The former president and current front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination will be on hand Saturday as the University of South Carolina Gamecocks host the Tigers of Clemson University, Haley's alma mater, in the annual Palmetto Bowl.
Haley was governor of South Carolina until Trump tapped her to be his United Nations ambassador in 2016.
“In 2016, South Carolina gave us 44 out of 46 counties – that’s not so bad,” Trump said at a state GOP dinner in August.
Trump’s South Carolina and Super Tuesday romps in 2016 gave him a delegate lead he would never relinquish.
“Then I go head-to-head with Trump in my home state of South Carolina.
Persons:
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Organizations:
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Locations:
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