Trump and Haley make last minute pitch to SC voters

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – It’s a Republican showdown in South Carolina as Donald Trump and Nikki Haley prepare to face off in the state’s presidential primary.

Both candidates are making a last-minute push to win over voters ahead of Saturday’s election.

Trump and Haley are using these final hours ahead of the primary to make their election pitches to South Carolina voters and to ramp up attacks on each other.

“This is the time South Carolina can really step up and show the direction that we want our country to go in,” Haley said.

Haley is trailing Trump by a wide margin in the polls and Trump is already declaring victory.

“Nikki Haley is losing to me. It looks like she’s going to lose by 25 or 30 points. That’s a lot,” Trump said.

Haley argues it’s too soon to count her out of the race.

“We don’t anoint kings in America. We have elections. South Carolinians deserve the right to vote,” she said.

She’s trying to convince Republicans that she’s the best candidate to beat President Joe Biden in November.

“Donald Trump can’t win a general election,” Haley said.

Trump accuses Haley of hurting the Republican party by staying in the race and says this is a time for Republicans to unite around him so they can defeat Democrats in the general election.

She’s not doing well, and we can’t let it happen. We have to stick together,” said Trump.

If she loses to Trump, Haley says she’s staying in this race.

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