Nikki Haley mentioned that she doesn’t have to “hop a state” when reacting to the information that her presidential opponent, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, was headed to her residence state earlier than the New Hampshire primaries.
“We’ll do that one by one. We performed onerous in Iowa. We’re taking part in onerous in New Hampshire. We’ll play onerous in South Carolina. We’ll carry on going. We do not have to hop a state,” Haley mentioned in an interview with Fox Information Digital. “We’ll play all of them, and we will be sure that we struggle to earn each single vote.”
We’ll carry on going. We do not have to hop a state.
The 2-term South Carolina governor who later served as ambassador to the United Nations within the Trump administration mentioned that whereas she welcomes DeSantis to her residence state of South Carolina, she thinks it is “a mistake.”
“I feel it is a mistake to disregard New Hampshire that means,” Haley mentioned. “However I welcome him to South Carolina if he desires.”
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Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (left) and former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (proper). (Related Press)
Haley’s pointed remarks towards the Florida Governor come after DeSantis’ marketing campaign introduced that he would head to Greenville, South Carolina, the place he’ll maintain one rally on Tuesday morning.
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DeSantis later informed Fox Information that he would head later within the day to New Hampshire, which holds the primary major and second total contest within the GOP nominating calendar on Jan. 23, eight days after the Iowa caucuses.
Marketing campaign indicators for Republican presidential candidates, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis line the highway in entrance of Drake College, the place CNN is internet hosting a presidential debate on January 10, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
Sometimes, Republican candidates transition to campaigning in New Hampshire following Monday’s Iowa caucuses.
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South Carolina – one other essential early voting state – holds the primary southern major within the Republican schedule on Feb. 24.
Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks throughout a marketing campaign occasion on the Thunder Bay Grille on January 13, 2024, in Davenport, Iowa. (Win McNamee/Getty Pictures)
Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a marketing campaign occasion at The Grass Wagon on January 13, 2024 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Pictures)
On Saturday night time, the ultimate Des Moines Register/Mediacom/NBC Information ballot of possible Republican caucusgoers was launched.
Trump stands at 48% assist within the ballot, with Haley at 20% and DeSantis at 16%.
Multimillionaire biotech entrepreneur and first-time candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who has relentlessly campaigned throughout the Hawkeye State the previous couple of months, stands at 8% assist within the ballot.
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The survey, performed by longtime pollster Ann Selzer, has a well-earned custom of accuracy in previous GOP presidential caucuses, and is taken into account by many because the gold normal in Iowa polling.
