Former President Donald Trump said on Super Tuesday that former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley had “gone crazy.”
Trump blasted his only Republican primary opponent in an interview with Mark Levin on Tuesday posted as polls began to close and results rolled in states like Vermont and Virginia.
“At the beginning, she was very nice, very respectful,” the former president said. “And then she’s gone crazy.”
“She’s become really angry,” he continued. “And I think it’s that she’s just getting nowhere.”
He took hits at her losses in Iowa, New Hampshire, and her home state of South Carolina.
“We set a record everywhere we’ve been,” the former president said. “She’s gone haywire. She hasn’t lost too many elections, I guess, and she’s getting nowhere. In fact, she’s going down. Her numbers are going down.”
“So, we’ll see if she straightens out,” Trump added.
Trump maintains a strong lead with 326 delegates after winning the primary in Minnesota, Texas, Colorado, Maine, Oklahoma, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Massachusetts, and Arkansas as of 9:45 p.m. Eastern.
Trump’s words about Haley could prove detrimental to the former president, as exit polls showed a notable number of GOP voters in several key states will not pledge to support Trump if he becomes the party nominee.
In North Carolina, 35% of GOP primary voters said they won’t guarantee their vote for Trump, along with 36% in Virginia and 33% in California. The total is significantly higher among Haley primary voters: 78% in North Carolina, 69% in California, and 68% in Virginia won’t pledge to support the party’s nominee, whoever it is.
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The former president addressed his supporters late Tuesday at his estate in Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, to celebrate his primary victories. He is hoping to secure the Republican nomination for president as early as next week.
The closest state Haley is coming in at against Trump is Vermont, where Haley was leading the former president by less than 1,000 votes with 65% of the vote called according to the Associated Press as of 10:09 p.m.
