Former S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley, combative in a Wednesday rally in North Charleston following her 11-point Tuesday loss in the Republican primary in New Hampshire, said she would continue to fight for the GOP presidential nomination.
Former President Donald Trump was ahead by as much as 30 points in South Carolina earlier this month, according to Decision Desk HQ/ The Hill GOP primary polling averages. He also has nearly all of the state’s male Republican leadership behind him. Still, Haley insisted she would stay in the race through the state’s Feb. 24 primary and beyond.
“The political elites in this state and in this country have said that we just need to let Donald Trump have this,” Haley said. “We’ve only had two states that voted. We’ve got 48 more.”
Haley looked ahead of the primary elections to the general election in November, pointing out the race isn’t just between her and Trump, or her and Biden, noting most American voters don’t want a repeat of the 2020 presidential race.
“This is the choice between more of the same or moving forward,” she said in North Charleston. The former governor reminded South Carolina voters they “have been with me before” and urged them to support her in the Feb. 24 state primary.
- CP OPINION: Haley should stay the course and keep running.
“More than 40% of Republican voters in New Hampshire — and about the same percentage in Iowa’s caucuses the week before — picked a presidential candidate other than Trump to be the GOP nominee. That shows real and palpable weakness for the former president, not strength.”
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