On Monday, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley (R-SC), the last candidate standing against 45th President Donald Trump, was asked an odd question that caught the attention of many online: "Will you marry me?" During Haley's campaign stop at the Artisan Hotel in Salem, a Trump voter asked the married woman the question.
In response, Haley, who is married to Maj. Michael Haley, asked the heckler if he was going to vote for her in the nation's first presidential primary on Tuesday to which the man said, "No, I'm voting for Trump." Following that response, the crowd booed the man, and Haley told him to leave the venue with a wave of the hand and a curt "Get out of here."
With the New Hampshire results being released on Tuesday night, the former South Carolina governor needs a miracle to even have a chance at staying in the race past the Granite State. New Hampshire, dominated by independent voters who can vote in the Republican primary if they so choose, will be the deciding factor for Haley to stay in the race. Many of Haley's high-dollar donors have warned her that they would pull their support from her campaign if she could not win in New Hampshire.
Despite the grim outlook, Haley campaign manager Betsy Ankney wrote in a memo to staff that they should "take a deep breath" because the campaign isn't going anywhere. "The political class and the media want to give Donald Trump a coronation. They say the race is over," the memo read, per The Hill. "That isn't how this works. And while members of Congress, the press, and many of the weak-kneed fellas who ran for president are giving up and giving in — we aren't going anywhere."
While Haley's campaign is attempting to stay positive, similar sentiments were shared by the DeSantis campaign before his withdrawal from the race on Sunday, with the governor's campaign assuring supporters that he would continue the race to at least South Carolina. Irrespective of Haley's performance on Tuesday evening, her chances of winning the nomination by competing in primary contests across the country against Trump does not look good, given her barely double-digit support in national polling. As reported by The New York Post, Haley did acknowledge this challenge in an interview with Fox News on Monday, where she said, "At some point, y'all are gonna to realize that I won this race and you're going to have to accept when I say I told you so. It is slow and steady wins the race."
According to Five Thirty Eight, Trump has the support of 53.9 percent of voters in the Granite State, while Haley only has 36.3 percent support. On the national stage, Trump dominates Haley with 67.7 percent support compared to her 12.4 percent. Given these numbers, Haley could drop out after the New Hampshire primary to avoid an embarrassing defeat in her home state of South Carolina, where Trump enjoys over 60 percent support.
WATCH:Checking in on Nikki Haley campaigning in New Hampshire…
— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) January 22, 2024
Somebody in the crowd yells: "Nikki! Will you marry me?"
Haley: "Are you gonna vote for me?"
"’No, I'm voting for Trump.”
Haley: “Get out of here.”
😂😂😂
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