Donald Trump rolled onto the stage in South Carolina Saturday night with his signature swagger after he was named the winner of the state’s primary.
“We won,” Trump declared confidently before turning the mic over to his wife and daughter.
Trump took the stage just moments after former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush dropped out of the race, but he said he was not concerned that anyone would beat him even as the field narrows.
“I am going to get a lot of those votes also,” Trump said, dismissing pundits who have been gaming out one of his rivals consolidating the anti-Trump vote. “I think we are going to do very very well.”
Trump’s speech included all its signature trappings from the declaration that Mexico would miraculously pay for a border wall to the promise to “make America great again” to the mid-speech chant of “USA” coming from the audience. Trump conceded that running for president was no simple task, but he vowed to keep rolling to Nevada and onto Super Tuesday (aka the SEC primary) where evangelical voters are once again going to make or break Trump’s momentum.
“There is nothing easy about running for president. I can tell you,” Trump said. “It is tough. It’s nasty. It’s mean. It’s vicious. It’s beautiful. When you win it’s beautiful.”
Trump claimed he has met “millions” of Americans at this point between all of his rallies.
“No matter where we go,” Trump said. “We fill up the arenas.”
“It’s an incredible movement with incredible people,” he added.
Now, he told voters it is time to “put this thing away” and “make America great again.”
