donald trump defeated her Republican rival Nikki Haley in the state primary South Carolina and thus came a little closer to a possible duel with Democratic President Joe Biden in the November elections.
Yesterday’s defeat was especially hard for Haley, who embodies the moderate wing of the Republican Party, since it occurred in his home state and of which she was governor for six years.
A sign that the former president no longer considers Haley a threat, Trump did not mention her in his victory speech, in which he preferred instead to target the current occupant of the White House, the 81-year-old Democrat Biden.
“We will be here on November 5th and we will look at Joe Biden, we will look him right in the eyes, is destroying our country, and we’ll say: Joe, you’re fired. Go away,” Trump said to cheers and applause in the state capital, Columbia.
As in previous primaries, whose objective is to designate the Republican candidate for the elections, the former president was relentless.
American media reported his victory seconds after the tables closed, although the margin of his victory was not immediately clear.
Despite his judicial problems, for which he is exposed to prison sentences, Trump, 77, is the big favorite in the race for the Republican nomination, according the surveys.
Joe Biden’s reaction to the defeat in South Carolina
Biden reacted to the South Carolina result with a brief written statement in which he warned Americans of “the threat that Donald Trump poses” to the future, as the country “deals with the damage he left behind.”
For her part, Haley, 52, said she will continue to fight.
“I said earlier this week that no matter what happens in South Carolina, I would continue running… I am a woman of my word”, he stated after learning of his defeat.
“I am not going to give up this fight when the majority of Americans disapprove of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden,” he added, the AFP news agency reported.
The pre-candidate reiterated what has been her premise: “We will not survive four more years of Trump’s chaos.”
Donald Trump’s message to African Americans
Trump, meanwhile, opened a new controversy yesterday by saying that his judicial problems make African-Americans sympathize with his candidacy.
“The blacks liked me because they have been hurt a lot and They have been discriminated against, and in fact they see me as if they were discriminating against me.”said.
Haley found the comments “disgusting.”
“It’s disgusting. But that’s what happens when you go off the teleprompter. That’s the chaos that’s coming with Donald Trump,” he said.
Democrats were also shocked by the parallels between African Americans and crime.
“Last night in South Carolina, Donald Trump took the stage to make disgraceful, racist comments that take advantage of the hatred and division that is the worst of us”Biden said in a campaign email.
After Saturday, Trump and Haley will face each other again on Tuesday in the state of Michigan.
Source: Ambito
