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EXETER, N.H. – Nikki Haley has a message for voters who have been supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis within the Republican presidential nomination race.
“What we are saying to DeSantis voters is it’s time for a brand new era. It’s time to cease the chaos. It’s time to cease the noise and get America again on observe,” Haley informed Fox Information Digital on Sunday forward of a rally within the historic city of Exeter on the New Hampshire Seacoast.
The previous South Carolina governor who later served as U.N. ambassador in former President Trump’s administration was interviewed a few hours after DeSantis suspended his marketing campaign and endorsed Trump, the clear frontrunner within the 2024 GOP race.
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Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks throughout a marketing campaign occasion at Exeter Excessive Faculty in Exeter, N.H., on Sunday. (AP Photograph/Matt Rourke)
“We all know that DeSantis supporters love America, and we all know that they need a brand new generational conservative chief,” Haley, 52, emphasised. “And so what we’re saying is we’re going to struggle for you. We’re going to earn your assist.”
Trump, talking at a rally in Rochester, New Hampshire, as soon as once more repeatedly blasted Haley. He charged – amongst different issues – that she “places America final” and “needs to intestine Medicare.”
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Haley pushed again towards what she argued are Trump’s lies about her document and agenda.
“It’s not what Donald Trump says. I’ve by no means mentioned I need to elevate the retirement age or reduce social safety. I’ve by no means raised a tax, no matter what he says. He mentioned a number of issues, like I don’t consider within the border. I handed the hardest unlawful immigration legislation within the nation as governor,” she touted.
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump addresses a marketing campaign rally on the Rochester Opera Home on Sunday in Rochester, New Hampshire. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photographs)
Trump, the commanding frontrunner within the GOP nomination race as he runs a 3rd straight time for the White Home, grabbed 51% of ballots forged in final week’s low-turnout Iowa Republican caucuses. DeSantis edged Haley out for a distant second place.
However DeSantis wasn’t a think about New Hampshire, the place impartial voters have lengthy performed an influential function within the state’s storied presidential main.
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Trump held 11-point and 19-point leads over Haley in two new polls launched on Sunday morning, with DeSantis a distant third within the single digits earlier than he dropped out of the race. His departure leaves Trump and Haley because the final main candidates battling for the nomination.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, dropped out of the race on Sunday and endorsed former President Trump. (Fox Information – Paul Steinhauser)
Haley has repeatedly declined to set expectations for her end in New Hampshire, reiterating to reporters on Sunday at a cease in Epping that “we’ll discover out what sturdy and stronger is on Election Day.”
Haley marketing campaign supervisor Betsy Ankney informed reporters on Saturday that they are shifting full velocity forward to South Carolina, which holds the following main contest within the GOP presidential nominating calendar, on Feb. 24.
Ankney mentioned Haley will maintain a big occasion in her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, on Wednesday, the identical day that the marketing campaign will launch a $4 million statewide advert blitz.
Requested by Fox Information if she’s shifting on to her house state no matter her end in New Hampshire, Haley shortly responded “completely.”
“I can’t wait to ensure that we go and have that homecoming. After which I’m going to struggle each day to earn their assist. South Carolinians are sensible. They’re powerful. They anticipate you to do your homework,” she emphasised. “However I’ve gained there twice. I do know what it takes to do this and we’ll do it once more.”
Nikki Haley walks to embrace Decide Judy Sheindlin throughout a marketing campaign occasion at Exeter Excessive Faculty in Exeter, N.H., on Sunday. (AP Photograph/Matt Rourke)
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Minutes after her Fox Information interview, Haley took the stage at Exeter Excessive Faculty after being launched by daytime TV host Judith Sheindlin, who’s finest identified to Individuals as Decide Judy.
“Please, New Hampshire. Use your brains and your coronary heart,” Sheindlin careworn. “Carry her house on Tuesday.”
After the 2 hugged as Haley got here on stage, the candidate mentioned “how cool is it to have Decide Judy endorse you? It truly is.”
Haley mentioned of Sheindlin, “she’s a trailblazer. She’s powerful. She speaks onerous truths. She doesn’t mince phrases.”
And reacting to the roar of the gang, Haley mentioned “Are you able to hear that sound? That’s the sound of a two-person race.”
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Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based mostly in New Hampshire.
