DNC chair Harrison message to Nikki Haley: South Carolina Democrats are ‘not bailing you out’
South Carolina's Democratic Party chair 'disappointed' that Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson skipped campaigning in days ahead of the state's primary
By Paul Steinhauser Fox News
Published February 3, 2024 1:21pm EST
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Democratic Party officials have a clear message to their voters: Don't skip Saturday's presidential primary in South Carolina, and instead cast a ballot for Nikki Haley three weeks later in the Palmetto State's Republican nominating contest.
"Nikki, just understand that South Carolina Democrats are not going to vote for you. I want you to get that message loud and clear this morning," Democratic National Committee chair Jaime Harrison told reporters as the polls opened in his home state.
On Saturday morning, as polls opened in South Carolina, there were reports that some Democrats received text messages urging them to forgo voting on Saturday and instead cast a ballot in three weeks. Both the Haley campaign and SFA Fund, an aligned super PAC, denied having any involvement with the text messages.
Haley, a former two-term South Carolina governor who later served as U.N. ambassador in former President Donald Trump's administration, scored plenty of support from independent voters and even some crossover Democrats in last month's Iowa Republican caucuses and New Hampshire GOP primary, which were the first two contests in the Republican Party's presidential nominating calendar.
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