Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is expressing confidence voters from Nikki Haley’s home state of South Carolina are going to give her a drubbing in the primary this weekend — predicting it will stick a fork in her dreams of pulling off a come-from-behind victory in the GOP presidential race.
In a memo released hours before Ms. Haley planned to deliver a “State of the Race” speech in Greenville, South Carolina, Trump senior advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles said it is fitting that Ms. Haley will be “rejected by those who know her the best.”
The memo did not exactly extend an olive branch to the former South Carolina governor, who trails badly in the polls.
“Of course, like any wailing loser hell-bent on an alternative reality and refusing to come to grips with her imminent political mortality, we should expect more references to Kings and Coronations — even though the results of 5 elections overwhelmingly sent an unmistaken message: Nikki Haley doesn’t represent Republicans any more than Joe Biden does,” Mr. LaCivita and Ms. Wiles said.
“But they both have a simple mission: attack Donald Trump and use any means necessary. RINO Nikki and her team have decided that it’s okay to solicit and accept money from national leftists — and — attempt to hijack GOP contests across the country by courting Democrats,” they said. “That’s a stain that doesn’t go away.”
Mr. Trump has cruised to victory in the four opening nomination contests.
The results have underscored his broad appeal across the base of the party and raised serious doubts about Ms. Haley’s path to victory.
Mr. LaCivita and Ms. Wiles said things are only going to get worse for Ms. Haley in the coming contests in the race for delegates to clinch the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
“This is the diagnosis she refuses to accept: The end is near,” they said.
• Seth McLaughlin can be reached at smclaughlin@washingtontimes.com.
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