OAN's Brooke Mallory
2pm – Thursday, January 25, 2024
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday slammed his primary Republican rival, Nikki Haley, and threatened to “permanently ban” everyone who contributed to her campaign from the MAGA camp.
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“When I ran for office and won, I noticed that the losing candidates' donors immediately came to me and wanted to help. This is the norm in politics, but it no longer applies to me,” President Trump wrote on his own Truth Social platform.
“Anyone who has 'contributed' to Birdbrain will be banned from the MAGA camp forever from this moment on. We don't want them, we won't accept them, and we don't want them anymore because we put America first.” I'm going to do that too!'' Trump added, calling Haley the nickname “Birdbrain.”
The former president is now working to garner support from all sides of the Republican Party, as evidenced by Haley's direct warning to campaign donors.
Trump won more than 50% of the vote in New Hampshire's primary on Tuesday. President Trump also slammed Haley in his victory speech on Tuesday, pressuring her to halt his campaign and concede his defeat.
“I have to say, it was very funny. I said, 'Wow, that's a win,' and at 7 o'clock someone came running up to the stage, all dressed up. But now I just walk up and say 14 It was time,'' Trump said, mocking Haley's positive comments to supporters after the race was declared in his favor.
“Let's not give someone a win when she had a very bad night. She had a very bad night,” President Trump added.
He also said he could not let the former UN ambassador “get away with bullshit.”
In recent weeks, several politicians who had previously criticized President Trump as unfit to be president have backtracked and started supporting him.
Recently, Sens. Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Marco Rubio (R-Florida) have endorsed Trump. In addition, many of his former major Republican rivals, including Sen. Tim Scott (RS.C.), Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum. It also received the support of
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