Nikki Haley offered Donald Trump as a candidate who will ship solely extra defeats to Republicans as she tries to alter the dynamic of the marketing campaign earlier than subsequent week’s essential presidential major in South Carolina.
“Every part he touches, we lose,” Haley mentioned Thursday night time at a marketing campaign rally in Dallas, Texas.
Haley’s speech, which was interrupted a number of occasions by protesters, tried to meld the previous president’s political setbacks together with his authorized difficulties. Earlier Thursday, a prison trial the place Trump is the defendant was scheduled to start March 25 for a case revolving round alleged funds made to an grownup agency star.
“Donald Trump misplaced in 2018. He misplaced it for us in 2020. He misplaced it for us in 2022. However take a look at what occurred final week. Final week, he loses his case on immunity. He’s now going to be Citizen Trump,” Haley mentioned. She was referring to an appeals courtroom ruling that rejected Trump’s argument that the presidency protected him from prosecution in a federal case arising out of the revolt on the US Capitol.
Haley, Trump’s former United Nations ambassador, informed the viewers that the previous president has “already mentioned he’s going to spend a lot of the 12 months in a courtroom, not on the marketing campaign path. That’s not a approach you win.”
Earlier than the rally, Scott and Kaye Lawman, who’re from Arlington, Texas, described themselves as Reagan Republicans. “We’re prepared to show a brand new web page,” Scott Lawman mentioned.
And Tonja Cooper, a Dallas County resident who described herself as lifelong Democrat, mentioned “I like that she is persistent. Everyone knows she’s the underdog. She is exhibiting energy. The tide goes to show.”
Fundraising blitz
The rally in Dallas adopted a high-profile fundraiser for Haley, the place she raised cash from outstanding Texas enterprise executives. Actual property developer Harlan Crow, oil and fuel producer Ray Lee Hunt and billionaire Trevor Rees-Jones have been amongst dozens of co-hosts listed on the invitation.
Trump, buoyed by wins in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, is on the cusp of clinching the GOP presidential nomination, and up to date polls present him main Haley, his final main challenger, by over 30 proportion factors in South Carolina.
Haley has poured her assets into the state the place she was born and served as governor within the hope of a powerful exhibiting that can preserve the fundraising spigot open. However she has struggled to chip away at Trump’s lead.
Haley says she intends to remain within the race at the least till subsequent month, when greater than a dozen states — together with Texas — maintain primaries on March 5. Current polls present Trump with a greater than 60 proportion level lead within the Lone Star State and he has the endorsement of key state leaders together with Governor Greg Abbott, Legal professional Basic Ken Paxton, and US Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn.
“Every part he touches, we lose,” Haley mentioned Thursday night time at a marketing campaign rally in Dallas, Texas.
Haley’s speech, which was interrupted a number of occasions by protesters, tried to meld the previous president’s political setbacks together with his authorized difficulties. Earlier Thursday, a prison trial the place Trump is the defendant was scheduled to start March 25 for a case revolving round alleged funds made to an grownup agency star.
“Donald Trump misplaced in 2018. He misplaced it for us in 2020. He misplaced it for us in 2022. However take a look at what occurred final week. Final week, he loses his case on immunity. He’s now going to be Citizen Trump,” Haley mentioned. She was referring to an appeals courtroom ruling that rejected Trump’s argument that the presidency protected him from prosecution in a federal case arising out of the revolt on the US Capitol.
Haley, Trump’s former United Nations ambassador, informed the viewers that the previous president has “already mentioned he’s going to spend a lot of the 12 months in a courtroom, not on the marketing campaign path. That’s not a approach you win.”
Earlier than the rally, Scott and Kaye Lawman, who’re from Arlington, Texas, described themselves as Reagan Republicans. “We’re prepared to show a brand new web page,” Scott Lawman mentioned.
And Tonja Cooper, a Dallas County resident who described herself as lifelong Democrat, mentioned “I like that she is persistent. Everyone knows she’s the underdog. She is exhibiting energy. The tide goes to show.”
Fundraising blitz
The rally in Dallas adopted a high-profile fundraiser for Haley, the place she raised cash from outstanding Texas enterprise executives. Actual property developer Harlan Crow, oil and fuel producer Ray Lee Hunt and billionaire Trevor Rees-Jones have been amongst dozens of co-hosts listed on the invitation.
Trump, buoyed by wins in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, is on the cusp of clinching the GOP presidential nomination, and up to date polls present him main Haley, his final main challenger, by over 30 proportion factors in South Carolina.
Haley has poured her assets into the state the place she was born and served as governor within the hope of a powerful exhibiting that can preserve the fundraising spigot open. However she has struggled to chip away at Trump’s lead.
Haley says she intends to remain within the race at the least till subsequent month, when greater than a dozen states — together with Texas — maintain primaries on March 5. Current polls present Trump with a greater than 60 proportion level lead within the Lone Star State and he has the endorsement of key state leaders together with Governor Greg Abbott, Legal professional Basic Ken Paxton, and US Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn.
