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Ramaswamy: ‘Sinister forces at play’ if Haley doesn’t drop out of presidential race: ‘That gets ugly’

Ramaswamy: ‘Sinister forces at play’ if Haley doesn’t drop out of presidential race: ‘That gets ugly’

MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE – Former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that former ambassador Nikki Haley should drop out of the presidential race and suggested she has “sinister” motives if she doesn’t. “I think that if she stays in this race, it will continue to reveal that there are some sinister forces at work here,” Ramaswamy told Fox News Digital on Tuesday afternoon as New Hampshire residents were casting their votes in the first in the nation GOP primary. “There’s no path for her to defeat Donald Trump through the front door, which means what they’re actually rooting for is eliminating him from competition and then it becomes no mystery that the very people propping up Nikki Haley are the very people who are also paying for the lawsuits to keep Donald J. Trump off the ballot and the lawsuits against him.” Ramaswamy said that it was a “dark turn” to see LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, who he called “George Soros Jr.”, donate to Haley and also financially support lawsuits against former President Trump. SEN SCOTT SAYS DECISION TO ENDORSE TRUMP OVER HALEY CAME DOWN TO ‘ONE SIMPLE QUESTION’ “That gets ugly,” Ramaswamy said. “And I think this could really take an ugly turn in the way that this reveals the corruption of the Republican Party itself if Nikki Haley continues to stay in this race.” Ramaswamy continued, “I think the positive thing to do for the country would be for this primary to end tonight, as I believe it should. For all intents and purposes, it is already done as of tonight. But as she continues this, I think it reveals what’s actually at work, which is a far more sinister force in American politics that I don’t think we should be tolerating.” TRUMP VS HALEY: WHERE THEY STAND IN THE GOP PRIMARY BATTLE AND HOW THEY MATCH UP WITH BIDEN Ramaswamy likened Haley to former Vice-President Dick Cheney’s version of conservatism and said it’s time to “relegate” that “neoconservatism” to “the dustbin of history where it belongs.” “I think the people of this country and the people of our GOP primary base have spoken loud and clear,” Ramaswamy added. “Donald Trump will be the nominee and will be the next president. But more importantly, it’s about how we revive those ideals in this country. And so, yes, I do believe it’s time for us to not only reunite this party, but dare I say, reunite this country. And I’m confident we can.” RAMASWAMY PROPOSES DEBATE WITH HARRIS ON AI AS SPECULATION SWIRLS OVER TRUMP’S RUNNING MATE Haley ended up finishing second to Trump in New Hampshire hours later and she struck a defiant tone in her post-election speech. “Now you’ve all heard the chatter among the political class,” Haley said. “They’re falling all over themselves saying this race is over. Well, I have news for all of them, New Hampshire is first in the nation. It is not last in the nation. This race is far from over.” Campaign manager Betsy Ankney told reporters on Saturday that Haley will hold a large event in her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, on Wednesday, the same day that the campaign will launch a $4 million statewide ad blitz. “We’re going to South Carolina, we have put in the ad buy. We’re there,” Haley emphasized on Tuesday. “This has always been a marathon. It’s never been a sprint. We wanted to be strong in Iowa. We want to be stronger than that in New Hampshire. We’re gonna be even stronger than that in South Carolina. We’re running the tape.” Ramaswamy has been rumored to be a potential VP candidate for Trump or perhaps a candidate to join his administration. He told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that he is “not closing anything off” but he doesn’t have “specific pre-baked agenda.” “I care about realizing the purpose for this country that I set out to achieve in my presidential run,” Ramaswamy said. “The people of this country said now is not the moment for me but now is still the moment for me as it is for all of us to use our gifts to do what’s right for the country and I can promise you that whatever we do it will be with the country’s best interests in mind and whatever path that is whatever God’s plan is, we’re going to follow that and do what’s right for this country and that much I can tell you with confidence.” Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report

Conservatives blast Biden as ‘election denier’ after he calls McAuliffe the ‘real’ governor of Virginia

