Trump defeats Indian-American Nikki Haley, Biden leads Democratic victory

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Outgoing US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won their respective parties’ Michigan presidential primaries on Tuesday, moving both candidates toward a possible rematch in the November 2024 race for the White House. Are.

Trump easily defeated his main rival, Indian-American Nikki Haley, winning another primary contest and additional delegates – bringing him one step closer to being able to formally secure the Republican Party nomination. .

Till the last report came, Haley had got 28.9 percent votes compared to Trump’s 66.4 percent. The New York Times projected that Trump, 77, would win the Michigan primary with more than 40 percent of the vote over 52-year-old Haley.

Biden thanked every Michigander who made his voice heard.

“I want to thank every Michigander who made their voice heard today. “Exercising the right to vote and participating in our democracy is what makes America great,” Biden said in a statement.

“Four years ago, it was Michigan’s diverse coalition that came together to reject Donald Trump’s MAGA extremism and sent me and Kamala to the White House. “Because of Michiganders, we have been able to make tremendous progress, together with Governor Whitmer and the incredible Democratic leaders in Michigan’s congressional delegation…,” he said.

However, a key feature of the Democratic primary in Michigan, where the Muslim population is sizable, was that more than 14 percent of Biden’s Democratic voters voted “uncommitted” as part of their protest against the 81-year-old president. Dealing with the Israel-Palestine war.

“Joe Biden is losing nearly 20 percent of the Democratic vote today, and many say this is a sign of his weakness in November. Donald Trump is losing about 35 percent votes. This is a flashing warning sign for Trump in November. Since Trump became president in 2016, he lost the state House, state Senate and the governor’s mansion to Michigan Republicans. The Michigan Republican Party, once a beacon for the conservative cause, is now fractured and divided, Nikki Haley, national spokesperson for the presidential campaign for Olivia Perez-Cubas, said in a statement after the results came in.

“Let this serve as another warning sign that what happened in Michigan will continue across the country. So as long as Donald Trump is at the top of the ticket, Republicans will keep losing to the socialist left. Our children deserve better, Pérez-Cubas said.

Haley got about 40 percent of the votes in New Hampshire and South Carolina. There will be primaries in 21 states next Tuesday. Looking at the current trend, Trump is expected to emerge as the likely candidate of the Republican Party by March 2. This will result in a rematch of the 2020 elections: Biden vs. Trump.

However, according to The Washington Post, both Trump and Biden are facing internal challenges within the party.

“Trump faces a faction of Republicans who are refusing to support his candidacy despite the nomination being put on hold. Biden faced a protest movement urging Democrats to vote “uncommitted” in the primary over his handling of the Israel-Hamas war. Early returns showed that “Uncommitted” was poised to easily garner more than 10 percent of the vote statewide, Politico reported.

While for Biden, the main political threat has come from progressives and like-minded voters, for Trump, the threats are both political and legal.

“His unwavering streak of early state victories has given him a commanding position in Republican politics. But he is embroiled in court cases because of his business practices and his time in office,” he said.

Earlier in the day, the Haley campaign said it was moving forward with the Super Tuesday fight.

“She’s in Michigan today and heading to Super Tuesday states across the country next week. We have to fix this in this election!” the campaign said.

In an interview with CNN, Haley said that she is concerned about both Biden and Trump.

“I have serious concerns about Donald Trump. I have even more concerns about Joe Biden. But I don’t think either one of them should be president, and that’s why I’m running. And so I’ll keep running as long as Americans say they want a choice, as long as Americans say they want to vote for someone. I will continue to do so,” she said.

“And what a privilege it is in America that we can do that. This is not Russia where you’ve got a dictator who goes and kills his political opponents. This is America where people can make their voices heard. This is America where you can go and be anything you want without anyone’s interference. This is America that is built on faith, family and country,” Haley told CNN.

“That’s what I’m trying to do is remind us of our purpose, remind us who we are as Americans first and foremost. Not a divided country, not a divided party, not a country sitting in anger, but a country sitting with hope and energy and saying we are going to do this for our children. I will keep fighting for this. I’m not going to think about what’s going to happen 10 days, two months, three months from now,” she said in response to a question.

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