By Luis De Jesus
The former president of the United States, Donald Trump, expressed his gratitude this Saturday to the voters of South Carolina, after partial counts from several media outlets indicated that he obtained a solid majority over Nikki Haley, further complicating the situation for the former US ambassador. before the United Nations.
“South Carolina, thank you very much!” Trump said at an event in Columbia, the state capital, in his first statements after the first partial results were known. “Now, go home and rest, we have a lot of work ahead of us,” he added.
Trump was proud to affirm in South Carolina that he has won each primary “with a record of votes” and that they have also “won each election with a record,” published the Efe news agency.
Despite his victory, Trump did not mention Nikki Haley at any time during his speech, which was characterized by a measured tone and far from the former president’s usual stridency.
The American media highlights the fact that Trump has decisively defeated Haley in the state where she has her roots and where she was governor.
They agree that this result puts great pressure on the former governor of South Carolina to announce her withdrawal, despite the fact that she had previously warned that she would not abandon the race if she lost in these primaries.
Nikki Haley will not abandon the primaries
For her part, Nikki Haley reaffirmed her commitment to continue in the race despite her significant loss to Donald Trump in the elections in South Carolina.
Despite the overwhelming difference in votes that separated her from the former president, she assured her followers that she will remain in the race, thus fulfilling her promise to offer a valid alternative for Republican voters, according to the Efe news agency.
During a rally organized to celebrate her long-awaited victory, although it did not achieve the desired result, Nikki Haley reiterated her commitment to the principles and values she represents. “I am a woman of my word. “I am not going to give up this fight when a majority of Americans disapprove of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden,” she said.
The candidate also stressed the importance of offering voters a real and diverse option in the primary elections that will be held in the upcoming states. She emphasized that citizens deserve an alternative beyond the polarization between candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
“In the next ten days, 21 states and territories are going to speak. They have the right to have real options, not a Soviet-style election with a single candidate. And it is my obligation to give them that option,” emphasized the former governor of North Carolina.
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