Former President Donald Trump easily defeated former Governor Nikki Haley during the South Carolina primary on Saturday; the race was called almost immediately after polls closed.
“This is really something. This was a little sooner than we anticipated and an even bigger win than we anticipated,” Trump said. “And I was just informed that we got double the number of votes that has ever been received in the great state of South Carolina.”
Trump spent some time addressing the crisis at the border.
“We don’t know where they come from, they come from jails and they come from prisons — they come from all sorts of places,” Trump said. “We’re not going to stand for it — you have terrorists coming in.”
Trump vowed to “straighten things out.”
“The border is the worst it’s ever been,” he said. “We’re going to fix it — fix it very quickly.”
He added: “Our country is going to be respected again. Respected like never before.”
The former POTUS also blasted President Joe Biden, predicting an easy win in November.
“We’re going to be up here on November 5th, and we’re going to look at Joe Biden and he’s destroying our country and we’re going to say, Joe, get out, Joe, you’re fired,” Trump said. “Joe, you’re destroying our country.”
He added: “And we’re going to I just wish we could do it quicker. Nine months is a long time. I just wish we could do it quicker.
Trump said he has “never seen the Republican Party so unified as it is right now– it’s never been like that.”
Nikki Haley says people want to see her “continue this fight.”
“People want to see us continue this fight,” Haley told reporters Saturday after voting at her local polling site on tony Kiawah Island.
“And I think it’s a good thing when democracy reigns.”
Watch Trump’s speech below:
JUST IN: Donald Trump delivers his victory speech after winning the primary in the home state of Nikki Haley, South Carolina.
Victorious! 🇺🇸
During his speech, he expressed his determination to win the upcoming presidential elections in November by stating that it is time to… pic.twitter.com/BoGI34x2Z6
— 🇺🇸 Larry 🇺🇸 (@LarryDJonesJr) February 25, 2024
