Former President Donald Trump has officially won the New Hampshire primary, beating out former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who was in a close second.
During an event held after his victory was called, Trump continued to put pressure on Haley, who remains the only challenger to Trump and has vowed to continue her campaign.
“I have to tell you it was very interesting because I said, ‘Wow, what a great victory,’ but then somebody ran up to the stage all dressed up nicely when it was at 7, but now I just walked up, and it was at 14,” Trump said, in response to Haley giving a speech after it was called for him. “Let’s not have somebody take a victory when she had a very bad night. She had a very bad night.”
He later added that he wasn’t going to let Haley, his former United Nations ambassador, get away with holding a speech after she lost.
“But I felt I should do this. Because I find in life, you can’t let people get away with bulls–t,” Trump said. “You can’t. And when I watched her in the fancy dress… I said what’s she doing? We won. And she did the same thing last week. “
Trump then turned his sights on those who supported Haley, including New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R).
“This guy, he’s got to be on something. I’ve never seen anybody with energy. He’s like hopscotch,” Trump said.
The remarks about Sununu, who is popular among his constituents, drew a very loud boo from the crowd of Trump supporters.
Trump then turned to one of his latest rivals-turned-supporters, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), who, at one point, served South Carolina with Haley.
“Did you ever think [about how] she actually appointed you, Tim?… and you’re the senator of her state,” Trump said. “You must really hate her.”
“I just love you,” Scott said emphatically on stage with Trump.
While Haley vowed to her supporters that she would continue to battle Trump for the nominee, the former president told Fox News that he thought she should drop out.
“She should because, otherwise, we have to keep wasting money instead of spending on Biden,” Trump said. “If she doesn’t drop out, we have to waste money instead of spending it on Biden, which is our focus.”
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Still, Haley made it clear that this wasn’t the end.
“New Hampshire is first in the nation. It is not the last in the nation,” Haley told supporters. “This race is far from over.”
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