2024-01-24 01:13:48
The arch-favorite of the American right Donald Trump won the Republican primary in New Hampshire on Tuesday evening once morest his rival Nikki Haley, clearing the path to the nomination of the Republican Party for the presidential election in November once morest Joe Biden.
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According to American television projections, the arch-favorite of the Republican primaries and former president of the United States won the vote in New Hampshire, ahead of his former ambassador to the UN, Ms. Haley, 52 years old.
If she congratulated Mr. Trump on his victory in this small northeastern state where she has a number of supporters, Nikki Haley affirmed that “the race (was) far from over”. And she warned Republicans that “a Trump inauguration would be a victory for Biden” on November 5.
Since his defeat in November 2020, which he never admitted to President Biden and while he faces four criminal trials this year, Donald Trump is determined to take his revenge in November on his Democratic rival.
“They will all vote for me once more […]. Biden is the worst president in the history of this country,” Mr. Trump said near a polling station in New Hampshire which was organizing primaries for both parties, Republican and Democratic.
To face the outgoing president on November 5, Donald Trump will have to be invested this summer by his party’s convention, at the end of all the primaries in the American states once morest his only competitor still in the running, Nikki Haley.
The New Hampshire primaries, where the last polling stations closed at 8 p.m., saw “very strong participation” according to local authorities.
During his last campaign meeting Monday evening, Donald Trump once once more attacked Nikki Haley, “a losing candidate who will put America last.” “If you want a president who puts America first every time, then vote Donald Trump,” he said.
The tycoon had already won the first primary in Iowa on January 15.
Ms. Haley, a former Republican governor of South Carolina, rejects pressure to step down.
“It has always been a marathon and never a sprint,” she assured earlier Tuesday.
The rallying of Donald Trump this weekend by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, once considered his main Republican rival, brought the leading trio back to a duel.
But the battle is very unequal between Mr. Trump and Ms. Haley.
All the candidates who won the Republican primaries in these first two states obtained the Party nomination.
Opposite, Joe Biden was campaigning in Virginia (east) with his vice-president Kamala Harris on the theme of the right to abortion, threatened or already largely banned in states led by Republicans.
The president accused Donald Trump and his supporters of wanting “at all costs” to further restrict access to voluntary terminations of pregnancies (abortions).
Wanting to attract more moderate Republicans and independents, Ms. Haley accuses her former president of spreading “chaos”, a probable allusion to the multiple criminal prosecutions in particular for illicit attempts to reverse the results of the 2020 election.
“Donald Trump has shown that he is good at breaking things. But we need someone who can also fix things,” she said.
In recent days, Nikki Haley has also questioned her “declining” cognitive abilities following comments in which Mr. Trump seemed to confuse her with the former Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.
A shame for Donald Trump, who makes fun of Joe Biden, his 81 years and his blunders, even imitating his sometimes hesitant approach during his meetings.
New Hampshire only represents 22 delegates, out of 1,215 needed to be officially designated the Republican candidate.
But compared to more conservative states, it gives a better indication of possible national electoral success and subsequent primaries.
Independent voters are authorized to vote in the primaries of both parties, Republican and Democratic, without being affiliated with them.
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