Presidential Hopeful Nikki Haley Needdle Trump, He Threatens Her Donors
{This is the way at TRump's empty facade. Make fun of what he says and does and actually, it will be a good comedy show on the sanitarium of Crazies, But the point is the needle will go through his defenses and he will act back. You know you hot home when he says something terrible about you. Haley should have been already on top of TRump on numbers but she took it easy on him afraid to hit, But when she did her numbers went up and Trump said she is a born American Citizen...Remember Pres. Obama? and Obama won because he hit him every time he was given the opportunity.}Adam Gonzalez
Haley prepares for a daunting battle in South Carolina.
Former Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina is digging in for her battle against former President Donald J. Trump in her home state primary next month.
Ms. Haley landed in South Carolina on Wednesday and again turned up the heat against Mr. Trump, mocking him for his seething reaction to her decision to continue her campaign despite decisive losses to the former president in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Mr. Trump in turn is projecting an air of inevitability in the race. While Ms. Haley joked to her supporters at a rally in North Charleston that Mr. Trump had thrown a “temper tantrum” in what was ostensibly his victory speech in New Hampshire, the Trump campaign blasted out an email with the names of more than 150 current and former elected officials in South Carolina who have endorsed him.
He went even further after Ms. Haley ended her speech, vowing in a post on Truth Social that anybody who contributes to her campaign “from this moment forth, will be permanently barred from the MAGA camp.” He then flew to New York for a defamation lawsuit against him by E. Jean Carroll.
Before South Carolina, Ms. Haley and Mr. Trump will first participate in smaller contests in Nevada and the Virgin Islands, a U.S. territory. Nevada will host a Republican caucus on Feb. 8, but Ms. Haley is not competing in that contest, instead participating in a Republican primary in the state two days earlier that awards no delegates. The U.S. Virgin Islands will also hold caucuses on Feb. 8.
There are two ways to look at Ms. Haley’s underdog campaign. In her own telling, Ms. Haley is showing momentum in the contests so far, performing better and better over time. She entered the racepolling at 2 percent, facing 13 other candidates, and is now the last candidate standing against Mr. Trump.
But the polls and the actions of her peers in the Republican Party tell a much different story. Ms. Haley, who is supposed to have a home-state advantage in South Carolina, is polling at about 25 percent in the state. Mr. Trump has more than double that support, above 50 percent. None of the G.O.P. candidates who dropped out have endorsed Ms. Haley; almost all have endorsed Mr. Trump. Other Republicans are not only endorsing Mr. Trump in droves, but they are also starting to act as if he’s already the presumptive nominee.
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The chairman of Arizona’s Republican Party resigned abruptly after the publication of a recorded conversation between himself and Kari Lake, a former nominee for governor, in which he appeared to offer a bribe to persuade Ms. Lake to drop her 2024 Senate campaign.
The United Automobile Workers union endorsed President Biden, delivering an influential boost to his re-election campaign. Mr. Biden had appeared on a picket line for striking workers with the union last fall.
Kate Cox — the Texas woman who garnered national attention when a court refused to let her to end a nonviable pregnancy that threatened her health — will be a guest of the first lady, Jill Biden, at the State of the Union address. The invitation suggests the Bidens understand how motivating Ms. Cox’s story could be among Democrats and independents who support abortion rights.
Maya King and Michael Gold contributed reporting.
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