Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Donald Trump s victory in Tuesday nights Republican primaries across multiple states comes with some serious red flags.
While the former president won handily in Florida, Ohio, Arizona, Kansas and Illinois, the number of people who turned out to vote against him was unusually high especially given that all of his rivals have quit the race, Kinzinger said.
Trump won about 81% of the vote in Florida, 79% in Ohio, 81% in Illinois, 78% in Arizona and 76% in Kansas, based on results early Wednesday from The Associated Press .
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley , who dropped out two weeks ago, won 14 to 20% of the vote over those states.
Kinzinger wrote on X (formerly Twitter):
The fact that Haley is still getting almost 20 percent in these states AFTER dropping out is a badddddd sign for Chief Whiney.
— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) (@AdamKinzinger) March 20, 2024
Other Trump critics also pointed to a potential sign of weakness in Tuesday nights numbers:
20% of Republican voters in Florida voting for Haley (15%), Desantis (4%) and Christie (1%) after they all dropped out is another very bad sign for Trump. They cant spin it on Democrats crossing over this time because FL is a completely closed, Republicans-only primary.
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 19, 2024
Tonight in Florida's closed Republican primary, 200,000 Republicans have voted against Trump so far.
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) March 20, 2024
Biden, by contrast, consistently receives over 90% of the vote, no matter which ballot he's on.
The American people are tired of Trump's grifting, indecency, and criminality. pic.twitter.com/m0yXoROa6f
These results from Florida and Ohio are a klaxon in the night for the GOP. Closed primaries with large numbers of voters saying not just no but never. These arent Dems in Republican clothing. They are faithful members of a once-proud political party. https://t.co/6hYa1Rf2Yl
— Brent Orrell (@OrrellAEI) March 20, 2024
Nikki Haley getting over 150K votes in Florida after dropping out weeks ago cant be a good sign for Trump pic.twitter.com/fJ2j64mg3h
— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) March 20, 2024
Trump is absolutely in trouble in Florida. Just in Orange County, there were at least 30 precincts in which he got less than 70% of the vote in a closed-primary in a non-election. Look at precinct 522 in Winter Park. 49%... https://t.co/pjM1EUUG0s pic.twitter.com/kZ7518FuPe
— Samuel Vilchez Santiago (@samuelvilchezs) March 20, 2024
Donald Trump only getting 80% of the 2024 Florida Republican Presidential primary vote may seem like a lot, except that hes not running against anyone and in 2020 he got 94% of the @GOP Presidential primary vote.
— Fernand R. Amandi (@AmandiOnAir) March 20, 2024
Trump is weak, getting weaker and in trouble this November. pic.twitter.com/wg9XVmVzVH
The results of the Florida GOP primary should terrify Trump and the GOP.
— Peter Henlein (@SwissWatchGuy) March 19, 2024
Florida is a closed primary state. Nikki Haley is getting 15% of the vote.
That's a MASSIVE number of registered R's casting a protest vote against Trump. They aren't going to vote for him in November. pic.twitter.com/1y4XDdopHv
GOP primary votes against Trump tonight:
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) March 20, 2024
Kansas - 25%
Arizona - 25%
Ohio - 21%
Illinois - 19%
Florida - 19%
This is not a united Republican Party.
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