Former President Trump on Tuesday secured a double-digit victory within the New Hampshire main with 54.55% of the vote in comparison with runner-up Nikki Haley’s 43.2%. Fox Information contributor Marc Thiessen defined Wednesday on “FOX & Buddies” that the margin is “jarring” and represents a warning signal for Trump forward of a doable rematch with President Biden.
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MARC THIESSEN: He is successfully the quasi-Republican incumbent. He by no means ceded the management of the Republican Social gathering. He is offended that anybody challenged him for the Republican nomination. He thinks he must be the nominee. The final time you had a problem like this to a Republican incumbent was in 1992, when Pat Buchanan challenged George H.W. Bush. He received 38% to Bush’s 52%. The New York Instances headline was ‘Bush jarred in first main. President Bush scored a lower than spectacular victory over Pat Buchanan.’ Haley did significantly better than Buchanan ever did. Why is that this not jarring? You simply confirmed the stats.Thirty-five % of Republicans within the state are usually not going to vote for Donald Trump. He is bleeding centrists. He wants these Haley voters, and proper now, quite a lot of the Republican Social gathering and independents are saying they are not going to vote for him. So it is a warning signal. …
She’s the one candidate who has proven in polls, in a number of polls, to have a double-digit lead over Biden. So her argument is: do you wish to go together with your coronary heart or do you wish to go together with your head? Do you wish to win this election? Are you prepared to threat 4 extra years of Joe Biden, which would be the first Kamala Harris presidency? And also you have a look at every part that is taking place on this planet, is {that a} threat you are prepared to take? And quite a lot of Republicans are saying, yeah, as a result of Trump is being underneath assault they usually wish to rally round it.
Former President Donald Trump turns to take a look at Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., as he speaks at a main election evening celebration in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Tuesday. (AP Photograph/Matt Rourke)
The New Hampshire main was a head-to-head face off between Trump and Haley after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his marketing campaign.
When polls closed Tuesday, Trump secured one other win in opposition to Haley after his decisive victory in Iowa. In contrast to ends in the Hawkeye State, the previous president did not land a knockout blow in New Hampshire’s Republican presidential main.
Trump scored 54.54% of the vote, whereas Haley racked up 43.17%, maintaining it inside 12%. New Hampshire’s 22 delegates had been divided up with 12 going to Trump and 9 going to Haley.
Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley waves to the viewers as she speaks at a main evening rally in Harmony, New Hampshire, on Tuesday. (AP Photograph/Charles Krupa)
Regardless of the loss, Haley has vowed to remain within the race.
“You’ve all heard the chatter among the many political class. They’re falling throughout themselves saying this race is over. Effectively, I’ve information for all of them: New Hampshire is first within the nation. It’s not final within the nation. This race is way from over,” Haley pressured, as she spoke to supporters after the New Hampshire race was shortly referred to as for Trump.
Candidates are actually shifting focus to Haley’s residence state of South Carolina, which can maintain the following main election on Feb. 24.
Fox Information’ Anders Hagstrom and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
