COLUMBIA, S.C. — Hours before votes were counted in the South Carolina primary, Donald Trump supporters lashed out at 2024 rival Nikki Haley, saying they don’t think he has a future in the Republican Party. Stated.
The newspaper spoke to Trump supporters waiting to participate in the election night watch party at the state Capitol. Voters accused Haley, who has a 28-point lead over Trump in her home state, of “flipping out” by backtracking on comments she had made about running for the former president. He said there is no room for him to join the MAGA movement.
Supporter Karen Colby, who wore a white Trump hat emblazoned with a flamboyant elephant, said Haley could play a role in the party as she campaigns against the former president. said it was “zero.”
“She was crying on TV the other day. I think she needs some kind of guided therapy,” said Colby, who became emotional as Haley talked about her husband, Michael, who is on deployment. He hinted at that.
“No, zip, no, done. She was hinting that he was an old man. She was done,” Haley said of the possibility of her taking office in the Trump administration.
President Trump has already said he will exclude Haley from being his running mate due to her intense personal attacks.
The former South Carolina governor has focused on Trump being old and “confused” at 77 years old, while the former president has criticized her husband for his absence from campaign events.
“She’s managed to build bridges for every conservative I can imagine about their political futures,” said Dan Harvell of the South Carolina Executive Committee.
Vietnam veterans James Yates and Steve Davis, who attended the meeting with Trump, said they wanted to see Haley “go away.”
“I’d like to see her go away and put on flip-flops, because she’s made South Carolinians wear flip-flops so many times. She has to put them on and walk in the opposite direction. ,” said Yates, wearing a Trump sombrero.
Davis predicted that Haley would “write a book” but that “her time in politics is over.”
Fellow Trump supporter Mike Boatman went so far as to say that Haley is not a Republican.
“I think she’s a Democrat. Why would she want to run against President Trump? No one can beat Trump,” Boatman said. “I don’t think she can win the presidential election.” [election.] I think she hurt herself for 2028. ”
“This MAGA movement is unlike anything we’ve seen before, and we are die-hard and loyal supporters of President Trump.”
Wayne Stewart agreed that Haley “flipped too far” and left because she had the audacity to not support Trump when she said she wouldn’t run against him.
“She’s changed her position on that. And in fact, she seems to be in the Democratic Party’s pocket on many fronts. She leans too far to the left,” Stewart said, adding that Trump supporters He added that he viewed her as “untrustworthy” and “not representing the people well.”
Haley has vowed to remain in the primary race at least until Super Tuesday on March 5, insisting that she is the only candidate who can defeat President Biden.
