Donald Trump, the former president of the United States, achieved a resounding victory in the Republican Party primaries in South Carolina this Saturday.
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This victory positions him closer to being designated as the official candidate of his party for the presidential elections in November.
According to projections by several American media outlets, including The New York Times and Fox News, Trump, 77, widely surpassed her rival Nikki Haley52, who lost in his home state despite supposedly having strong support.
Furthermore, it is worth noting that Donald Trump has dominated in all the competitions that count for Republican delegates, securing victories in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and the US Virgin Islands.
This latest victory for the former president will likely intensify pressure on Nikki Haley, who served as Trump's ambassador to the UN and as governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017, to withdraw from the race.
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TRUMP WINS DOUBLE! In SC
Trump won South Carolina by DOUBLE the amount of votes that have EVER been received in the state.
INCREDIBLE!!! 💯
Nikki Hailey's HOME STATE CRUSHED her. The Deep State puppet is a total FAILURE.
Donald Trump has literally DOMINATED every single… pic.twitter.com/Pxjb11XMPq
— TRUTH NOW ⭐️⭐️⭐️🗽 (@sxdoc) February 25, 2024
South Carolina's endorsement of Trump
“Trump has remained popular in South Carolina since his candidacy in 2016, and pre-primary polls consistently showed him with double-digit leads. But Haley, the state's former governor and United Nations ambassador during the Trump administration, hoped to buck the odds, and his defeat at the hands of voters who are arguably most familiar with his politics will further fuel uncertainty about his path,” says The New York Times.
Haley, who also served as US ambassador to the UN during Trump's term, He has declared that he will not abandon his campaignat least until Super Tuesday, scheduled for March 5, which could shed more clarity on the Republican outlook in the race for the White House.
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我川赢了南卡共和党初选。Nikki该退选了吧?鸡毛都掉光了
唐纳德·川普 (Donald Trump) 赢得南卡罗来纳州 2024 年共和党初选:尼基·黑莉 (Nikki Haley) 在她的家乡惨败 pic.twitter.com/fZSx6S1pie
— 川粉文婕文婕播报 (@wenjiebc) February 25, 2024
The importance of 'Super Tuesday'
Super Tuesday will be a crucial moment, as Around 36% of the Republican delegates who will select the presidential candidate will be defined at the party convention.
According to The New York Times, Haley plans to travel to Michigan on Sunday to continue her campaign in what appears to be a decisive week in the Republican race.
Despite the legal problems he faces, Donald Trump, 77, remains the big favorite in the race for the Republican nomination, which will determine the candidate for the November presidential elections.
The calls for participation
“We need your VOTE to save America”said the former president to mobilize voters in this state in the southeast of the country. Trump has already won his party's first three primaries, during which many of his challengers dropped out of the race.
Haley, 52, is the only one still standing in his way. She also urged voters to go to the polls en masse, stating that a “new generation of conservative leaders”.
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