Former President Trump celebrated his easy victory in the South Carolina GOP primary on Saturday night and projected he will beat President Biden in their likely head-to-head rematch in November.
Trump during his speech praised a variety of politicians who were with him in the days leading up to the Palmetto State GOP primary, in which he handily beat his chief Republican primary rival, Nikki Haley, the state’s former governor.
Right after giving praise to his family members, Trump went after Biden for “destroying our country” and said that he would beat the current commander-in-chief in the Nov. 5 general election.
“We’re going to be up here on November 5, and we’re going to look at Joe Biden, and we’re gonna look him right in the eye,” Trump said as the crown loudly cheered him on. “He’s destroying our country and we’re gonna say ‘Joe, you’re fired. Get out. Get out, Joe. You’re fired.’”
The former president then jokingly wondered if the general election could come sooner, saying “nine months” is “a long time.”
“I just wish we could do it quicker,” Trump said, right before South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster’s (R) remarks. “Nine months is a long time. I just wish we could do it quicker, Mr. Governor.”
Trump said he has never seen the GOP so “unified” as it is “right now.”
“And I just want to say that I have never seen the Republican Party so unified as it is right now,” Trump said. “Never been like it.”
Later in the speech, he thanked members of Congress who have shown support for this Oval Office run.
“And our party is full of energy like never before,” Trump said. “And I mean it there’s never been unity. There has never been unity in our party.”
The former president singled out Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), his longtime ally in Congress, saying she is the “hardest worker.”
“Very special woman,” Trump said about the Georgia lawmaker. “A woman who was actually out campaigning today, she is the hardest worker. The most incredible woman. She’s respected by everybody. She is very smart. And I’m just very happy that she’s on our side.”
Now the attention is turning to March 5, Super Tuesday, where voters in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and American Samoa will be picking their nominee.