There is little chance that this will stop Donald Trump’s momentum, but Nikki Haley, the former US president’s only competitor for the Republican primaries, won her first victory in the race for President on Sunday March 3. inauguration for the November 2024 presidential election.
The former UN ambassador under the Trump administration (2017-2021) won in Washington ahead of the ex-president, obtaining 63% of the votes in this primary which took place in a single location , a downtown hotel, according to Politico, which cites party officials in the federal capital.
The overwhelming majority of Washington, DC residents are Democrats, and the city has only a small number of registered Republicans. CNN, which was among the media outlets announcing Ms. Haley’s victory on Sunday, estimated their number at just 22,000. The city has never voted in majority for a Republican presidential candidate. In the 2020 presidential election against Mr. Trump, Democratic candidate Joe Biden received 92% of the vote in Washington.
This symbolic victory for Nikky Haley comes two days before “Super Tuesday”, a significant date in the calendar of presidential primaries, during which American voters are called to vote in fifteen states.
On Saturday, Donald Trump won on Saturday in Missouri, Michigan and Idaho, increasing his lead and his status as favorite to represent the Republican Party in the November election.
“Queen of the swamp,” taunts Donald Trump
In a statement, Nikki Haley’s campaign team said that “it is no surprise that the Republicans closest to the dysfunction in Washington reject Donald Trump and all his chaos.”
“Nikki Haley has been crowned queen of the swamp,” declared Donald Trump’s campaign team, in reference to one of the slogans of the Republican billionaire’s 2016 electoral campaign (“Drain the swamp”, otherwise said to rid Washington of its intrigues and conflicts of interest). “Tonight’s results in Washington DC reaffirm the goal of President Trump’s campaign: he will drain the swamp and put America first,” his team added in a statement.
Donald Trump, despite his legal setbacks, won all the states that have already voted in the primaries ahead of “Super Tuesday”. Tuesday promises to be the day of the last chance for her only rival in the running, Nikki Haley.
For Democrats, the suspense is even less suspenseful since outgoing President Joe Biden should undoubtedly be the candidate for his party.
