Skip to Main Content Politics “We went out there, and we did our thing and we stated what we needed to state, and after that Donald Trump went out there and simply tossed a tantrum,” Haley stated. Republican governmental prospect previous UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a New Hampshire main night rally, in Concord, N.H., Tuesday Jan. 23, 2024. AP Photo/Steven Senne By MEG KINNARD, Associated Press January 25, 2024|8:06 AM NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP)– Despite losing both Iowa and New Hampshire to Donald Trump, Nikki Haley is nonetheless attempting to frame those losses as a triumph and promising to avoid a “crowning” of Trump as the 2024 Republican candidate. The course through the next states to vote, nevertheless, might not be any simpler. “We were delighted,” Haley stated throughout a rally before numerous sign-waving fans on Wednesday night in North Charleston, South Carolina, casting her second-place New Hampshire surface as a win offered how little assistance her project had in its early days. “We went out there, and we did our thing and we stated what we needed to state, and after that Donald Trump went out there and simply tossed a tantrum,” Haley included, referencing Trump’s main night remarks in which the previous president consistently insulted her in a speech far angrier than his remarks after his Iowa triumph. Haley did carry out much better in Tuesday’s New Hampshire main than she had in the Iowa caucuses a week previously, where she ended up third, well behind Trump and just somewhat below Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has actually because shuttered his project. Haley had actually been banking on a stalwart revealing in New Hampshire, a state where her effort to appeal to independents and more moderate-leaning Republicans appeared to take root. Trump still won by double-digits on Tuesday night, leaving some to question whether she would keep going. Haley has actually verified that she will do simply that, speaking practically to Republican citizens in the U.S. Virgin Islands– which hold their caucuses Feb. 8– before flying from New Hampshire to South Carolina. The Wednesday night occasion served 2 functions for Haley. It was a welcome-home event for the South Carolina citizen and an opener for her project in the first-in-the-South GOP ballot state, which has traditionally been prominent in figuring out the celebration’s candidate. Because 1980, just one winner of South Carolina’s Republican balloting has actually lost the election. Because his 2016 main win there assisted cement Trump’s supremacy because year’s race, South Carolina has actually remained devoted to him. For the 2024 project, he boasts recommendations from all however among the state’s U.S. House Republicans, along with the guv, lieutenant guv and both U.S. senators. “Trump remains in a commanding position in South Carolina,” among those senators, Lindsey Graham, stated Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol, applauding Haley’s effort however anticipating her loss in their home state. “I believe for all useful functions, the main is over.” Outdoors Haley’s rally, numerous lots Trump fans waved flags and made their existence understood, albeit from a marked-off zone far from the ballroom entryway. Ahead of New Hampshire’s vote, the very PAC supporting Haley’s candidateship fasted to explain that President Joe Biden, the Democrat she wishes to deal with in the basic election, had not succeeded in the very first numerous contests of his 2020 quote, however eventually won the election. That contrast, nevertheless, does not take into consideration the reality that Black citizens moved Biden’s supreme triumph as soon as he reached the South, an element not anticipated to weigh greatly in the GOP primary. Throughout a call with press reporters on Wednesday, Mark Harris, primary strategist for that extremely PAC, SFA Inc., firmly insisted that Haley “has a course” to the GOP election, regardless of Trump’s 2 early wins. Casting South Carolina as the project’s next “battlefield” of the Trump-Haley direct match– Nevada’s GOP caucuses are Feb. 8, however Trump has actually currently declared triumph there because Haley isn’t getting involved– Harris kept in mind that its open main methods that any Democrats who decide not to take part in their celebration’s Feb. 3 contest can select to support Haley in the Feb. 24 vote. “We’re going to do whatever we can to motivate those conservative-leaning and Republican-leaning independents to enact the main,” Harris stated, keeping in mind that the very PAC would sign up with the project in running “countless dollars” in television advertisements in South Carolina over the next month, likewise sending mailers, knocking on doors and doing other outreach. Inquired about discussions with donors after the New Hampshire results, Harris stated that the group was positive that it would have the required resources. “Our donors have actually remained in this for the long run,” Harris stated. “Our method was to narrow the field by 2 by South Carolina.” He stated he was motivated by the interest he was seeing. “People are jazzed up, and I’m really positive we’ll have the resources we require to continue to battle.” As she covered Wednesday night’s rally, Haley stated she had actually raised $1 million considering that offering her post-primary speech in New Hampshire the night in the past, cash she stated had actually can be found in from all 50 states, and the large bulk of which was contributions of $200 or less. After Haley’s occasion, Trump published to his social networks platform a challenging remark to any of his challenger’s donors. “Anybody that makes a ‘Contribution’ to Birdbrain, from this minute forth, will be completely disallowed from the MAGA camp,” Trump composed, utilizing the label he has actually crafted for Haley and the abbreviation for his “Make America Great Again” motto. “We do not desire them, and will decline them, since we Put America First, and ALWAYS WILL!” As he waited on Haley, North Charleston resident Sammy Penniger stated he related to the underdog personality that the prospect frequently credits herself. “She stated last night, ‘I’m not going to quit,'” the 25-year-old stated, referencing Haley’s post-New Hampshire main remarks. “I sort of love that fighter mindset– that’s motivating for a young adult like me.” Rick Gentilo in Washington contributed. Bonus News Alerts Get breaking updates as they occur. The majority of Popular
In spite of 2 losses, Nikki Haley attempts to declare success so far in the Republican governmental race
