Haley challenges Trump on her home turf in South Carolina as the Republican primary looms - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

78% : Trump claimed that he selected Haley to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations in 2017 and represent America on the world stage only because he was motivated to make McMaster -- her second-in-command -- the governor of South Carolina.
63% : ""I wanted him because I felt he deserved it," Trump addedTrump, who has long been the front-runner in the GOP presidential race, won three states in a row and is looking to use South Carolina's Feb. 24 primary to close out Haley's chances and turn his focus fully on an expected rematch with Biden in the general election.
60% : Tim Carter, from nearby Murrells Inlet, said he had backed Trump since 2016 and would do so again this year.
58% : But I didn't put here there because I wanted her there at the United Nations," he said.
52% : Cheryl Savage from Conway, who was waiting on the bleachers to hear from Trump, said the former president is "here to help us."
44% : "We're here to stand for Trump, get our economy better, shut our border down, more jobs for our people," said Carter, a pastor and military veteran who runs an addiction recovery ministry.
40% : He also repeated his praise for foreign strongmen, calling Russian President Vladimir Putin "very smart, very sharp," describing Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as "one of the toughest guys," and saying Chinese President Xi Jinping is smart because he "controls 1.4 billion people with an iron fist.
36% : Trump, in his remarks and a social media post on Saturday, criticized foreign aid generally and a plan in Congress to provide nearly $100 billion in aid for Ukraine and Israel.
28% : Haley skipped the Nevada caucuses, condemning the contest as rigged for Trump, and has instead focused on South Carolina, kicking off a two-week bus tour across the state where she served as governor from 2011 to 2017.
24% : In his rally speech, Trump insulted Haley by using his derisive nickname for her, "Birdbrain," and lavished praise on South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, who endorsed him early.
21% : "Trump also ramped up his attacks on the media, maligning the press at least half a dozen times, with the crowd registering their agreement with boos.
18% : Bob Pollard, a retired firefighter, said he cannot support Trump because "he's a maniac," adding that Trump's campaign, in which he speaks frequently of "retribution" and his personal grievances, has "turned into a personal vendetta.
15% : Speaking to about a couple hundred people gathered outside a historic opera house in Newberry, Haley on Saturday portrayed Trump as an erratic and self-absorbed figure not focused on the American people.

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