‘They Failed’: Kellyanne Conway Pours Cold Water on Idea That Haley or DeSantis Can Beat Trump

Ex-Trump campaign manager and Fox News contributor Kellyanne Conway poured cold water on the idea that former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s departure from the GOP presidential primary represented a threat to her old boss’s prospects of reclaiming the Republican nomination on America Reports Thursday.

Anchor John Roberts broached the subject by asking Conway about “the effect of Chris Christie dropping out.”

“He was at 12% in New Hampshire,” noted Roberts. “I saw one analysis that maybe 65% of his vote, or about 8% of the total vote, could go to Nikki Haley, which would get her within 6 points of Donald Trump. Would it make a difference in New Hampshire?”

“Well, that presupposes that they all still vote, and they all go to Nikki Haley. They could have gone to Nikki Haley from the beginning, but they went to Chris Christie, and that’s something that’s really important. It’s not just so easily transferable,” replied Conway.

She continued:

And let’s face it, the non-Trump vote, the anti-Trump vote as it were, turns out to be a very small percentage of these Republican primary and caucus electorates. But I think she would need to have Christie and Chris Sununu on the stage supporting her. I tell you what, John. Bottom line, these other candidates not named Trump have had ample opportunity to make their case to the voters. Fox News had two debates, Fox Business, Fox News. There was another two debates. They’re out there on these townhalls. They had a debate last night. On Ron DeSantis, I know he’s a governor of Florida, but he seems to be a resident of Iowa. They’ve had ample opportunity to make the case, and they failed to do that. I don’t know how much will change between now and the end of the month in these two contests.

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