Fox Conservative: Trump's Weak Showing In Primaries 'A Problem'

This is the first segment that I've watched on Fox so far where one of their regular pundits admitted that the forty percent or so of the Republican primary voters that don't want to vote for Trump could actually end up being a problem for him in the general election.

During a discussion about the South Carolina primary on this Monday's Outnumbered, Fox regular and Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen broke from the usual talking points that I've heard on Fox since the primaries began, which is to claim that all of those voters were Democrats who crossed over to vote for Haley.

Thiessen warned the viewers that this shows a real weakness for Trump, especially when compared to the numbers we've seen so far for Biden.

THIESSEN: Look, it was a big win for Donald Trump, but it also has a warning sign for Donald Trump and for the Republican party. So, if you think about this, this is a a unique election in the sense that we have basically two incumbents.

You have Joe Biden who's running for a second term, and Donald Trump is running for a second term, right? And so how did Joe Biden do in South Carolina? 96.2 percent of the vote. Donald Trump got 60 percent and four in ten voters in the Republican Party said no, even though they know that this race is pretty much over, that he's going to be the nominee, they still voted against him!

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