New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) went all in for Nikki Haley within the countdown to Tuesday’s Republican primaries in his state.
“We’re tired of losing!” he shouted at a marketing campaign occasion on Monday in Salem, New Hampshire, for Haley, former President Donald Trump’s final main rival within the race. “We lost in ’18 and ‘20. We were gonna get that big red wave in ’22.”
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“Hey Donald Trump, where the F is the red wave?” he added, referring to the anticipated huge Republican midterm victory that by no means materialized.
Sununu has lengthy been essential of Trump and endorsed Haley in December.
Though he’s campaigned closely for the previous South Carolina governor, he stated earlier this month he would again Trump ought to he nab the GOP nomination — even when he had been convicted of a criminal offense.
Days later, Trump lashed out nonetheless, calling Sununu “very unpopular” and “politically dead.”
Sununu’s amped up criticism of Trump within the ultimate hours earlier than the first included a number of different jabs.
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He prompt that if Trump finally ends up because the nominee, President Joe Biden would in all probability win, in keeping with Semafor’s David Weigel. (That’s a reversal of what he stated earlier this month when he pledged to assist Trump if he grew to become the GOP nominee).
On CNN, Sununu additionally accused Trump of getting “no energy.”
“The guy can barely read a teleprompter right now. All the wind is behind … Nikki’s sails,” he informed CNN’s Jake Tapper.
In a ultimate New Hampshire ballot launched on the eve of the first, Trump nonetheless held a commanding lead over Haley. The Washington Post and Monmouth University survey put Trump at 52% assist to Haley’s 34%.
Trump has been criminally indicted 4 instances on a complete of 91 felony counts.