To Iowa, New Hampshire. Former US President Donald Trump won the Republican primary in this northeastern US state on Tuesday, January 23, a week after his inauguration success in the Midwest.
According to projections by the US agency Associated Press (AP), the billionaire is ahead of his competitor Nikki Haley, while Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who came second in Iowa, announced on Sunday that he was withdrawing from the race for the Republican nomination for the White House.
This result represents a setback for Nikki Haley, who is now the only major alternative to Donald Trump. The former American ambassador to the UN invested a lot of time and resources to win New Hampshire, but on Tuesday evening she admitted defeat and showed her determination.
“This race is far from over,” she immediately said to a crowd of fans. “A Trump inauguration would be a victory for Biden,” she emphasized.
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Ms. Haley, 52, has stepped up her criticism of the former Republican president, questioning his mental acuity and presenting herself as a unifying candidate who would usher in generational change. To attract more moderate Republicans and independents, she accuses her former president of causing “chaos,” a likely reference to the numerous prosecutions, particularly over illegal attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
“Donald Trump has shown that he is good at destroying things. But we need someone who can also fix things,” she said. But these demands did not resonate with enough voters.
“You will all vote for me again”
Mr. Trump can boast of being the first Republican presidential candidate to win open elections in Iowa and New Hampshire since those two states topped the electoral calendar in 1976. This shows the speed with which the voters of the Grand Old Party (GOP) got behind him and made him their candidate for the third time in a row.
During his final campaign meeting Monday night, Donald Trump again attacked Nikki Haley, “a losing candidate who will put America last.” “If you want a president who will put America first every time, vote for Donald Trump,” he said.
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By comfortably winning these first two states, the 77-year-old billionaire confirms his status as the ultra-favorite of the American right for the November 2024 presidential election, which will name a successor to Joe Biden or allow him to take office for a second and final four-year term Term.
“They will all vote for me again,” said Mr. Trump, who still does not recognize Joe Biden’s victory in 2020 and accuses him of committing fraud to win. “Biden is the worst president in the history of this country,” he added near a polling station in New Hampshire where primaries for both parties, Republicans and Democrats, were taking place. In order to take on the outgoing president on November 5th, Donald Trump will have to face Nikki Haley, the only competitor still in the race, at his party's convention this summer at the end of all primaries in the American states.
New Hampshire represents only 22 delegates, 1,215 of which are required to officially become the Republican nominee. But compared to more conservative states, there is a better indication of possible national electoral success and subsequent primaries.
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Joe Biden also wins, albeit in a symbolic primary
“Today’s results confirm that Donald Trump has virtually secured the Republican Party’s nomination,” Julie Chavez Rodriguez, the head of Joe Biden’s campaign, said in a statement Tuesday evening.
The incumbent president won the symbolic Democratic primary in New Hampshire on Tuesday, facing two little-known competitors, elected official Dean Phillips and writer Marianne Williamson. Due to a disagreement with the local Democratic Party chapter over the election calendar, Joe Biden did not appear on the ballot. Nevertheless, voters were able To his name to cast their vote for him.
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