Nikki Haley says Chris Christie's hot mic moment was 'not a surprise'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : 'And that's why you see this has become a two-person race with me and Donald Trump,' she continued.
47% : Trump said.
41% : Trump continues to be the far and away frontrunner in the race.
40% : But in New Hampshire, his voters - a majority of whom rank Haley as their second choice - could help the former U.N. ambassador become evenly matched with Trump, who she trails, on average, by 14.3 points.
40% : Trump also pointed out Christie's hot mic moment 'I agree with Christie that Nikki Haley is "going to get smoked,"' the Florida governor posted to X. Haley called Christie a 'friend' in a statement following his campaign suspension.
35% : Trump reacted on Truth Social to Christie dropping out with glee.
26% : MacDonald is heard commenting to Christie that Haley is 20 points behind Trump in New Hampshire, then asking the governor if he believed Trump would win Iowa.
21% : Sununu has long said that once candidates know there's no path to the nomination they should bail on the race so one of them can go head-to-head against Trump, who is ahead nationally by around 50 points.
19% : In 2016, Christie pulled out of the presidential race and backed Trump, a decision he now says he regrets.

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