Trump's latest competitor, Nikki Haley, still doesn't want to drop out of the race early.
A bill presented to the Republican National Committee (RNC) on Thursday (local time) to declare Donald Trump the party's presidential nominee at an early stage was withdrawn just hours later following objections from Trump himself. An ally of the former chairman, David Bossie, initially distributed the draft to RNC committee members.
The RNC, which oversees Republican elections, could have voted next week, at an already scheduled meeting, to send Trump directly as the party's candidate in the race for the nation's highest office. But Trump himself objected and announced on his own social media platform “Truth Social” that he wanted to be nominated as an old-fashioned candidate at the polls. Bossie withdrew the project soon after, according to a person familiar with the matter. He has not yet responded to a request for comment.
Nikki Haley under more and more pressure
Donald Trump's only remaining rival, Nikki Haley, is currently under increasing pressure to drop out of the race for the Republican nomination early. Because of the incident surrounding David Bossie's bill, some RNC members complained that it was presumptuous and unfair for Haley to prematurely declare Trump the nominee after just two primaries. “Who cares what the RNC says? “We are allowing millions of Republican voters across the country to decide who our party's nominee should be, not a bunch of Washington insiders,” Haley's campaign said in a statement. She continues to refuse to drop out of the race early despite her loss in New Hampshire on Tuesday. (APA)