Former President Donald Trump lashed out at Fox News and hurled personal insults at his primary opponent, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, in a series of posts on his Truth Social platform late Tuesday, while President Joe Biden warned Trump’s New Hampshire primary win made it clear he would be the Republican nominee for the 2024 elections.
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After angrily laying into his opponent in his victory speech, Trump continued to target Haley with personal insults, calling her “Birdbrain” and claiming he was leading her in her home state of South Carolina by “30 to 50 points.”
The former president then turned his ire towards Fox News for saying “CNN & MSDNC” treated his “BIG, DOUBLE DIGIT” win over Haley “BETTER THAN FOX!”
Trump appeared to be particularly displeased with Fox host and his former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany—whom he called a “RINO” (Republican In Name Only)—for “telling me what I can do better.”
In later posts, Trump continued to knock the former South Carolina Gov. for losing in New Hampshire and even shared a screenshot of a Breitbart headline that alluded to Haley getting most of her support from non-Republican voters.
During Fox News’ coverage of the primary results, host Jessica Tarlov criticized Trump’s “uncontrollable narcissism and rage,” while analyst Brit Hume pointed out the former president’s apparent “weakness” with independents.
In a statement shared with reporters after the New Hampshire primary, President Joe Biden said the results make it clear that “Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee. And my message to the country is the stakes could not be higher.” Biden warned Trump’s impending nomination meant: “Our Democracy. Our personal freedoms - from the right to choose to the right to vote. Our economy which has seen the strongest recovery in the world since COVID. All are at stake.” He then urged independent voters and Republicans “who share our commitment to core values of our nation…to join us.”