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Donald Trump blasts Biden as ‘worst president’ in Super Tuesday victory speech with zero mention of ‘hiding’ Nikki Haley
Haley released a brief statement after her defeat
DONALD Trump branded Joe Biden the worst president in US history and didn't mention his Republican rival Nikki Haley as he reveled in his Super Tuesday success in a victory speech.
Trump stormed to victory in more than a dozen Republican contests and his diehard supporters accused Haley of hiding out at home as she suffered a landslide defeat.
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Trump was met with cheers from a roaring crowd of Republican attendees at his watch party held in Mar-a-Lago.
The former president slammed Biden throughout his address.
He claimed that the commander-in-chief had destroyed what Trump had built during his term in office.
Trump once again vowed to take the country back.
“We're gonna win this election because we have no choice,” he said.
“If we lose this election, we're not going to have a country left.”
He labeled Biden “the worst president in the history of our country."
Trump's victory lap came as he continued to storm to the Republican Party's presidential nomination.
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A total of 1,215 delegates are needed to clinch the nomination and Trump has racked up almost 1,000 delegates.
Haley is languishing behind with 89 delegates and only scored one win on Super Tuesday.
What is Super Tuesday?
And what it means for the general election.
- Before the national general election is held on November 5, 2024, states hold primary elections where voters of each party can select that party's nominee
- The results of these primaries will dictate which candidate becomes the official nominee for both the Republican and Democratic Party at their national conventions in the summer
- On Super Tuesday, primaries are held in 15 states plus American Samoa, representing about one-third of the national electorate
- Because of how many primaries are held on Super Tuesday, the results are a reliable indicator of who will be each party's eventual nominee
- Presidential candidates who aren't nominated can still be represented by a third party, but a third-party candidate has never won an election
Vermont has been called for Haley but only nine of the state's 17 delegates have been added to her column so far.
Trump scored victories in 14 states - Alaska, Colorado, Maine, Oklahoma, Virginia, Tennessee, Texas, Minnesota, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Alabama, Arkansas, California, and Utah.
Utah was the final state to call its Republican race.
In the Golden State, Trump's expected margin of victory will be around 50 percentage points.
He has clinched all 169 of the state's delegates that were up for grabs.
Trump is set for a huge victory in Texas where he's leading Haley with 78% of the vote.
More than 140 of the state's 161 delegates have been allocated for Trump.
UTAH CAUCUS CHAOS
The former president scooped all 40 of the delegates up for grabs in Utah, but the caucus was mired in chaos due to technical issues.
Republican voters were told to register before turning up at their caucus location.
But systems crashed and voters encountered internet issues.
The chaos left voters bemused.
"This is the stupidest thing I've ever been in," Evelyn Ames told
Some Americans said they rushed to four different caucus locations in a desperate bid to cast their vote.
In total, 16 states participated in Super Tuesday and votes are still being tallied.
Haley's only other victory in the race for the Republican nomination came in Washington D.C. on Sunday night.
The former South Carolina governor was slammed for watching the Super Tuesday results with her staff in her home state rather than making public appearances and remarks.
"She is hiding at home right now. No scheduled speaking events. MAGA won and WON BIG," one voter on X, formerly Twitter.
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Haley's campaign released a statement after her defeat.
“We’re honored to have received the support of millions of Americans across the country today, including in Vermont where Nikki became the first Republican woman to win two presidential primary contests," her team wrote.
"Unity is not achieved by simply claiming ‘we’re united.’
"Today, in state after state, there remains a large block of Republican primary voters who are expressing deep concerns about Donald Trump.
"That is not the unity our party needs for success. Addressing those voters’ concerns will make the Republican Party and America better.”
Haley has previously said she would stay in the race as long as she was competitive.
On Monday, she released an ad that blamed Trump for a series of Republican losses over recent years.
During the weekend, she raised doubts about whether she would endorse Trump if he were to become the party's presidential nominee.
PUSHING FOR 'UNITY'
Trump reveled in his victory during his address at his plush Florida home.
"They tell me that there's never been one like this has never been anything so conclusive," he said.
"November 5 is going to go down as the single most important day in the history of our country.
"We're not respected right now our country is known as a joke. It's a joke."
Trump hurled jibes at Biden, accusing the commander-in-chief of weakening America's reputation during his time in office.
"We watched our country take a great beating over the last three years,” he said.
"The world is laughing at us, the world is taking advantage of us."
Trump also spoke of how inflation is worse than it has ever been, saying it is killing the middle class.
“Inflation is called a country buster and that's what it's doing to our country,” Trump said.
“What has happened with inflation has been unbelievable.
Trump said if he is president again, "We want to have unity, and we're going to have unity and it's going to happen very quickly.
"I have been saying lately, success is going to bring unity to our country."
The race heads to American Samoa on March 8 where nine delegates are up for grabs.
Primaries will take place in Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington on March 12.
A GOP caucus will be held in Hawaii on the same date with Trump and Haley fighting for 19 delegates.
A total of 161 delegates will be up for grabs on March 12 and Trump could be propelled closer to the nomination.
Trump could seal the deal on March 19 when voters in five states, including his home state of Florida, head to the polls.
A whopping 125 delegates will be up for grabs in the Sunshine State alone.
Primaries are also being held in Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, and Ohio on that date.
What are Trump and Biden's platforms?
A look at what issues matter most to the candidates.
Biden's talking points:
- The importance of democracy after the January 6 attack on the Capitol
- Advocate for abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade with a 6-3 judgment in 2022
- His Build Back Better plan, the $2.2 trillion infrastructure spending bill introduced in 2021
- Support for Ukraine and Israel while they are at war
- Highlight the strong US economy and low unemployment rates during his presidency
Trump's talking points:
- Slam issues at the US-Mexico border, which was a critical talking point for his 2016 win
- Criticize the slew of criminal and civil lawsuits filed against him
- Applaud the Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Discuss a plan to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, although he hasn't said which country he wants to win
- Advocate for parents' rights to regulate and restrict discussion of gender, sexuality, and race in schools
Biden, meanwhile, easily won the Democratic primaries, claiming Iowa, Vermont, Virginia, North Carolina, Maine, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Minnesota, Utah, Arkansas and California.
His only defeat came in American Samoa, where little-known candidate Jason Palmer won and wrestled a handful of delegates from him.
It was the first time since 1996 that a challenger to an incumbent president won a primary vote.
Roland Riemers emerged victorious in North Dakota as Bill Clinton wasn't on the ballot.
Biden is leading the race for the Democratic Party's nomination but doesn't face any serious threat.
He has almost 1,500 delegates to his name, with 1,968 needed to win the nomination.
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"Today, millions of voters across the country made their voices heard—showing that they are ready to fight back against Donald Trump’s extreme plan to take us backward," he on X.
"Every generation of Americans will face a moment when it has to defend democracy. This is our fight."
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What is the Electoral College?
And why swing states are important.
- The Electoral College is the body of 538 electors divided among the states who select the next president of the United States
- To become president, a candidate must win a majority of 270 electoral votes
- Every state is assigned one elector for each of its representatives in the House, plus an additional two reflecting the state's senators
- In most cases, a presidential candidate will be awarded all the electors in a state if they win the state's popular vote. Electors who vote against the state's popular vote winner are called faithless electors
- Many states will be virtual shoe-ins for the Democratic candidate (such as New York and California) or the Republican candidate (such as Texas and Missouri), while a minority are genuinely up for grabs by either candidate
- These states, known as purple or swing states, are the main targets for presidential candidates
- The parties' candidates are chosen in primary elections throughout the first half of the election year, including Super Tuesday, and officially nominated at party conventions in the summer
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