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Nikki Haley says Donald Trump will drag the Republican Party down in Colorado, across the country

Nikki Haley says Trump will drag the Republican Party down in Colorado
Nikki Haley says Trump will drag the Republican Party down in Colorado 02:53

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley made a campaign stop in Colorado on Tuesday and continued her attacks on Donald Trump. She's essentially the last candidate standing between a rematch between Trump and Joe Biden for the White House.

Nikki Haley Campaigns For President In Colorado
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley during a campaign event at the Wings Over the Rockies Exploration of Flight museum in Centennial on Tuesday. Chet Strange / Getty Images

The former U.N. ambassador is on a 10-day nationwide tour in which she's hoping to rally voters in her challenge of GOP frontrunner Donald Trump for the nomination. Tuesday's rally was being held in the afternoon at Wings Over the Rockies Exploration of Flight museum in the southern part of the Denver metro area.  

Haley's supporters showed up in large numbers despite cold, snowy conditions. At one point they began chanting "Don't quit, don't quit."

Watch: Nikki Haley gives campaign speech in Colorado 31:27

Haley hit the economy hard in her speech, accusing Trump of adding trillions of dollars to the national debt when he was president. She said it's time Americans put an accountant in the White House, noting that 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, and yet Trump talks only of himself.

"What bothers me the most is at no point did he ever talk about the American people. At no point did he talk about the $34 trillion in debt. At no point did he talk about the fact that only 31% of eighth graders in our country are proficient in reading. At no point did he talk about the lawlessness on the border and how he tried to stop Congress from doing that. At no point did he talk about the lawlessness in our cities and at no point did he talk about the wars around the world. All he did was talk about himself and that's the problem. This isn't about him. It's about the American people," Haley said.

Haley said Trump will drag the entire Republican Party down if he wins the GOP presidential nomination. She pointed out the fact that the Colorado Republican Party has shrunk by 10% since Trump became president and that no GOP candidate for Congress in the state has won by more than 45% of the vote since then.

"Look what's happening in Colorado. Everybody sees what's happening in Colorado since Trump was president. It has moved to left, further left, and it has moved the Republican party to leave our values and fiscal responsibility," Haley said. "And that's why we're seeing more Independents than ever before -- because they feel both parties are leaving them. 

Colorado holds its presidential primary election on March 5 -- Super Tuesday.  

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