[music playing]
Trump is cruising in the GOP primary.
Yet, Nikki Haley has refused to back out,
despite losing in three states, where she
was beaten by the general concept
of, none of these candidates.
So I went down to a Haley campaign stop in her home
state to see if she has found any cracks
in the MAGA foundation.
I love Nikki Haley, what she did for South Carolina.
I voted for Trump twice.
And you know, and I'm embarrassed.
She's going up in the polls.
She keeps going up.
I mean, she did lose to none of these candidates--
- I know. - --back in Nevada.
Yeah.
Tough.
Now, we're looking at polls here.
The polls aren't great for Haley up against Trump
for this primary.
I am not smart enough to tell you numbers,
but I can tell you one thing.
She is certainly not gonna get embarrassed in this state.
I have a problem with people insinuating she might not have
been an effective governor.
Really?
Well, they-- either they lived in another state
or they're high as a Georgia Pine.
[laughter] - I know.
I'm not from here.
Are those tall trees?
Very tall, buddy.
The idea is just to stop Trump.
I'm a Republican all my life, but I cannot support Trump.
JORDAN KLEPPER: But even in the face of tough odds,
her supporters had a long-term strategy
to the GOP nomination.
Staying in all the way to the convention, because he may not
be around by the convention.
Because he gets put in jail or convicted.
What do you think Haley needs to do to convince those Trump
voters who say they will never ever, ever, ever,
ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever,
ever vote for Nikki Haley?
And obviously, I'm abbreviating this.
[laughter]
The crowd was small, but there were people in South Carolina
hungry for a new choice.
I wondered, here in Haley's own backyard, what kind of a crowd
would Trump muster in. [music playing]
Oh, shit.
His rally was huge.
You could even say, big league.
God, it's gonna be loud.
It's gonna to be loud. JORDAN KLEPPER: Loud inside.
It's gonna be crazy.
I mean, it's kind of quiet and business-like outside.
Yeah.
- But it's a party in the back. - It's gonna be huge.
You would know, my friend. You would know.
Tell me about your outfit. What's going on here?
This is-- found me some shorts.
WOMAN: Swim trunks. JORDAN KLEPPER: Swim trunks.
I've got to tell you, that's a unique placement
of his mouth area.
[laughter]
I've loved everything that he has implemented in the past,
so I'd love if we could put that back into office
to keep that going.
Like what stuff?
- I like the border control. - Yeah?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
That's a big point.
We should be working to fix what's
happening at the border. - Yeah.
It feels like Congress is just sitting on their hands
right now, doing nothing. - Yes.
They brought up a bill to do something,
and Trump said, no freaking way.
Why was that a good idea?
[laughter]
I don't know.
OK.
So what did they think of Trump's
only remaining human opponent?
- I think she changed. - Yeah.
- I think she's changed. - Fake Republican.
Fake Republican. - Yeah.
Nikki who?
Not familiar with Nikki Haley?
Globalist. She belongs to the fascists.
She was in the UN, for god's sakes.
I know. That's the global fascist--
- What does that mean? - --capital of the world.
To be fair, she was appointed by Donald Trump.
- I know. - OK.
But she stabbed him in the back as quick as she could.
- Yes. - Loyalty matters.
Loyalty matters.
Well, you're right, it matters.
- Fidelity matters. - Wait.
When you say fidelity matters, you're not
talking about like, marital.
All fidelity matters.
Fidelity matters.
Have fun in there inside with Donald Trump.
I don't know if his third wife will be in there with him.
I think she might still be mad at him.
And Trump's recent court challenges have
inspired a brand-new demand.
Trump has been talking right now about,
he says he thinks he should be immune from the actions
he takes while president. - Absolutely.
Do you think he should have total immunity?
Otherwise, everyone's going to jail.
You're fine with Trump as king?
Yes.
- Trump as king is good. - Yup.
And that's about as American as you can get.
- Yes, it is. - King Trump.
Yes.
However, Trump isn't asking to be a king.
He wants to be a different kind of ruler.
He says, you're not gonna be a dictator, are you?
I said, no, no, no.
Other than day one.
JORDAN KLEPPER: A dictatorship for day one.
Yeah.
And that's what we need.
What does that actually look like?
Well, that means that about half the people
in the Department of Justice should be
arrested and put behind bars.
OK.
That's like a true dictatorship.
Yeah.
Well, you know, it needs to happen.
Mm-hmm.
Donald Trump said he'll be a dictator, day one.
What do you think of that? Is that a good idea?
- Uh-- - Let's get it done.
Let's get in and get it done.
Let's go.
He's not gonna be like a Hitler dictator.
- No. - No.
More like a Mussolini dictator for a day.
Yes, exactly. JORDAN KLEPPER: Yes.
God bless America. Yes.
But the people in place.
A dictator can do that, right?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- It can put people in place. - Absolutely.
The good people are over here.
The bad people are over here in a gulag.
At this point, it's what America needs.
JORDAN KLEPPER: So they're on board
with the dictator justice.
But what about all the big dictator talk?
Trump said they're poisoning the blood of our country.
Trump kind of speaks in allegories.
What he's talking about is is the blood of the country
has been tainted.
People have come here and emigrated.
It's a different story.
And they don't know our American history
and our values.
Nor do they respect it.
So when he says poison our country, it sounds harsh.
It sounds much nicer in the original German.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
There you go.
JORDAN KLEPPER: While many were on board with dictator 2.0,
I did start to see some small cracks in support.
Like when I found this woman, who spent 60 days in prison
for her role on January 6.
You were a Trump supporter? - Absolutely.
I was a Republican.
And I was wrong that day, for even being there.
January 6 was an insurrection.
- Keep your voice down. - OK.
This is a Trump rally.
That's not the most popular take to have right now.
And this guy, who confessed he's scared about losing
his money, after investing in a bunch of weird financial MAGA
products, like Trump debit cards
and a dubious Trump currency.
I have supported him with checks
and the gold, gold Trump bars.
$100 gold thing.
I can't get rid of those.
And the T cards, the TRB cards.
So how does that work?
They gave me a PIN number and everything.
You go to any ATM.
Went to the ATM and couldn't get nothing out.
The card has nothing on it.
- You think it was a scam? - It might have been.
I don't know.
So you've invested a lot in Donald Trump.
Yeah.
Everyone is telling me to buy something different.
Stop buy-- don't buy anything.
I'm not.
That's just, as a guy who's just getting
to know you here, stop it. Right?
I am.
But I have this one guy.
He wants to be put in more money, right?
No, no.
I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not.
Here's-- here's the deal.
I'm afraid if you go in there again,
you're gonna be taken in by a scam again.
- No. - Yes.
- No. - Yes, yes.
- No, no, no, no, no. - Yes.
All I'm saying is here, I'm saying,
there is hope that you can make better choices
and not give in to a scam moving forward.
- Right. - OK?
So I think-- I think you just walk that way,
right through those gates. - No, no.
My car is over here.
[laughter]
Well, we almost saved one person, if he'd
only parked in the right spot.
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