Conservatives blast Biden as ‘election denier’ after he calls McAuliffe the ‘real’ governor of Virginia

President Joe Biden was slammed by conservatives on social media and called an “election denier” after he referred to Terry McAuliffe, who lost the Virginia gubernatorial election to the current GOP governor Glenn Youngkin, as the commonwealth’s “real” governor. “Hello, Virginia, and the real governor, Terry McAuliffe,” Biden told a crowd in Virginia on Tuesday night in an event with VP Kamala Harris discussing abortion access. “My name is Joe Biden. I’m Jill Biden’s husband and Kamala’s running mate. Kidding aside. Thank you, Kamala, for your leadership protecting reproductive freedom and for so much more that you do.” Biden was quickly criticized by conservatives for the comment.  “I was informed that denying election results is the biggest threat to our democracy,” conservative influence LibsofTikTok posted on X. “Start the impeachment hearings!” BIDEN ABORTION RALLY IN VIRGINIA INTERRUPTED BY MULTIPLE PROTESTERS: ‘GENOCIDE JOE!’ “Sounds like Biden should be removed from the Virginia ballot,” conservative commentator Chris Barron posted on X, referencing Democrat efforts to keep former President Trump off the ballot for “election denial.” “Subverting democracy, denying elections, basically insurrection.” “Biden is shuttled across the river to promote nine-month, taxpayer-funded elective abortion-on-demand — and tosses in some casual election denialism while he’s at it,” Fox News contributor Guy Benson posted on X. BIDEN CALLS TRUMP ‘MOST RESPONSIBLE’ FOR ‘STRIPPING AWAY’ ABORTION, VOWS TO VETO ANY NATIONWIDE BAN “Not sure how our democracy survives this kind of election denialism, tbh,” Outkick.com founder Clay Travis posted on X. “Joe Biden is an election denier in more ways than one,” GOP Congresswoman Elise Stefanik posted on X. “Mr. President, I’m right here,” Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin posted on X.  A White House spokesperson told Fox News Digital that Biden was “making a joke about McAuliffe’s previous term as governor.”  “He congratulated Governor Youngkin on his election out of the gate and has worked across the aisle with him ever since.”

Haley lives to fight another day against Trump, but faces ‘challenging road’ ahead in GOP presidential race

Haley lives to fight another day against Trump, but faces ‘challenging road’ ahead in GOP presidential race

