Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley struck a defiant note post her loss in the recently concluded South Carolina primary to former president Donald Trump. On X she wrote.
“I’m a woman of my word. I’m not giving up this fight when a majority of Americans disapprove of both Trump and Biden. In the next 10 days, 21 states and territories will speak. They have the right to a real choice, not a Soviet-style election with only one candidate. And I have a duty to give them that choice.”
Haley lost her home state by a margin of 20%. The final poll results show that Trump received 55.9% of the vote while Haley received 39.42%. The defeat follows a string of losses in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Haley however, wrote on X. “The fight goes on! See you in Michigan.” The Michigan primary is on Feb. 27, the last before Super Tuesday on March 5, when Republicans in 15 states and one U.S. territory will cast ballots.
Trump on the other hand, exuded confidence. According to Fox News, in his pre-primary rally he focused more on Biden than Haley, saying “We’re going to show crooked Joe Biden and the radical left Democrats that we are coming like a freight train in November.”
Haley has indicated that she will fight on till ‘Super Tuesday.’
“I don’t believe Donald Trump can beat Joe Biden,” she told her supporters in Charleston, South Carolina according to a Guardian report.
Michigan is also a problem for President Joe Biden. The Democrat primary will also be held on Feb 27 and the president is facing censure not just from Arab-Americans but from some members of his own party.
According to an NBC news report, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is also urging Democrats in Dearborn, Michigan, to vote “uncommitted” rather than for President Biden in the primary.
Arab-Americans are a sizeable community in Michigan. According to an Axios report, Democrats fear a loss could trigger losses in Virginia, Georgia, Arizona and Pennsylvania, where there are pockets of Arab-Americans. Though Biden is all but assured of winning the Democrat presidential nomination but an “uncommitted” vote in these states could cause him to lose the election.
