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Donald Trump advanced further in his bid to be the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential candidate by defeating competitors in the Republican primary, including Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, and Vivek Ramaswamy, according to CNN. While covering Trump’s victory in Iowa on election night, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell spoke after hosts Ari Melber and Jen Psaki had spoken about how the indictments against Trump had aided his gain of Republican support.
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As reported by Mediate, Psaki stated, « [Trump] He was there more than he was in Iowa over the last week. Is that going to work for the Republican electorate? Seems pretty clearly from these entrance polls. » O’Donnell continued, « The worst thing we’ve learned about the Republican primary electorate is not yet in these entrance poll questions tonight. CBS poll, their final poll before the Iowa caucuses, this is a national poll shows that 81% of Republican primary voters and caucus participants, 81% of those people, agree with Donald Trump that immigrants are poisoning the blood of this country. That means that 81% of the Republican primary electorate believe Nikki Haley has poisoned blood and is poisoning the blood of the United States.
