Trump enters South Carolina's Republican primary looking to embarrass Haley in her home state - The Boston Globe

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56% : She's done some good things," Davis Paul, 36, said as he waited for Trump at a recent rally in Conway.
54% : Trump went into Saturday's primary with a huge polling lead and the backing of the state's top Republicans, including Sen. Tim Scott, a former rival in the race.
50% : "Trump has swept into the state for a handful of large rallies in between fundraisers and events in other states, including Michigan, which holds its GOP primary Tuesday.
50% : And Haley's campaign can't name a state in which they feel she will be victorious over Trump.
42% : "Trump, who held a rally and addressed Black conservatives at a gala Friday, was in Maryland for an appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday before returning to South Carolina.
41% : "In some of those rallies, Trump has made comments that handed Haley more fodder for her stump speeches, such as his Feb. 10 questioning of why her husband -- currently on a South Carolina Army National Guard deployment to Africa -- hadn't been campaigning alongside her.
36% : "But I just don't think she's ready to tackle a candidate like Trump.
35% : Haley, who served as U.N. ambassador under Trump, has spent weeks crisscrossing the state that twice elected her governor warning that the dominant front-runner, who is 77 and faces four indictments, is too old and distracted to be president again.
31% : "After one of Haley's events, Terry Sullivan, a U.S. Navy veteran who lives in Hopkins, said he had planned to support Trump but changed his mind after hearing Haley's critique of his NATO comments.
31% : In 2016, Sen. Marco Rubio dropped out shortly after losing Florida in a blowout to Trump, after his campaign argued the political winds would shift in his favor once the campaign moved to his home state.
28% : Haley has been holding out that moment as evidence that Trump is too volatile and "getting weak in the knees when it comes to Russia.
27% : That same night, Trump asserted that he would encourage countries like Russia "to do whatever the hell they want" against NATO member countries who failed to meet the transatlantic alliance's defense spending targets.
24% : "Some of those voters have been showing up at her events, saying that although they planned to vote for Biden in the general election, they planned to cross over to the GOP primary on Saturday as a way to oppose Trump now.
15% : But Haley has repeatedly vowed to carry on if she loses her home state, even as Trump positions himself for a likely general election rematch against Biden.
14% : Speaking Friday in Rock Hill, Trump accused Haley of staying in the race to hurt him at the behest of Democratic donors.
12% : Haley turned that point into an argument that the front-runner doesn't respect servicemembers and their families, long a criticism that has followed Trump going back to his suggesting the late Sen. John McCain, a prisoner of war in Vietnam, wasn't a hero because he was captured.

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