Former Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said Tuesday that he has “no doubt” that former President Donald Trump will have a landslide victory over Nikki Haley in South Carolina in the Palmetto State.
Florida Governor DeSantis, who withdrew from the presidential race in January, responded to questions about the current state of his campaign following remarks on the floor of the South Carolina state Senate pushing for a larger agenda of imposing term limits in the Legislature.
“If there’s a road, you have the right to run” DeSantis Said The reporters explained, “We never said that certain people shouldn’t run, even if there are a lot of people.” [at] It’s 1%. ”
“But if there’s no path there, then I think: At what point is the purpose of this? And I think it’s really just how everyone sees it.” he began before dismissing Haley’s strategy to attract non-conservative voters in states with primary elections.
“What I didn’t understand about Nikki, and I still don’t understand, is that we have a Republican base of voters. If you look at the results in Iowa, that’s a great example. I think it will,” DeSantis said.
“Eighty-five percent of registered Republicans effectively voted for Trump or me… so that’s just a big conservative base, right? Trying to appeal to people who aren’t part of your primary base is… I couldn’t understand it,” the governor said, explaining that this strategy just doesn’t work.
“After the Iowa election, it was clear that she did not have support among Republicans, and I have never seen anyone win the Republican nomination by focusing on non-Republican voters. That doesn’t work,” he continued.
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“So after Iowa, I took four or five days to analyze all the data and consider the path forward. I didn’t make a rash decision, but I considered it. ,” DeSantis said of his decision to drop out of the race.
DeSantis also predicted the outcome of South Carolina, saying, “There’s no question that South Carolina will be a big win for Donald Trump, because he won’t do it, or will.” “Because it appeals to core Republicans in a way that doesn’t.” .
When DeSantis withdrew from the race, he made it clear that he supported Trump, not Haley.
I support him because we can’t go back to the old Republican guard that Nikki Haley represents, a repackaged version of overcooked corporatism. Gone are the days of putting Americans last, pandering to big business, and bowing to woke ideology.
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Haley has defended her decision to remain in the race, saying on Tuesday that she is not going anywhere, especially in South Carolina, where President Trump is leading Haley in poll after poll. I made it clear.
“South Carolina votes on Saturday, but on Sunday I’m still going to run for president,” she said in Greenville, emphasizing that she’s “not going anywhere” and calling herself a great writer in the Bible. Likened to David.
“Because the only way to blessing is to go through pain. The easiest way would be to drop out. I’ve never taken the easy way. I’m the underdog in every race. “I was always David fighting Goliath,” Haley declared.
“And like David, I’m not just fighting someone bigger than myself. I’m fighting for something bigger than myself,” she added.