Donald Trump won again. But the former president didn’t land a knockout blow in New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary, as his last remaining major rival in the GOP nomination race vowed to keep on fighting. “You’ve all heard the chatter among the political class. They’re falling all over themselves saying this race is over. Well, I have news for all of them: New Hampshire is first in the nation. It is not last in the nation. This race is far from over,” Nikki Haley stressed, as she spoke to supporters after the New Hampshire race was quickly called for Trump. The former two-term South Carolina governor who later served as U.N. ambassador in the Trump administration now heads back to her home state, which on Feb. 24 holds the next major contest in the Republican nominating calendar. TRUMP TOPS HALEY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, BUT DOESN’T DELIVER KNOCKOUT BLOW A rally Wednesday night in Charleston is the first in a series scheduled over the coming days. And the campaign said they’re launching a new $4 million ad blitz in South Carolina this week. Trump, in an interview with Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman, argued that it was time for Haley to suspend her campaign, so he could begin targeting President Biden in what’s expected to be a general election rematch. CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST RESULTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE’S PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY “She should because, otherwise, we have to keep wasting money instead of spending on Biden,” the former president emphasized. “If she doesn’t drop out, we have to waste money instead of spending it on Biden, which is our focus.”  Trump’s victory in New Hampshire came eight days after he captured a majority of the vote and crushed the competition in Iowa’s low-turnout Republican presidential caucuses. And it came two days after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his campaign, making the race a two-candidate contest between Trump and Haley. New Hampshire – where independent voters who make up roughly 40% of the electorate can vote in either major party’s contest and have long played an influential role in the state’s storied presidential primary – was considered fertile ground for Haley. And Haley spent plenty of time and resources in the state, and secured the influential endorsement of popular Republican Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire. Pundits viewed New Hampshire’s primary as Haley’s best and possibly last chance to slow down or derail the former president’s march towards renomination. As the votes continued to be tabulated late on Tuesday night, the former president’s lead over Haley hovered at a roughly 10-12 point margin, below what most of the final public opinion surveys conducted ahead of the primary had suggested. Trump, who praised his opponents in his victory speech in Iowa a week ago, set a very different tone in his New Hampshire address. He argued that Haley “ran up to the stage all dressed up nicely” and delivered “a speech like she won. She didn’t’ win. She lost.” “Let’s not have somebody take a victory when she had a very bad night. She had a very bad night,” Trump emphasized. But seasoned Republican strategist Colin Reed emphasized that Haley “was wise to get out there quickly and make it clear that this race was going to continue and end that narrative in its tracks before it got any traction. Now she’s got to sharpen her message… she’s got a month to make her case. A source in Haley’s political orbit, speaking to Fox News, argued that there are “now two states where Trump got barely half the vote. That’s incredibly weak for an incumbent.” And Haley, in her speech, spotlighted that “we still have ways to go, but we still keep moving up.” Haley’s campaign told Fox News Digital on Tuesday morning that they hauled in $1.5 million in fundraising since DeSantis dropped out of the race. And they noted that they’re planning major fundraisers in the days ahead. Longtime New Hampshire-based Republican consultant Jim Merrill said that “the reality is Haley overperformed expectations.” “Donald Trump wanted a narrative out of New Hampshire that this race was over. And New Hampshire didn’t give it to him,” Merrill, a veteran of numerous GOP presidential campaigns, noted. Merrill, who remains neutral in the 2024 GOP nomination race, said that “it’s a challenging road for Haley that lays ahead, but I think she’s earned the right to make that journey.” Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.

Trump GA prosecutor in relationship with DA blasted for ‘inadequate’ info on drug, alcohol use: divorce docs

Trump GA prosecutor in relationship with DA blasted for ‘inadequate’ info on drug, alcohol use: divorce docs

Former President Trump Georgia prosecutor Nathan Wade, who is allegedly in a relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, was slammed by his wife’s lawyers in new divorce documents for giving “inadequate” answers about his alcohol, drug and medication use. Wade has been involved in a contentious split from Joycelyn Wade, his wife of 26 years, since filing for divorce in 2021. He had filed papers for divorce the day after Willis appointed him special prosecutor in the Trump election interference investigation. Willis has recently come under fire for her alleged secret relationship with Wade. But despite seeking an end to his marriage, Mr. Wade has repeatedly failed to answer basic questions and provide documentation asked for by his wife, whose lawyers claimed in court papers that Mr. Wade gave information that was “so woefully inadequate so as to be useless.” The court papers from February 2023 were unsealed by a judge on Monday. GEORGIA SENATE REPUBLICANS CONSIDER SPECIAL PANEL TO INVESTIGATE FANI WILLIS MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS Mrs. Wade asked her estranged husband to provide information about his alcohol usage, the brands of alcohol he drank and if he ever drove within an hour of drinking. He replied, “Red wine once a week at home with dinner,” according to the court filing. When asked whether he used any legal or illegal drugs, Mr. Wade said, “no illegal drug use ever,” an answer Mrs. Wade’s lawyers say failed “to address any legal or prescription drug use at all.” Her lawyers said Mr. Wade revealed he had taken pain medications and antibiotics after a surgery in April 2020 but did not disclose “which medications, the duration of the prescription, the dosage, the prescribing authority, nor whether he took the drug as prescribed.” Mr. Wade is not accused in the court filings of abusing drugs or alcohol. JUDGE IN TRUMP PROSECUTOR’S DIVORCE CASE CUTS OF DA FANI WILLIS LAWYER DURING HEARING: ‘LET ME INTERRUPT YOU’ The prosecutor’s wife had first requested answers to questions about his drug and alcohol use and his finances in November 2021, so she could negotiate a fair divorce settlement. But her lawyers say in court papers that Mr. Wade has since repeatedly failed to cooperate by refusing to disclose basic information. In August, Mr. Wade faced a civil contempt order for not complying with a judge’s order to hand over discovery to his wife’s lawyers, court papers show. The lawyers filed another motion in September arguing he was avoiding turning over financial records. He had claimed to have received more than half a million dollars working on the Trump investigation without having produced “one single document evidencing this income.” Mr. Wade “has knowingly obfuscated this civil litigation to his own ends,” his wife’s lawyers said. “Furthermore, while earning such substantial sums, [Mr. Wade] has provided nearly nothing to [Mrs. Wade] for her support and survival as her own bank account is often in overdraft.” His wife’s lawyers served Willis with a subpoena for her to be deposed in the divorce case amid allegations of him having a relationship with the district attorney. But a judge on Monday put that deposition on hold at least until he can hear from Wade, who has also not been deposed. Superior Court Judge Henry Thompson also unsealed the divorce case on Monday over the recent rise in interest because of the misconduct allegations against Mr. Wade and Willis. Additionally, Thompson ruled Monday that Mrs. Wade has the right to uncover any alleged affair by her husband. Willis’ lawyer argued she should not be deposed in the divorce case because it is about dividing marital assets that she “has nothing to do with” and that any alleged affair is irrelevant in the case. Mrs. Wade’s lawyer, however, told the judge Monday, “I want to know how [Mr. Wade] has been spending his money. I have reason to believe he is spending it on another woman and that’s my client’s money.”

