Tucker Carlson Takes Down Nikki Haley With Brutal Video

By Nick Arama | 10:35 AM on January 17, 2024

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In the wake of the Iowa caucuses, there are a lot of interesting reactions including those who believe that former President Donald Trump is now the likely nominee, like Vivek Ramaswamy and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who both endorsed Trump.

Vivek even went on the road with him to New Hampshire to encourage people to vote for him.

Tucker Carlson, who is supportive of Trump, noted that Trump's win was historic, but the media was dealing with it with some pretty hilarious reactions - with Chris Wallace looking "sick" and Joy Reid blaming "white Christians" in Iowa and calling them racist.

They were very upset, he observed.

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— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) January 16, 2024

But he warned that Haley might do better in New Hampshire, that she had been spending far more money than Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis there. She also has the support of N.H. Gov. Chris Sununu. He said a lot of Haley's money came from "committed Democratic partisans." She's gotten money from people like Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman, who has been a supporter of Joe Biden, a friend of Jeffrey Epstein, and the guy who funded the E. Jean Carroll lawsuit. He's also been a donor to American Bridge,

Carlson said that Haley wasn't a conservative and he walked through the reasons why. He pointed to her Aspen Institute comments, which he said indicated that she was weak in dealing with the illegal alien crisis. He also didn't think she had a conservative reaction to the BLM riots. He also hit her on spending for Ukraine and her position on climate change as well. Perhaps most of all, Carlson was disturbed by her position that people should register to be on social media which he hit as not a conservative position.

Tucker noted that because of New Hampshire's open primary system, Democrats could help elect the "Republican" nominee. If she wins New Hampshire, he thinks she may get the non-Trump donors to abandon DeSantis and swing to her. Then if something happens to Trump, such as if he's taken out by the legal conflagration, you end up with Haley.

It's hard to know exactly what the Haley wing of the Republican Party truly is because in Iowa there were already questions about crossovers there. As I previously reported, Obama advisor David Plouffe even encouraged people to do it to stop Trump. He said he didn't know if it would work, but he hoped it would extend the primaries (thus costing Trump and the Republicans more money).

We've already seen that Democrats wouldn't hold back on the actions that they will take to maintain control, even trying to ban their chief opponent from the ballot.

So yes, we may see crossovers again in New Hampshire. But I think if Trump wins or wins decisively, the road may get harder for that kind of tactic to help Haley. Trump's big win in Iowa may also discourage that, as more people start to coalesce around him. We'll find out in about a week.