{"id":10037,"date":"2024-01-22T14:02:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T14:02:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"Haley-hopes-to-stop-Trump\u2019s-march-to-nomination-in-New-Hampshire-\u2018America-does-not-do-coronations\u2019-53784788\/","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nne-concord-monitor-2.newspackstaging.com\/?p=10037","title":{"rendered":"Haley hopes to stop Trump\u2019s march to nomination in NH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley addresses a gathering, while N.H. Gov. Chris Sununu, left, and her children Rena Haley, from right, and Nalin Haley, look on at a V.F.W. hall during a campaign stop, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, in Franklin, N.H. (AP Photo\/Charles Krupa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Former President Donald Trump leaves his apartment building in New York, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley addresses a gathering at a V.F.W. hall during a campaign stop, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, in Franklin, N.H. (AP Photo\/Charles Krupa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Reporters wait for Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, outside the VFW, ahead of a campaign stop in Franklin, N.H., Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo\/Charles Krupa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Former President Donald Trump leaves his apartment building in New York, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Former President Donald Trump leaves his apartment building in New York, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>

MANCHESTER, N.H. \u2014 As the last major challenger in Donald Trump \u2018s way to the Republican nomination, Nikki Haley is hoping New Hampshire voters feel so strongly about keeping the former president away from the White House that they turn out to support her in large numbers.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmerica does not do coronations,\u201d Haley said at a VFW hall in Franklin, joined by her daughter and son-in-law. \u201cLet\u2019s show all of the media class and the political class that we\u2019ve got a different plan in mind, and let\u2019s show the country what we can do.\u201d <\/p>\n

It\u2019s an uphill battle for the former U.N. ambassador and South Carolina governor. Most conservatives want to give Trump another chance at beating President Joe Biden despite Trump\u2019s 2020 election loss and the 91 felony charges he faces in four separate indictments. <\/p>\n

With voting about to begin in New Hampshire, almost every top Republican has lined up behind Trump. Polls in New Hampshire suggest he leads Haley in a state uniquely suited to her strengths, though his lead is narrower than the 30-point blowout he scored in the Iowa caucuses.<\/p>\n

Trump planned to hold his last rally before the election Monday night. He started the day in New York for his defamation trial after an earlier jury determined he had sexually abused a columnist in the 1990s, but the session was canceled due to a juror\u2019s illness. <\/p>\n

Trump was being joined on stage Monday night by three of his former opponents who have now endorsed him: South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum. The show of force is part of a broader effort by Trump\u2019s team to lock up the primary and demonstrate the party is rallying around him.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Newsmax taped Sunday, Trump was asked if he would call for Haley to drop out. <\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I would never call for it, but perhaps she should,\u201d he said. He called New Hampshire \u201ca special place for me,\u201d noting his win in the 2016 primary. \u201cI love this state.\u201d <\/p>\n

On paper, Trump had seemed more vulnerable in New Hampshire than in any other early voting state on the primary calendar. Though voters here supported him by a wide margin in 2016, the state has long been known for its moderate tradition, including allowing unaffiliated voters to participate in GOP primaries. And Haley had been on the rise, prompting Trump\u2019s campaign and its allies to spend millions trying to blunt her momentum.<\/p>\n

Thalia Flores, a former Democrat who manages retail stores, changed her voter registration to undeclared last fall and plans to vote in New Hampshire\u2019s Republican presidential primary against Trump. She says she would support Haley over President Joe Biden if given the chance, even though she has never before voted for a Republican presidential candidate.<\/p>\n

But she said she was worried the primary was \u201ca long shot\u201d with not enough support for Haley among traditional conservatives to beat Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do the Republicans want?\u201d Flores asked at a packed Haley rally over the weekend. \u201cAre they diehard Trump or do they want the White House?\u201d<\/p>\n

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspending his bid turned the state into the one-on-one contest between Trump and Haley that she and a long line of anti-Trump Republicans had said they wanted. <\/p>\n

But some evidence suggests Trump could be better positioned to capitalize on DeSantis\u2019 exit than Haley. According to AP VoteCast, DeSantis supporters in Iowa overwhelmingly described themselves as conservative and Trump outperformed Haley 53% to 13% among that group.<\/p>\n

DeSantis immediately endorsed Trump upon dropping out, saying it was clear to him Republican voters preferred the former president. <\/p>\n

Never before has a presidential candidate won primary contests in both Iowa and New Hampshire and failed to secure the party\u2019s presidential nomination.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf she doesn\u2019t win here, there\u2019s no path for her whatsoever going forward,\u201d said James Blair, national field director for the Trump campaign. \u201cRepublicans control the nominating process. They are with Donald Trump, growing every day. We see consolidation all over the place since Iowa.\u201d<\/p>\n

To help get out the vote, Trump\u2019s team says it has amassed a team of 2,000 active volunteers, including 250 town captains throughout the state.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s campaign was confident about New Hampshire long before DeSantis\u2019 exit. Officials point to public polls showing Trump with a big lead over Haley.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it\u2019s a double-digit win, then, I mean, that is a New Hampshire blowout of epic proportions, especially given all of the time and money she spent here,\u201d Blair said. <\/p>\n

Haley\u2019s campaign has been lowering expectations for New Hampshire after insisting for weeks that an outright victory against Trump was possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeating Donald Trump is not easy. He is a juggernaut,\u201d Haley campaign manager Betsy Ankney said at a weekend event hosted by Bloomberg. \u201cBut how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. We have to continue to show incremental growth and progress. We are the last man \u2014 woman \u2014 standing against him.\u201d <\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s confidence comes even as influential Republicans in the state like New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu warn of dire political consequences. <\/p>\n

\u201cRepublicans are tired of losing. We\u2019re tired of losers. We\u2019re tired of Donald Trump,\u201d Sununu told roughly 500 Haley supporters gathered in the state\u2019s largest city over the weekend.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Haley spoke on New Hampshire Today with host Chris Ryan and compared Trump to Biden, bringing up how Trump has confused her with former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, mistakenly said he ran against former President Barack Obama, and warned about Biden leading the country into World War II, which was fought between 1939 and 1945.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you have two 80-year-olds running for president, you are going to see decline,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s natural. It\u2019s what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, the tens of thousands of voters who have packed into Trump\u2019s New Hampshire rallies in recent days don\u2019t seem to be worried and he makes little effort to lower expectations.<\/p>\n

Eric Holmstrom, a 43-year-old Republican from Goffstown who supports Trump, said he sees the former president\u2019s back-and-forth travel from the courtroom to campaign events as a sign of why he\u2019s the best person to be the party\u2019s nominee.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, this guy\u2019s stamina is unmatched. And that\u2019s \u2014 we need strength,\u201d Holmstrom said. \u201cWe need unity. We need strength. And we need stamina. And right now, the unity isn\u2019t there but it\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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