Haley's Out: Can Trump Win Her Supporters?
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🗓️ 6 March 2024
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Haley did manage to sway some Republican voters away from Trump. She also managed to recruit independents and Democrats, too. As she ended her campaign on a stage in South Carolina, Haley did not endorse Trump. She said he would have to earn their votes.
Nikki Haley appealed to Republicans who did not want another four years of Trump. Now that she's out of the race, where will her voters go?
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| 0:00.0 | At one point in this campaign there were 14 of us running. I was at 2% in the polls. |
| 0:10.0 | But tonight I did what I Iowa always does so well. |
| 0:15.0 | That's former South Carolina Governor Nicky Haley on a frigid January night in Iowa after the Republican |
| 0:21.8 | Caucasus. Haley didn't win Iowa. night in Iowa after the Republican caucuses. |
| 0:23.0 | Haley didn't win Iowa. |
| 0:25.0 | She didn't even come close to former President Donald Trump, |
| 0:28.0 | but she called it a win. |
| 0:29.0 | I can safely say, |
| 0:32.0 | tonight Iowa made this Republican primary a two-person race. |
| 0:38.0 | Haley had planted her flag and insisted she wasn't going to give up her ground or her |
| 0:44.4 | voters to Trump. The question before Americans is now very clear. Do you want more |
| 0:51.3 | of the same? |
| 0:53.0 | Or do you want a new generation of conservative leadership? |
| 1:01.0 | Haley pitched herself as an alternative to what she called Trump's chaos. |
| 1:05.9 | She argued that a majority of Americans didn't want a Biden Trump rematch and that Republicans |
| 1:10.8 | deserved someone besides Trump. |
| 1:12.4 | I don't believe Donald Trump can be. and that Republicans deserved someone besides Trump. |
| 1:12.6 | I don't believe Donald Trump can beat Joe Biden. |
| 1:16.6 | Nearly every day Trump drives people away. |
| 1:24.3 | She didn't win in New Hampshire or South Carolina. |
| 1:27.4 | I'm going to count it. |
| 1:29.4 | I know 40% is not 50%. But I also know 40% is not some tiny group. |
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