Manchin hints at potential third-party run after Super Tuesday: ‘People are looking for options’

Manchin hints at potential third-party run after Super Tuesday: ‘People are looking for options’

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., teased a potential third-party presidential bid after Super Tuesday March 5.  “Super Tuesday pretty much confirms whatever is going to happen, what we believe will happen, and we’ll see where we go from there,” Manchin told reporters Tuesday, the day of the New Hampshire primary.  “But people are looking for options, and we’re going to be looking at that, too. Whether it’s me or whoever it may be, I think there’s going to be options available if it goes down the way it’s going down.” MANCHIN ON 2024 PROSPECTS: ‘I’D NEVER BE A SPOILER’ Manchin announced he would not seek re-election for his Senate seat last year, creating speculation about whether he’d make a bid in the 2024 presidential race. Manchin, a Democrat, started a nationwide campaign called “Americans Together,” aiming to unite the country’s moderate voters away from the “extremes” of the left and right.  “We stand against extremism in politics. It has taken over our political system and taken away our voice,” the Americans Together campaign website states. “As proud Americans, we agree on more than we disagree. We demand that our politicians put country before party to get things done. Enough is enough.” Manchin also told reporters he thinks former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley should stay in the race despite a growing choir of GOP lawmakers calling on her to drop out and unite the party behind former President Donald Trump. Over the weekend, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his campaign and endorsed Trump. “I cannot believe the other ones bowled over the way they did. I just can’t believe it because it’s hard for me to fathom that. The country is divided. We don’t need to be divided anymore,” Manchin said Tuesday.  FAR-LEFT GREEN ACTIVISTS ‘SURROUND’ JOE MANCHIN EVENT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE JUST WEEKS AFTER WHITE HOUSE INVITE Creating even more speculation that he may announce a run was his return to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics Jan. 12 to headline Politics and Eggs, a must stop for potential and current presidential contenders. Manchin has plenty of fellow Democrats terrified the moderate from West Virginia will unintentionally hand the White House over to Trump if he runs. But Manchin dismisses such warnings, rejecting claims from fellow Democrats that a third-party run would hurt President Biden’s chances of re-election in a likely rematch next year with Trump, who remains the commanding frontrunner for the GOP nomination. “I would never be a spoiler for anybody, and I don’t agree with … the analysis that they’ve come up with,” Manchin told Fox News’ host Brett Baier on “Special Report” in November. Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.