BEAUFORT, SC – Just over the Savannah River from Augusta, Georgia, is North Augusta, South Carolina. When Nikki Haley’s campaign bus rolled into town for a stop at the North Augusta town hall, she acknowledged that a chunk of the crowd wouldn’t be able to vote in the state’s “First in the South” Republican primary on Saturday.
“I know Georgia loves to slip over,” Haley told the audience. “We love our sister state, too.”
Haley has signaled she could stay in the race through Georgia’s presidential primary on March 12, but the former South Carolina governor has struggled to overcome former President Donald Trump’s hold on Republicans in her state and nationwide.
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