As the last major challenger in 91裸聊视频榮 way to the Republican nomination, is hoping New Hampshire voters feel so strongly about keeping the former president away from the White House that they turn out to support her in large numbers.
91裸聊视频淎merica does not do coronations,91裸聊视频� Haley said at a VFW hall in Franklin, joined by her daughter and son-in-law. 91裸聊视频淟et91裸聊视频檚 show all of the media class and the political class that we91裸聊视频檝e got a different plan in mind, and let91裸聊视频檚 show the country what we can do.91裸聊视频�
It91裸聊视频檚 an uphill battle for the former U.N. ambassador and South Carolina governor. Most conservatives want to give Trump another chance at beating President Joe Biden and .
With voting about to begin in New Hampshire, . Polls in New Hampshire suggest he leads Haley in a state , though his lead is narrower than the 30-point blowout he scored in the Iowa caucuses.
Trump planned to hold his last rally before the election Monday night. He started the day in New York for his after an earlier jury determined he had sexually abused a columnist in the 1990s, but the session was canceled .
Trump was being joined on stage Monday night by three of his former opponents who have now endorsed him: South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum. The show of force is part of a broader effort by Trump91裸聊视频檚 team to lock up the primary and demonstrate the party is rallying around him.
In an interview with Newsmax taped Sunday, Trump was asked if he would call for Haley to drop out.
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On paper, Trump had seemed more vulnerable in New Hampshire than in any other early voting state on the primary calendar. Though voters here supported him by a wide margin in 2016, the state has long been known for its moderate tradition, including allowing unaffiliated voters to participate in GOP primaries. And Haley had been on the rise, prompting Trump91裸聊视频檚 campaign and its allies to spend millions trying to blunt her momentum.
Thalia Flores, a former Democrat who manages retail stores, changed her voter registration to undeclared last fall and plans to vote in New Hampshire91裸聊视频檚 Republican presidential primary against Trump. She says she would support Haley over President Joe Biden if given the chance, even though she has never before voted for a Republican presidential candidate.
But she said she was worried the primary was 91裸聊视频渁 long shot91裸聊视频� with not enough support for Haley among traditional conservatives to beat Trump.
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turned the state into the one-on-one contest between Trump and Haley that she and a long line of anti-Trump Republicans had said they wanted.
But some evidence suggests Trump could be better positioned to capitalize on DeSantis91裸聊视频� exit than Haley. According to AP VoteCast, DeSantis supporters in Iowa overwhelmingly described themselves as conservative and Trump outperformed Haley 53% to 13% among that group.
DeSantis immediately endorsed Trump upon dropping out, saying it was clear to him Republican voters preferred the former president.
Never before has a presidential candidate won primary contests in both Iowa and New Hampshire and failed to secure the party91裸聊视频檚 presidential nomination.
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To help get out the vote, Trump91裸聊视频檚 team says it has amassed a team of 2,000 active volunteers, including 250 town captains throughout the state.
Trump91裸聊视频檚 campaign was confident about New Hampshire long before DeSantis91裸聊视频� exit. Officials point to public polls showing Trump with a big lead over Haley.
91裸聊视频淚f it91裸聊视频檚 a double-digit win, then, I mean, that is a New Hampshire blowout of epic proportions, especially given all of the time and money she spent here,91裸聊视频� Blair said.
Haley91裸聊视频檚 campaign has been lowering expectations for New Hampshire after insisting for weeks that an outright victory against Trump was possible.
91裸聊视频淏eating Donald Trump is not easy. He is a juggernaut,91裸聊视频� Haley campaign manager Betsy Ankney said at a weekend event hosted by Bloomberg. 91裸聊视频淏ut how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. We have to continue to show incremental growth and progress. We are the last man 91裸聊视频� woman 91裸聊视频� standing against him.91裸聊视频�
Trump91裸聊视频檚 confidence comes even as influential Republicans in the state like New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu warn of dire political consequences.
91裸聊视频淩epublicans are tired of losing. We91裸聊视频檙e tired of losers. We91裸聊视频檙e tired of Donald Trump,91裸聊视频� Sununu told roughly 500 Haley supporters gathered in the state91裸聊视频檚 largest city over the weekend.
On Monday, Haley spoke on New Hampshire Today with host Chris Ryan and compared Trump to Biden, bringing up how Trump has confused her with former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, mistakenly said he ran against former President Barack Obama, and warned about Biden leading the country into World War II, which was fought between 1939 and 1945.
91裸聊视频淲hen you have two 80-year-olds running for president, you are going to see decline,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 natural. It91裸聊视频檚 what happens.91裸聊视频�
Still, the tens of thousands of voters who have packed into Trump91裸聊视频檚 New Hampshire rallies in recent days don91裸聊视频檛 seem to be worried and he makes little effort to lower expectations.
Eric Holmstrom, a 43-year-old Republican from Goffstown who supports Trump, said he sees the former president91裸聊视频檚 back-and-forth travel from the courtroom to campaign events as a sign of why he91裸聊视频檚 the best person to be the party91裸聊视频檚 nominee.
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