Donald Trump never misses an opportunity to repeat his false claim that he won the 2020 election, and today is no different.
“We won in 2016. And if you really remember, if you want to play it straight, we also won in 2020, by more,” he said, to cheers from the crowd. “And we did much better in 2020 than we did in 2016.”
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Lauren Gambino
Nikki Haley has a message for Donald Trump: see ya in South Carolina.
In a speech following this evenings primary that was part concession, part rallying cry, Haley said her campaign had done what it set out to do: force a one-on-one showdown with the former president.
Vowing to stay in the race, she declared: “New Hampshire is first in the nation. It is not the last in the nation. This race is far from over.”
“I’m a fighter and I’m scrappy and now we’re the last one standing next to Donald Trump,” she continued.
She was sharper in her remarks than she had been on the campaign trail.
“Most Americans do not want a rematch between Biden and Trump. The first party to retire its 80-year-old candidate is going to win this election,” she said. “I say it should be the Republicans!”
She also sounded confident that she could pull off the longed-for upset she sought in New Hampshire in her “sweet state” of South Carolina, which holds its primary on 24 February.
“Every time I’ve run for office in South Carolina, I’ve beaten the political establishment,” she said. “They’re lined up against me again. That’s no...
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