Donald Trump defeated this Tuesday, January 23rd Nikki Haley in the New Hampshire Republican primary, which paved his way in seeking the conservative party nomination. Thus, he is on the verge of competing for a second term in the November presidential elections in the United States against Democrat Joe Biden.
According to projections released by American television last night, the favorite in the primaries and former president of the United States (2017-2021) won the elections in New Hampshire, ahead of his Former ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, 52 years old.
Haley congratulated him on his victory in the small northeastern state, where he has many supporters, but said that “the race is far from over” and warned Republicans that making Trump a candidate is a “victory for Biden” November 5.
Trump seemed confident, stating that when the primaries reach South Carolina “we are going to win easily”
“Everyone is going to vote for me again”
Trump wants revenge against Biden since his electoral defeat in November 2020, which he never acknowledged. His determination is such that he will not be stopped by the four criminal trials and several civil lawsuits against him.
“Everyone is going to vote for me again. Biden is the worst president in the history of this country“, he said hours before the polling stations closed. Participation in New Hampshire was “very high,” according to local authorities, cited by the CNN.
Trump, 77, has a loyal base of followers and won the Iowa primary on January 15 with a huge lead about Ron DeSantis, who ended up abandoning his campaign to support Trump, despite coming second and Haley third.
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After the former president’s victory, Biden warned that United States democracy is at stake: “It is now clear that Donald Trump will be the Republican candidate. And my message to the country is that The stakes couldn’t be higher. Our democracy. Our personal freedoms, from the right to choose to the right to vote,” he said in a statement.
Biden also won a victory this Tuesday, winning the unofficial Democratic primary of New Hampshire, even though his name did not appear on the ballot due to disagreements with the local branch of the party.
Biden: “What’s at stake couldn’t be more important. Our democracy. Our personal freedoms”
Trump’s speech: without half measures, against immigration and disqualifying Biden
In a controversial victory speech, Trump attacked Haley after winning New Hampshire and appeared confident, stating that when the primaries come to his home state of South Carolina, “we are going to win easily”. Trump’s speech was loaded with ominous warnings about immigration as he continued to discuss the results of the 2020 election.
Despite now adding New Hampshire to his previous easy victory in Iowa (and seeming almost unstoppable to become the Republican nominee in November), Trump maintained his far-right message, without any sign of reaching out to the more moderate voters who supported him. Hailey. Furthermore, he alleged that Democrats are “stupid,” “dishonest,” and “hate our country.”.
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At one point, while swearing on prime-time television, Trump said that The United States is a “failed country” and established that “millions and millions” of undocumented immigrants arrive from psychiatric hospitals and prisons and said that “they are killing our country.” He also focused much of her speech on disqualifying Haley and accusing her of being an “impostor” for having “given a triumphant speech” ahead of time.
Trump did little actual campaigning in New Hampshire. Still, his message — a mix of personal grievance and right-wing culture war that fires at his base — generated the kind of momentum that his supporters believe will sweep him back to the White House.
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