After a disappointing finish in Iowa, DeSantis is all but pulling out of New Hampshire and prompting his biggest rivals to move to a new phase of the 2024 primary.
On Wednesday, Portsmouth’s deepening dusk made it increasingly difficult to see the faces of the endless queue of muttering Donald Trump supporters who were worried his campaign would leave them—literally—out in the cold.Ever conscious of New Hampshire’s importance to the national primary process, and of the potential threat of a primary upset by Republican rival Nikki Haley, several hundred people had come to hear Trump speak at the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel. But the ballroom held a