No place like home for Haley as she pins her presidential hopes on South Carolina

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's failure to win Tuesday's New Hampshire primary is not deterring her from continuing her presidential campaign against Donald Trump.

One month out from the South Carolina GOP contest, Haley is seeking to prove to voters and donors that she can be a better option for the party - and in the general election.

In a packed hotel ballroom near the Charleston airport Wednesday night, Haley painted the picture of a Biden-Trump rematch she said most of the country does not want and pledged to provide another choice.

"We could have that, but it's gonna take a lot of courage, courage from every person in this room," she said in her first campaign appearance post-New Hampshire.

"Courage for me to run, and courage for every one of you to know: don't complain about what happens in a general election if you don't play in this primary," she cautioned.

As the last remaining major challenger to Trump, Haley's speech Wednesday hammered the former president as "chaos" for the country – chaos Republicans can't afford to surround themselves with.

"I voted for Donald Trump twice, I was proud to serve America and his administration, I agree with a lot of his policies," she said. "But rightly or wrongly, chaos follows him."

You don't defeat Democrat chaos with Republican chaos, Haley added, noting another "hard truth" for Republicans is that making the changes they want to see can only happen if they win in November.

Her remarks continued to highlight verbal gaffes Trump has made recently as part of her argument for younger politicians, like when he confused her for former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a story at a rally.

"A few days ago, he was going on and on about me,