Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley vowed to remain within the Republican presidential race Tuesday evening after polls closed in New Hampshire and the first-in-the-nation main was referred to as for President Trump inside minutes. Trump received the Iowa caucus final week, with Haley putting third. Iowa second place finisher Florida Governor Ron DeSantis dropped out of the race on Sunday and endorsed Trump, leaving the race between Trump and Haley.
Chatting with a supporters in Harmony, Haley congratulated Trump on his victory, however then stated, “This race is far from over. There are dozens of states left to go and the next one is my sweet state of South Carolina!”
Nikki Haley takes the stage in Harmony: “They’re falling all over themselves, saying this race is over…New Hampshire is first in the nation, it is not the last.”
“This race is far from over. There’s dozens of states left to go and the next one is my sweet state of SC.” pic.twitter.com/ZaDiVM3QAq
— Dylan Wells (@dylanewells) January 24, 2024
Haley has a robust fundraising schedule with 15 fundraisers set for the following month. The subsequent GOP main is in South Carolina on February 24. (The Nevada caucus is February 8.)
Haley stated, “Well, I’m a fighter, and I’m scrappy. And now we’re the last one standing next to Donald Trump.”
Haley stated her being within the race just isn’t private towards Trump, however that it was “time to put the negativity and chaos behind us.”
After criticizing Biden and Congress, Haley turned her fireplace on Trump, blaming him for Republicans dropping elections in 2018, 2020 and 2022, claiming Democrats wish to run towards Trump.
Haley stated of Trump, “With Donald Trump you have one bout of chaos after another: this court case, that controversy, this tweet, that senior moment. You can’t fix Joe Biden’s chaos with Republican chaos.”
Haley introduced up Trump just lately saying “Nikki Haley” as an alternative of “Nancy Pelosi” when speaking about January 6, and talked about her name for politicians over 75 to take a competency take a look at. Haley referred to as on Trump to debate her to show his psychological competency.
Haley stated she is trying ahead to campaigning in South Carolina. The most recent poll there (by a Trump pollster) exhibits Trump crushing Haley in her house state 68 p.c to twenty-eight p.c. Trump has the endorsement of nearly each main Republican workplace holder in South Carolina together with Governor Henry McMaster, Senator Tim Scott (whom Haley appointed to the Senate in 2012), Senator Lindsey Graham and firebrand Rep. Nancy Mace.
Haley posted a clip from her speech attacking Trump, “Donald Trump’s only strategy is to lie about me and my record. That’s not going to work in South Carolina. The people of South Carolina know that I cut their taxes, passed one of the toughest immigration bills in the country, and moved thousands from welfare to work. #LetsGo”
Donald Trump’s solely technique is to lie about me and my document. That’s not going to work in South Carolina.
The folks of South Carolina know that I minimize their taxes, handed one of many hardest immigration payments within the nation, and moved hundreds from welfare to work. #LetsGo pic.twitter.com/OqhguleBd0
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) January 24, 2024
Video of Haley’s speech by way of WMUR-TV:
