Democrats responded to former President Trump's victory over former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the New Hampshire Republican primary by calling his supporters the “anti-freedom MAGA movement.”
Mr. Trump defeated Ms. Haley on Tuesday night in New Hampshire's Republican primary for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
The Fox News decision desk predicted Trump's victory just minutes after final voting closed in the Granite State.
Former president easily defeats Nikki Haley in New Hampshire Republican primary, giving Donald Trump the upper hand again
Democrats were reacting to former President Trump's victory over former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley in the New Hampshire Republican primary. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
meanwhile Some Republicans celebrated Following Trump's victory, Democrats shared heated opinions on social media aimed at Trump's victory.
Biden campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez released a statement about Trump's victory in New Hampshire, saying Tuesday night's results confirm that Donald Trump has all but sealed the Republican nomination. “This confirms that the election-denying, anti-freedom MAGA movement has completed its takeover of the Republican Party.” party. “
“Trump is presenting the American people with the same extreme agenda that has cost the Republican Party election after election,” Chavez-Rodriguez said. “We have promised to ban abortions across the United States by rewarding the wealthy with their support.”
“Joe Biden sees things differently. He's fighting to grow the economy for the middle class, strengthen democracy, and protect the rights of all Americans,” she continued. “As we work towards November 2024, one thing is becoming increasingly clear today: Donald Trump is heading straight into a head-to-head general election, and is far behind at the polls. To face the only person who ever beat me, Joe Biden.”
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California, who is running for the Senate, said Tuesday night brought another “primary night and another victory for Donald Trump.” Tweeted.
“We all know he will be the Republican nominee, and we all know how important the upcoming fight will be to stop him,” Schiff wrote.
“For our democracy, for our families, and for our future,” he added.
“While Donald Trump narrowly won tonight's Republican New Hampshire primary, President Biden won the Democratic primary as a write-in candidate,” Occupy Democrats tweeted.
Former New York State Sen. Anna Kaplan tweeted that Trump's “victory tonight makes clear the threat to our democracy is as real today as it was on January 6, 2021.” .
“We cannot let him win in November. We must come together and work to re-elect President Biden,” she wrote.
Mr Trump won New Hampshire's Republican primary on Tuesday night, narrowing the race to just two main candidates: himself and Haley.
The campaign was called quickly after Trump won the Granite State race for the former U.N. ambassador.
On the other side of the aisle, Biden won the Democratic primary in the Granite State after running a write-in campaign when he wasn't on the ballot.
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump points to a supporter at the end of a campaign rally at the Atkinson Country Club on January 16, 2024 in Atkinson, New Hampshire. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) said he will remain in the Democratic presidential primary despite losing to President Biden in the New Hampshire primary.
“I congratulate President Biden on his absolute victory tonight, but this is definitely not something a powerful sitting president should do,” he said.
Phillips said voters deserve a “choice” and said Republican candidate Nikki Haley remained in the race despite losing to former President Donald Trump in the Republican primary. He praised that.
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“This country has a choice, and there should be no coronation in this country. And I know that the majority of Americans in this country, center-right and center-left, are exhausted. “We know they want to see more Nikki Haley vs. Dean Phillips this November,” he said. “And we're going to try to achieve that.”
FOX News Digital has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.
Fox News Digital's Adam Shaw contributed reporting.
