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Gov. Nikki Haley introduces Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., center, as Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. listens at Clemson University during a campaign stop, Friday, Feb. 19. | AP Photo Haley: I'll support Trump if it comes to that

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 that the Manhattan developer represents "everything a governor doesn't want in a president."

But matched against either Democratic candidate, Haley said she does not like Trump's chances.

"If it comes down to Trump — we don't know if he could win a general, and that's a big concern,” she said. She added thatthe race will become clearer after Super Tuesday.

Trump's victory in Nevada, she said, "wasn't [in] a test state."

"It's a small state with a caucus. It doesn't count,” Haley told the station, adding that she still plans to campaign for Rubio in the coming days ahead.

Haley devoted her State of the Union response in January to condemning "the siren call of the angriest voices," clarifying later that she was referring to Trump and others with her comments. Following her endorsement of Rubio, Trump tore into Haley as "weak on immigration" before South Carolina audiences, before romping to a decisive victory in the state last Saturday.