Trump and Biden will face off again if Nikki Haley withdraws her candidacy for president.
Nikki Haley ended her long-shot challenge to Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Wednesday, ensuring the former president will be the party’s candidate in a rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden in November’s election.
A day after Super Tuesday, Haley, the former governor of South Carolina and Trump’s UN ambassador, conceded defeat after Trump easily defeated her in 14 of the 15 Republican primary contests.
At a Charleston rally, Haley informed supporters, “It is now time to cease my campaign.” “I regret nothing,”
She did not support Trump, saying instead that he would probably be the Republican nominee despite his frequent disparaging of her candidacy.
She declared, “It is now Donald Trump’s responsibility to win over the votes of people both inside and outside of our party who did not support him.” “And my hope is that he does that.”
Haley was about to concede the race when he chastised her and asked her followers to accompany him. Trump posted on the Truth Social media network, saying, “Nikki Haley got TROUNCED last night, in record setting fashion.”
Haley’s supporters received an invitation from Biden, who complimented her for having the courage to “tell the truth” about Trump.
Donald Trump has stated unequivocally that he does not want Nikki Haley’s followers. To be clear, they have a place in my campaign, Biden stated in a statement.
Haley was the only Republican to confront Trump for a longer period of time than any other, but she never really threatened the outgoing president, whose tight hold on the party’s grassroots is intact despite numerous criminal prosecutions.
Few Americans want to see Trump and Biden face off again in the presidential race—the first such matchup in American history since 1956. According to opinion surveys, voters have low approval ratings for both Biden and Trump.
In a nation already torn apart by political division, the election is sure to be extremely polarizing. While Trump has attempted to reopen the investigation into his fraudulent claims to have won in 2020, Biden has portrayed Trump as an existential threat to democratic ideals.
Strong financial backing for Haley came from those determined to prevent Trump from securing the Republican nominee for a third time, especially after she turned in a number of impressive performances at debates that Trump chose to miss.
In the end, she was unable to wrangle enough conservative supporters.
But her better performance among independents and moderate Republicans showed how Trump’s hardline politics could expose him to Biden in the election on November 5.
(Reuters)