Trump Touts More South Carolina Backing as Frontrunner Looks Ahead Beyond New Hampshire

RealClearPolitics’ latest polling average has President Trump above 50 percent and Ms. Haley below 22 percent in the state she once led.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster speaks during a rally for Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald J. Trump in Manchester, N.H., on Jan. 20, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

MANCHESTER, N.H—Former President Donald J. Trump brought up to New Hampshire a large group of South Carolina politicians led by Gov. Henry McMaster, who spoke on behalf of the former president against, among others, their state’s former governor, Nikki Haley.

“I love your motto,” said South Carolina House Speaker Murrell Smith, referring to New Hampshire’s “Live Free or Die” motto.