Delusional Nikki Haley Declares it is Now a ‘Two Individual Race’ – After Coming in THIRD (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit

Neoconservative presidential candidate Nikki Haley declared it’s now a “two-person race” in Iowa after she took third place within the caucuses behind Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

DeSantis was declared to be the second-place finisher by the Related Press at 10:20 p.m.

Regardless of the loss, Haley channeled her interior Hillary Clinton and nonetheless declared that the race is between herself and former President Donald Trump — who gained the evening by a landslide.

“When you look at how we’re doing in New Hampshire, in South Carolina, and beyond, I can safely say tonight Iowa made this Republican primary a two-person race,” Haley claimed.

Nikki Haley: “Tonight, Iowa made this Republican primary a two person race!”pic.twitter.com/vybpPtemW3

— TheBlaze (@theblaze) January 16, 2024

Clearly, the remark was extensively mocked on social media.

Conservative publicist Jillian Anderson responded, “someone tell her she came in 3rd.”

somebody inform her she got here in third

— Jillian Anderson (@Jillie_Alexis) January 16, 2024

“Nikki Haley pulled off a Hillary Clinton-like gaffe: She assumed a second-place finish, and her speechwriters didn’t update her message based on the results,” Rev. Ben Johnson tweeted.

Nikki Haley pulled off a Hillary Clinton-like gaffe: She assumed a second-place end, and her speechwriters didn’t replace her message primarily based on the outcomes.

— Rev. Ben Johnson (@TheRightsWriter) January 16, 2024

“Does she realize she came in third yet? Has someone called her up to let her know?” conservative author Ian Miles-Cheong wrote.

“I can safely say, tonight Iowa made this Republican primary a two-person race.” — Nikki Haley, who got here in third place. Does she understand she got here in third but? Has somebody known as her as much as let her know? pic.twitter.com/HxkWaNzai8

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) January 16, 2024

Nikki Haley:

Iowa made this a two-person race!

Additionally Nikki Haley:

Finishes third place in Iowa. #IowaCaucus pic.twitter.com/krDiRVUMMp

— A B O U • A M A R A (@AbouAmara) January 16, 2024

Trump had blasted “globalist RINO” Nikki Haley hours earlier than the beginning of the Iowa caucuses.

In a put up on Reality Social on Monday, Trump wrote, “Haley can never win in the General Election because she doesn’t have MAGA, and never will!”
“Ron DeSanctimonious, at least, is MAGA-Lite,” Trump continued. “Remember, I think MAGA is almost ALL of the Republican Party.”

Trump continued, “The days of the RINOS and non-AMERICA FIRST candidates are OVER!”

“Nikki is a Globalist RINO, backed by American’s for Chinese Growth, the Charles Koch con job,” Trump wrote. “It’s not going to happen for her, or DeSanctimonious! Vivek Votes are wasted, should come to ‘TRUMP.’ MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”

A lot of Haley’s help seems to be from Democrats.

A poll carried out forward of the Iowa caucuses by NBC Information, the Des Moines Register, and Iowa pollster Selzer & Co. discovered that Haley supporters in Iowa are twice as more likely to vote for Joe Biden as they’re Donald Trump, ought to she not win the Republican nomination.

The pollsters requested probably Iowa caucus-goers, “If Donald Trump is the Republican nominee in the general election in November, would you vote for him, vote for Joe Biden, vote for independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., or vote for some other third-party candidate?”

Throughout the board, simply 11 % of Republican caucus-goes stated they might flip and vote for Biden if Trump is the nominee. Trying solely at Haley supporters, that quantity jumped to a whopping 43 %.

Simply 23 % of Haley’s supporters stated they might vote for Trump over Biden.

In distinction, 64 % of DeSantis supporters stated that they might vote for Trump if he was the nominee.

NBC News reviews, “These new findings from the latest NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll of Iowa further illustrate the degree to which Haley is bringing in support from independents, Democrats and Republicans who have been uneasy with Trump’s takeover of the GOP. Fully half of her Iowa caucus supporters are independents or crossover Democrats, according to the survey results. Overall, Haley took 20% for second place in the survey, compared to 48% for Trump.”

“The poll also shows three-quarters of caucusgoers believing Trump can defeat Biden despite the former president’s legal challenges. But again, a majority of Haley’s supporters think it will be nearly impossible for Trump to win,” the report added.

In 2019, Haley was elected to Boeing’s board of administrators months after leaving her put up within the Trump administration. On the time, she had a internet price lower than $1 million.

“Post her tenure, reports surfaced that Haley boosted her fortune eight-fold — to $8 million — after leaving the Trump administration,” the New York Post reported on the time.

Quickly after, the previous UN ambassador bought a $2.4 million waterfront property on Kiawah Island, South Carolina.

Sen. Paul’s posts continued, “While most others were decrying the mistakes of the past 20 years, and fighting for an America First foreign policy, Nikki Haley was aligning herself with and declaring her foreign policy allies to be John McCain and Lindsey Graham.”