Nikki Haley

Trump’s next 'significant hurdle' is a 'decisive showdown at the Supreme Court'

Donald Trump moved another step closer to the 2024 GOP presidential nomination on Tuesday when he defeated former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley by roughly 11 percent in the New Hampshire primary. However, Haley has vowed to stay in the race and compete with Trump in the South Carolina primary.

In a report Wednesday, Politico's Erica Orden stressed that although Trump appears to be "on an easy path to the nomination," he is still facing a "significant hurdle" and a "potentially decisive showdown at the Supreme Court."

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Watch: GOP lawmaker rants about Hunter Biden when asked about Trump's election losses

Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) broke down into a conspiracy-laden rant about Hunter Biden when confronted on CNN about why he is putting so much trust in former President Donald Trump when he appears to be costing his party elections.

This comes after Trump pulled off a victory in the New Hampshire primary against his final major remaining challenger, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. The latter has vowed to stay in the race, but political analysts are increasingly convinced Trump has the nomination wrapped up.

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'Bad night for Trump' as New Hampshire revealed 'cracks in the armor': MSNBC's McCaskill

Donald Trump may have won New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation Republican primary, but MSNBC's Claire McCaskill said his tighter-than-expected margin of victory over Nikki Haley revealed some "cracks in the armor."

The former president easily defeated Haley, who vowed to remain the race after doing a bit better than expected, and the "Morning Joe" contributor said Trump appears weaker in numerous ways.

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Watch: CNN's Kasie Hunt cringes after watching footage of Trump's New Hampshire speech

CNN's Kasie Hunt on Wednesday visibly cringed after watching footage of former President Donald Trump's victory speech in New Hampshire.

The clip in question revolved around Trump telling Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) that he "must really hate" fellow South Carolina Republican Nikki Haley to not endorse her presidential bid despite the fact that Haley was the governor who appointed Scott as senator in 2013.

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'Drop the crap': Conservative hammers GOP voters for being 'a decadent and perverse cult'

Matt Lewis, a conservative columnist for The Daily Beast, is not happy with Republican primary voters for once again making Donald Trump the party's presumptive presidential nominee.

In his latest piece, Lewis argued that Trump's twin triumphs in Iowa and New Hampshire show that his 2016 primary victory in a divided field was no fluke and that Trump is whom the GOP base actually wants as its champion.

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Nikki Haley dodges and deflects when asked if Kamala Harris is ‘more dangerous’ than Trump

Nikki Haley refuses to say if she believes Vice President Kamala Harris, a former U.S. Senator, Attorney General, and District Attorney, is "more dangerous" than Donald Trump.

After being reminded that Donald Trump has been found liable for sexual abuse, has been charged with obstruction over his refusal to return highly-classified government documents, and is claiming he has total immunity from prosecution, Nikki Haley was asked if she thinks "that conduct makes him unfit to be president?"

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Five takeaways from the New Hampshire primary

Former US president Donald Trump steamrolled to victory in New Hampshire, brushing aside challenger Nikki Haley

and virtually cementing his grip on the Republican nomination as he chases another term in the White House.

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John Cornyn endorses Donald Trump for president

Jan. 23, 2024

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Trump 'freaking out' and 'untethered from reality' after New Hampshire win: Morning Joe

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough applauded Nikki Haley for staying in the Republican presidential primary race in the face of Donald Trump's "meltdown."

Trump easily defeated Haley in New Hampshire, although not by quite as big of a margin as polling suggested, and he lashed out at his remaining GOP challenger after she declared she would face off against him in her home state of South Carolina and possibly beyond.

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'Bright red warning signs are flashing for Trump' despite NH win: Politico

Although former President Donald Trump easily bested rival Nikki Haley in the New Hampshire primary, Politico reports that the results nonetheless showed that "bright red warning signs are flashing" for him in a general election.

In particular, the publication notes that polls of New Hampshire Haley voters are showing that "voters he’ll need in November are either, at best, not voting for him, or at worst vowing to never vote for him" later this year.

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'Not in control of what he says': Historian says Trump 'may turn out to be unelectable'

Former President Donald Trump is crushing the GOP competition despite well established baggage that includes two impeachments, four indictments, and a jury that found him liable for sexual abuse.

But presidential historian Michael Beschloss, appearing on MSNBC following the former president's Tuesday victory in the Granite State, questioned whether the electorate so far has been choosing wisely.

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'Save your advice': Trump slams his former spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany after primary win

Donald Trump won his primary in New Hampshire on Tuesday, but he's still firing off insults as if he lost the early contest.

The former president hit his GOP rival Nikki Haley with a series of insults via his social media site, Truth Social, before engaging in what some might call friendly fire.

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Trump is selling himself as an outsider despite swampy record: MSNBC host Chris Hayes

It's "do-or-die" for Nikki Haley in South Carolina — but for MSNBC's Chris Hayes the GOP nomination race is Trump's to lose either by a legal loss or a hit to his health.

In an op-ed titled "How a key failing in Republican politics turned Trump into the de-facto nominee," Hayes says he believes South Carolina, despite being Haley's home state where she served as governor, will prove to be a "very uphill battle" for her.

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