.

Haley has previously voiced opposition to Trump's candidacy, remarking ahead of her endorsement of Rubio tha