First, news leaked that Gov. Nikki Haley will endorse rival Marco Rubio, a development that Bush said left him “disappointed”. Haley will appear alongside Rubio at an evening campaign event in Chapin, his campaign confirmed.
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Haley joins Sen. Tim Scott and Rep. Trey Gowdy as the highest profile South Carolina Republicans to back the freshman senator in the crowded six-man race for the GOP nomination for president.
Bush, the former Florida governor, has deep family ties to SC – his father and brother each won two Republican primaries here – and a poor showing Saturday could leave him without a compelling rationale to keep his campaign going.
“In many parts of society today, whether in popular culture, academia, the media or politics, there’s a tendency to falsely equate noise with results”, she said.
Jeb Bush speaks during the CNN Republican Presidential Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California on September 16, 2015. Some of the advice was conflicting.
New national front-runner Ted Cruz touted his pro-life record and shrugged off Donald Trump’s insinuations about his eligibility for presidential office.
A third, David Villinger, of Summerville, said Mr Bush should focus less on his record as Florida’s governor and more on his presidential vision.
The NBC poll also shows both Cruz and Rubio easily trouncing Trump if it were a two-man race. Still, about 35% of GOP voters say they would enthusiastically support Trump, down slightly from 40% in January. Trump’s attorney sent Cruz a letter on Tuesday saying the ad was “replete with outright lies, false, defamatory and destructive statements” and Cruz could be held liable for damages if it’s not taken down.
The U.S. Supreme Court rocketed into campaign headlines last Saturday after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
Rubio has also been endorsed by Republican politicians in SC such as Sen. The survey shows that 81 percent of Republicans want the Senate not to confirm a nominee to fill the vacancy from President Barack Obama.
Cruz responded strongly in a heated press conference Wednesday, saying, “I have to say to Mr. Trump, you have been threatening frivolous lawsuits for your entire adult life. Even in the annals of frivolous lawsuits, this takes the cake”, the Texas senator warned.
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“He is a liar and these ads and statements made by Cruz are clearly desperate moves by a guy who is tanking in the polls – watching his campaign go up in flames finally explains Cruz’s logo”, Trump said, in a reference to the flame included in Cruz’s campaign logo.
