The United States is set for a rematch of the 2020 presidential election. Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination for November's election overnight (March 12).
25.02.2024 - 00:13 / deadline.com
Donald Trump was projected to handily win the South Carolina primary tonight, defeating his last remaining rival in the race for the Republican nomination, Nikki Haley.
Haley, the former governor of the state, has stayed in the race even as pundits give her scant chance of defeating the former president. Earlier this week, she vowed to stay in the race at least through Super Tuesday next month. She has stepped up her attacks on Trump in recent weeks, to the delight of many Democrats.
Given the polls showing him with lopsided support in the state, Trump’s victory was no surprise. And as networks revealed the results of exit poll questions in the hours before polls closed, it looked as it he had the ingredients for a blowout.
Cable news and networks news streaming channels all carried special coverage of the primary, even if there was little suspense over the outcome, and the main question was whether the race would be called right at 7 p.m. ET when polls closed. They did.
On CNN, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) did not call on Haley to drop out, but said, “She’s a friend. I want her to be part of the future of the Republican party.” Asked by Dana Bash whether she would have a future if she does not drop out, he said, “Not really. The sooner we come together, the better.”
But some Trump allies have pressured her to drop out. After Haley said in a speech earlier this week that she had no need to “kiss the ring,” Steven Cheung, spokesman for the Trump campaign, wrote on X/Twitter, “She’s going to drop down to kiss ass when she quits, like she always does.”
The South Carolina exit polls showed a highly favorable environment for Trump: The electorate was 69% Republican and just 21% independent, a contrast to New Hampshire,
The United States is set for a rematch of the 2020 presidential election. Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination for November's election overnight (March 12).
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Nikki Haley is officially dropping out of the U.S. presidential race following her Super Tuesday defeat, according to reports.
Ellise Shafer Nikki Haley will suspend her presidential campaign on Wednesday, sources close to the politician told the Associated Press. This sets the stage for a near certain rematch of 2020’s race between Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden.
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