As Trump easily beats Haley in New Hampshire, she vows to stay in the race

Nikki Haley dominated the first vote in New Hampshire, but it was all downhill from there.

The town of Dixville Notch had a strange ritual of voting after midnight, and all six votes went to Haley, outnumbering journalists 10 to 1.

Many on CNN and MSNBC support Haley and are aware of exit poll numbers that look favorable, with 63% describing themselves as very or somewhat conservative, with Trump-leaning It was clear that he was ignoring the statistics. “Nikki Haley's camp should be happy with what they're seeing so far,” MSNBC's Rachel Maddow said.

Well, not really. When the last round of voting ended at 8 p.m. ET, the cable news network said the race was “too early to call.” At that point, Trump had a 52-46% lead.

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Within 13 minutes, NBC and FOX News predicted Donald Trump as the winner. Five minutes later, CNN also called the Trump primary.

The only problem was the margins.

Almost immediately, Haley came out smiling and turning around, as if running for victory. “It was a great night. God is so good. Thank you, New Hampshire!”

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She seemed disconnected from reality until she dedicated a line congratulating President Trump on his victory.

The former governor then declared that he had received “nearly half of the votes.” However, a two-person race is not enough.

Haley then begins attacking the man who named her ambassador to the United Nations, a montage of lines she used earlier. Clearly exasperated, she said Republicans had been defeated one election after another under her Trump administration. She said, “It's time to forget about the negativity and confusion.” She said she had a “senior moment” after Trump pointed to Nancy Pelosi and explained how Trump blamed her for the Jan. 6 incident. Ta. And her favorite overused line: “Trump's nomination means Biden wins and Kamala Harris becomes president.”

Republican presidential candidate and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley waves to the audience while speaking at a New Hampshire primary night rally on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

By the time Haley finished speaking, Trump's lead was up to 10%. After 30 minutes, it rose to 12%.

Former Obama official David Axelrod expressed doubts on CNN that Haley would want to contest her home state of South Carolina, where Trump has a large lead in the polls.

Even Maddow admitted, “You can't win in South Carolina.”

When Trump came out, he mocked Haley's speech.

“She's giving speeches like she won. She didn't win, she lost… She was pretending she won in Iowa… She had a really bad night… She's still hanging around. Masu.”

Then came the irresistible accusation that “we won in 2020 too.”

President Trump then noted that Biden was leading in most public opinion polls for the general election, saying, “It is impossible for anyone to beat Biden.''

Then he pivoted to border chaos.

It was clear she was reaching the point where she would drop out at any moment when Haley's day began with an interview on “Fox & Friends,” and the former South Carolina governor spoke to what she calls “elite media.” strongly opposed. ”

“No, if we lose today, we can't leave… 56,000 people have voted for Donald Trump so far,” Haley said in Iowa.

“I don't care how much you want to align with Donald Trump. At the end of the day, that's not what Americans want. Americans want a choice.”

Brian Kilmeade chimed in: “I really wonder why you think we're the enemy.”

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“I look at the media and I see the media saying, 'Oh, this is Donald Trump's thing,' and I see the political class coming together and saying, 'We all need to get out.' please look.” “

Could Haley have made it even closer in what was supposed to be her best state, with independents and Democrats who changed their registration months ago also able to vote in the Republican primary?

Ron DeSantis, who also faced a barrage of toast questions, left on Sunday and was found to have hurt Haley by supporting Trump. Polls show his voters voted for the former president by a 2-to-1 margin.

Ms. Haley's miscalculations included canceling two debates with Ms. DeSantis that would have been a strong appeal to voters, and not attacking Mr. Trump harshly until the final days. She also kept her light schedule and didn't take town hall questions for days, basically sticking to her stump speeches, which didn't make much news.

Her campaign quickly released a memo saying she is “not going anywhere” and explaining why several states are “fertile ground for Nikki.”

It was widely reported that during President Trump's final speech, when he called Haley “unelectable,” he made several gaffes (although why did critics comment on himself in the third person? (I don't know if I'm obsessed with mentioning it briefly).

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, former ambassador to the United Nations, and New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu visit the Winnacunnet High School polling place to greet voters on January 23, 2024 in Hampton, New Hampshire. Voters are heading to the polls for the state's primary election. (Joe Radle/Getty Images)

“We have become a drug-infested, crime-infested country that cannot solve even the most serious, small, and simplest problems. There is nothing we can do about it.

“We are a research institute for a powerful death penalty system! We will introduce this!”

Joe Biden's campaign pounced on this as part of a concerted effort to portray the 77-year-old front-runner as clearly faltering, a move that clearly even many Democrats are not willing to make. It was to counter the charge of seeing the president as too old for the moment. semester.

Many media outlets, especially some on MSNBC, have also pushed the theory that Trump is confused, especially after confusing Haley with Nancy Pelosi.

The liberal New Republic headline reads, “Donald Trump is losing it. Will the media cover it?”

But even before the results are in, the media is focused on whether Trump can win the general election, indicating that they consider him the candidate, and in the veepstakes. The topic is the same.

Politico says, “No matter what happens in New Hampshire on Tuesday night, Donald Trump has a problem. A wide swath of Republican voters and a sizable number of independents believe that if he becomes the nominee, he will He seems determined not to vote.” ” Political veterans warn that this will “make it much harder to win back the people he alienated, including those who were once willing to vote Republican.”

President Trump's second chief of staff, John Kelly, said of his former boss, “I candidly say that a selfless warrior who served his country for 40 years in peacetime and wartime should die for treason.'' People who expect others to take action People who admire dictators and murderous dictators People who have nothing but contempt for democratic institutions, the Constitution, and the rule of law

“There's nothing more I can say,” the retired general concluded. “God, please help us.”

But if he feels so strongly, why wait until the day of the New Hampshire primary to say so?

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Look for more. Indeed, in the lead-up to the races in Iowa and New Hampshire, President Trump has generated a flood of negative press coverage, including President Trump's return since January 6th, four cases of jiu-jitsu There was a mixture of grudging praise for the reversal of the charges and the sharp rise in opinion polls. Some may have detected a sense that the media wants Trump to win the nomination. Trump was always the best news and was seen as the only candidate that President Biden could beat.

Now that he has overtaken the incumbent in most opinion polls, the media has already turned completely against him.