Nikki Haley ends her campaign, Joe Biden praises her “courage”

Nikki Haley announced today that she was ending her campaign for the Republican nomination for the US presidential election and assured that Donald Trump, now alone in the running for the right-wing party, should “deserve the votes” of voters who did not vote for him.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden, after having cleared the air around them on Tuesday during “Super Tuesday”, will therefore be able to conquer independent voters before the presidential election in November, which should, barring any huge surprises, be the remake of the duel of 2020.

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The Supreme Court of the United States has set April 25 for debates on the question of criminal immunity invoked by Donald Trump as former president, according to the Court’s calendar for the month of April published Wednesday.

The country’s highest court decided on February 28 to take up this issue, further postponing the federal trial of the ex-president for attempting to illegally reverse the results of the 2020 election.

Targeted by four separate criminal proceedings, the presumptive Republican candidate for the November presidential election seeks through his multiple appeals to go to trial as late as possible, in any case after the vote.

Minnesota elected official Dean Philipps is withdrawing from the race for the Democratic nomination in favor of Joe Biden, the ultra favorite.

Author Marianne Williamson is the latest opponent of the American president.

11 “unpledged” delegates were elected in Minnesota during the Democratic primaries, meaning they are not supporting Joe Biden as a presidential candidate, reports Axios.

If the Democratic president has no serious opposition, he faces internal mobilization which materializes in “uncommitted” ballots. This equivalent of the blank vote exceeded 19% of the votes in Minnesota.

The leader of the Republican senators, Mitch McConnell, “supports” the candidacy of Donald Trump in the presidential election after the withdrawal of Nikki Haley.

“It is abundantly clear that former President Trump received the necessary support from Republican voters to be our nominee for President of the United States,” Mitch McConnell said in a statement cited by AP.

“It goes without saying that as a candidate, he has my support,” added the Republican, who is nevertheless critical of the former president.

The Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, says he is “very happy” about Super Tuesday, which saw Donald Trump win 14 states out of 15 during the Republican primaries.

“The race is now on. It will be a rematch, and we love that rematch,” he told reporters after Nikki Haley withdrew, according to The Hill.

“To be completely clear, I am not giving money to any of the candidates for president of the United States,” Elon Musk wrote on his X network, while the New York Times reports a meeting between the billionaire and Donald Trump.

“Congratulations to President Trump on becoming the likely Republican nominee! We must come together to defeat Joe Biden and it is clear that Republican voters are ready to rally around President Trump to make it happen,” said the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee , Ronna McDaniel.

“It takes a lot of courage to run for president — that’s especially true in today’s Republican Party, where so few dare tell the truth about Donald Trump,” President Joe Biden said in a press release cited by the American media after Nikki Haley’s official announcement to suspend her campaign.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden are calling on Nikki Haley’s voters to join them.

“You don’t have to agree with me on everything to know that MAGA extremism (“Make America great again”, Donald Trump’s slogan, Editor’s note) is a threat to our country. We need everyone on board – join our campaign,” calls Joe Biden on X.

Even before Nikki Haley spoke, Donald Trump had invited on his Truth Social network “all Haley supporters to join the greatest movement in the history of our nation”.

“It is now up to Donald Trump to earn the votes of those within our party and beyond who did not support him,” says Nikki Haley.

“I have always been a conservative Republican and I have always supported the Republican candidate (…) But Margaret Thatcher gave good advice when she said that you should never follow the crowd, but always form your own opinion “, she justifies.

“Politics is about rallying people to your cause, not distracting them,” she adds.

Nikki Haley announces that she is “suspending” her campaign and withdrawing from the Republican primary, leaving Donald Trump alone in the running.

“The time has come to suspend my campaign. I said I wanted Americans to make their voices heard. That’s what I did. I have no regrets,” she said.

“And although I am no longer a candidate, I will not stop using my voice to stand up for the things I believe in,” she added.

If Joe Biden overwhelmingly won all the states that voted in the primaries, part of the Democratic electorate chose to vote blank to sanction the American president’s support for Israel.

In Minnesota, more than 19% of voters cast an “uncommitted” ballot.

Donald Trump won almost all the states that voted for the Republican primaries. Super Tuesday confirmed his control over the party.

Find our results map here.

Without serious opposition in his camp, Joe Biden won all 15 states at stake on Tuesday during the “Super Tuesday” Democratic primaries.

Only American Samoa resisted him. This Pacific archipelago was won by an illustrious unknown, Jason Palmer. However, due to the status of Samoa as a territory and not a state, the approximately 40,000 inhabitants will not be able to vote in the presidential election.

The Republican primaries are used to elect delegates who will then go to the party’s national convention, which will be held July 15-18 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is then these delegates who will nominate the official candidate.

With 2,429 delegates for the Republican Party, Donald Trump must win 1,215 to secure the nomination. He has already collected nearly 1,000. Nikki Haley is far from the mark.

Nikki Haley is preparing to end her campaign for the Republican nomination, leaving former President Donald Trump alone in the running, the Wall Street Journal and CNN said earlier today.

She is expected to announce her decision in a speech on Wednesday, around 4 p.m. Paris time, from Charleston, capital of the state of South Carolina of which she was governor, according to the major American business daily.

Hello everyone and welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the aftermath of Super Tuesday, this big election day which saw Donald Trump dominate the Republican primaries. The former president won in 14 states out of the 15 that held a vote.

He didn’t once mention Nikki Haley, the latest Republican to stand in his way to his party’s nomination. But the latter, former ambassador to the UN, should end her campaign this Wednesday March 6, indicate several American media.