Nikki Haley, Donald Trump’s only competitor standing in the primary elections of Republican Partywill withdraw his candidacy on Wednesday, paving the way for the businessman runs for president again. According to local media, the former governor of South Carolina made the decision after Trump swept the elections held in different American states on Tuesday.
Nikki Haley’s decision
Until Tuesday, Nikki Haley – former governor of South Carolina and former US ambassador to the UN – was the only policy capable of confronting him in the internal elections of the Republican Party. Now – according to the media and after Donald Trump’s overwhelming results – the presidential candidate will decline her position as a Republican candidate.
Haley will end her campaign in the primary elections through a speech that will take place this Wednesday at Charleston, the capital of South Carolina. This was announced by The Wall Street Journal, CNN, among other media.
With this decision, Donald Trump will remain the only candidate from his party to be the candidate in the presidential elections. They will be carried out on November 5th and everything seems to indicate that it will be a reissue of the previous confrontation between Trump and Joe Bidencurrent President.
According to the country’s media, Haley will announce the withdrawal of her candidacy but not a direct endorsement of Donald Trump. The Republican will encourage the former President to win the support of Republican and independent voters who supported her until now.
Donald Trump: victory on “Super Tuesday” and candidacy
“It was an incredible night and day“, summarized Donald Trump, in his speech after the results of the elections were known. Republican Party primaries. Thus, the former president is practically guaranteed a duel with Democrat Joe Biden in the November presidential elections.
The former Republican president was declared the winner in 14 states of the 15 that were disputed this Tuesday. These are: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia.
Only Vermont – the state that went for Nikki Haley – deprived Trump of a absolute victory. Thus, in principle, the businessman already ensured 995 delegates of the 1,215 needed to win the party nomination.
After his victory, and after facing difficult weeks between judicial accusations for the incidents at the Capitol during 2020an exultant Trump came out to talk with his followers gathered at his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Florida: “It has been an incredible, incredible night and day. It has been an incredible period in our country’s history.“.
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In theory, the Republican primaries could last until July. However – and given the results of “Super Tuesday” the Trump team predicts a victory “March 19th“at the latest, after they vote in the states of Georgia and Florida.
On the Democratic side, Joe Biden, current president of the United States, does not seem to have competition either. Everything seems given then for one reissue of the 2020 election and Trump and Biden They will face each other for a place in the Oval Office seat.
Source: Ambito
