tonight, hours ahead of a major test for trump, a trump backed challenger against gop incumbent, nancy mace, and niki hayley, former governor of south carolina, going against trump. this is a crucial test and crucial test and jeff zelaney is outfront. what i love about nancy, she is not a push-over. reporter: congresswoman nancy mace locked in a tough republican primary, getting a big hand from niki hayley, former south carolina governor who served in president trump s cabinet. you may not agree with 100% of everything she does but she is fighting for you everyday. her fight complicated by none other than the former president, intent on defeating mace since she voted to certify the 2020 election. over the objections of trump and
leadership of his state, he s very popular in his state. i think that there s a dynamic here since trump is a resident of the governor s state, which is just rich. it s just so rich to watch him sitting there with joe biden to his left and then thank you mister president. there is no bureaucracy, this is working, you are responding to our needs and then people are having flashbacks and images of the president throwing paper towels and toilet paper at those who were devastated by violent hurricanes a few years ago. so there is this interesting contrast that i think ron desantis is playing a little bit and so kudos, baby, half and with it. guess what? when the shoe drops, it s probably gonna land on your head. mark mckenna, and same question, niki hayley is also on this list someone who would
just that there was a fight but that it was actually a total blowout. it was a 22-point blowout win. to have seen john kasic right now, maybe niki hayley right now, but it is close. i think he has never grown back to the size he was before that defeat. i think the republican establishment is pretty woosy before they were in 2010. winning does matter. it he affects people s behavior after they win and lose. which is why the republicans are putting such and effort on the conservative movement. we have to mobilize between elections. chris hayes. i feel like the idea of a
that it was actually a total blowout. it was a 22-point blowout. to have seen john kasic right now, maybe niki hayley right now, but it is close. i think he has never grown back to the size he was before that defeat. i think the republican establishment is pretty woosy before they were in 2010. winning does matter. it he affects people s behavior after they win and lose. which is why the republicans are putting such and effort on the conservative movement. we have to mobilize between elections. chris hayes. i feel like the idea of a
mccain campaign s sails. john mccain responded to the endorsement that same day by going on fox news and sighing that, well, it wasn t all that much of a surprise. he at least, though, was able to say even if he did not have colin powell s endorsement, he did have endorsements from some other former republican secretaries of state. so at least he had those names to offer for counterbalance. the romney campaign s counterbalance tonight to them losing the colin powell endorsement this year is a whole different kind of counterbalance. you want to call me crazy, go to hell. call me crazy all you want. this morning, on cbs, republican former secretary of state colin powell officially endorsed barack obama. that s on one side of the race today. on the other side of the race today, well, tonight actually, as we speak, the romney campaign is hosting a gala fund-raiser in texas with former vice president dick cheney and this guy. tonight, it s big boy time. tonight is not an epi