This weekend is the SC Repub primary
It could be Nikki's last stand as polling indicates Trump has a HUGE lead.
But those polls could be misleading
Most polling data is being complied using voters who previously voted in SC Repub primaries . But SC is an open primary state ; residents can vote in either the Democratic or the Republican contest (but not both).
The Dems had their yawner primary with Clueless Joe running unopposed.
Only 131,000 voters showed up ;about a quarter of the total from 2020
Former SC Repub Chairman Katon Dawson is a Nikki supporter . He says the low turnout of the Dems give Nikki a hidden advantage. He thinks that there could be 400,000 or more voters who show up at the Repub polling places who are either Dems playing the old game made famous by Rush Limbaugh called "Operation Chaos"......................
Limbaugh seeks to sow chaos in Democrats' race (sfgate.com)
.................and many center-right voters who haven’t voted in a Republican primary in years who are motivated by Nikki's campaign.
By the way she is raking in donations.He may be right .Trump has threatened to black list her donors . That doesn't seem to work.
Trump in turn is selling gold sneakers and threatening to raid the RNC piggy bank.
Trump hawks $399 branded shoes at ‘Sneaker Con' | AP News
Trump endorses new RNC chair and Lara Trump as co-chair - POLITICO
Nikki Haley is worried that Trump will use RNC as a piggy bank for his court fees (yahoo.com)
He is also going lowball asking where is Nikki's husband Michael when he knows her husband is a reservist who is deployed . He does not mention the fact that Melania is AWOL from his campaign . He does not mention that Ivanka and Jared have opted out of this campaign.
He has also brushed off the old 'birther ' charge against her. He still calls her bird brain It is getting real nasty .
Nikki is not backing down Nikki has taken to comparing Trump's and Clueless Joe's mental decline
. But her's is a long shot. What Trump should consider is that he is going to need her supporters in the general election to show up .
Amongst themselves Repubs have many differences . In the end they need to come to a consensus on a way to beat the Dems
Focus where they have common ground ......
Gender Men competing as women is wrong
Border end the massive invasion
Radicalism on campus and radical agenda being pushed on the children from the schools without parental consent
The progressive agenda and incompetence of the current administration.
As for me ; I will go into the booth and vote for a young energetic former Governor /state house Rep ;who has foreign policy experience and is accomplished in public and private sectors (CFO ;on the Boeing Board of Directors )
She is far from perfect (supports Ukraine war ;contradictory stands on abortion etc)
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