Former President Donald Trump was greeted by an enormous crowds at a South Carolina rally on Saturday, with two weeks to go before the state’s Republican primary.
Trump has turned his campaign focus to the southern state days after an easy victory in Nevada and revved up supports at a rally in Conway, near Myrtle Beach.
In a rally speech, Trump insulted Nikki Haley by using his derisive nickname for her, ‘Birdbrain,’ and lavished praise on Gov. Henry McMaster, who endorsed him early.
The 77-year-old addressed a huge overflow crowd outside the venue, as he looks to close out Haley’s chances and turn his focus fully on an expected rematch with incumbent President Joe Biden.
Trump touted his time in office, repeating his false claims that the 2020 election he lost was rigged, maligning a news media he sees as biased against him and lobbing attacks on Haley and Biden.
Haley opted to skip the Nevada caucuses, condemning the contest as rigged for Trump, and has been focusing on her home state of South Carolina.
In Conway, people began lining up to see Trump hours before the doors opened to the arena.
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