good evening I'm Gotti Schwarz in for Jose and tonight we have breaking news in South Carolina where NBC News can project former president Donald Trump will win the state's Republican primary he's projected to beat Nikki Haley his only opponent in left in this race and Trump is continuing his unbeaten 2024 streak as he prepares for a potential rematch with President Biden blasting him in a speech earlier today but Trump still needs to win the Republican nomination and the only person standing be
tween him Biden is Nikki Haley and despite tonight's major setback to her campaign and a stinging loss in her home state she's still vowing to stay in the race but at this point it's unclear what her path forward could look like our Garrett H is on the campaign Trail tonight and he starts us off from South Carolina you're fired Biden get the hell out of here a confident Donald Trump campaigning at a conservative conference outside Washington tonight hundreds of miles from South Carolina where he
is is now projected to win his fourth straight primary Victory big election going on today you probably have read a little bit about it the former president largely looking past his last Republican opponent Nikki Haley instead painting a dark picture of a Biden presidency he hopes to end in November Joe Biden he's the crookedest most incompetent president in the history of our country thanks so much good to see you all well on the ground in South Carolina Haley the state's former Governor casti
ng a ballot for herself and arguing Mr Trump would be destined to lose a 2020 rematch with President Biden in the fall how many more times do Republicans have to lose before they realize that maybe he's the one that's the problemet overnight the former president creating new controversy with these remarks at a black conservative Gala in Colombia the mug shot we've all seen the mugshot and you know who embraced it more than anybody else the black population it's it's incredible it's disgusting bu
t that's what happens when he goes off the teleprompter that's the chaos that comes with Donald Trump that's the offensiveness that's going to happen every day between now and the general election but at polling places across the Palmetto State Republicans stood by Mr Trump you look at everything he said he was going to do and he did it and he's for the American people not for foreigners I think he's the best man thank you so much while Haley's support here cuts across party lines but even the b
acking of lifelong Democrat like Kelly Poindexter not enough why was this important to come out and do it this way today it's important to me to keep Trump out of office again and Garrett H joins us from Columbia South Carolina at a trump election night party Hey Garrett Gotti this is now a victory party here for Donald Trump and expect to hear him claim victory not just in South Carolina but in this Republican primary he and his campaign are eager to Pivot all of their attention to Joe B Biden
and this Fall's general election Gotti Darren Han thank you and for more let's bring in NBC's Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker and Kristen at this point does Haley still have a path forward well Gotti Nikki Haley's path to the nomination is uphill at best regardless of what happens in South Carolina she's looking to Michigan which votes on Tuesday now that state has an Open Primary meaning voters of any party affiliation can vote for the candidate of their choosing that could help Haley w
ho pose well with Democrats and Independence Haley is also eyeing super Tuesday states that have opened primaries including Virginia Minnesota and Massachusetts but catching Trump will be nearly impossible given his already huge delegate lead meanwhile Democrats are watching this all closely I interviewed California's governor Gavin Newsome earlier today and asked him if Democrats want Haley to get out of the race so the general election can officially begin I don't know why Democrats would want
her out of the race she's one of our better surrogates I mean she's defining the opposition of trump incredibly effectively I mean she's making points I'm applauding every single day about his temperament his capacity uh his you know unraveling in real time now not surprisingly Trump supporters have been calling on Haley to get out of the race her timing will likely depend on whether donors continue to stand by her but bottom line you can't sugarco it a loss in Haley's home state would be a maj
or setback for her Gotti thanks for watching stay updated about breaking news and top stories on the NBC News app or follow us on social media
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