Trump campaign press secretary on Haley DC win: ‘The swamp has claimed their queen’

The Trump campaign slammed Nikki Haley after she won her first GOP primary in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, dubbing her the “Queen of the Swamp.”

“Tonight’s results in Washington D.C. reaffirm the object of President Trump’s campaign — he will drain the swamp and put America first,” Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. 

“While Nikki has been soundly rejected throughout the rest of America, she was just crowned Queen of the Swamp by the lobbyists and DC insiders that want to protect the failed status quo,” she continued. “The swamp has claimed their queen.”

Haley won the District primary, taking 62.8 percent of the vote to Trump’s 33.3 percent, according to Decision Desk HQ results. It’s her first primary victory of the 2024 election cycle, and comes just before the pivotal Super Tuesday races.

The former U.N. ambassador gained 19 GOP delegates with the victory, a far cry from the needed 1,215 to secure the party’s nomination. Trump won each of the first six primary races and is expected to perform well on Super Tuesday.