- Haley wins DC Republican primary
- Trump leads GOP nomination race
- Supreme Court to decide Trump’s eligibility
Nikki Haley is the first woman to secure a Republican primary victory after her triumph in Washington, DC.
Late on Sunday evening, the former ambassador to the United Nations was proclaimed the victor. Although the triumph provides a marginal advantage for her campaign, former President Donald Trump maintains an enormous lead in the contest for the Republican nomination in the upcoming November presidential election.
In the capital, the sole remaining challenger to Trump for the nomination received 62.9 percent of the vote. An unpopular former president was granted 33.2 percent. The outcome placed all 19 delegates in Haley’s possession.
“Unsurprisingly, Republicans most intimately acquainted with the dysfunction in Washington are rejecting Donald Trump and his disorderly ways,” said Olivia Perez-Cubas, a spokesperson for the Haley campaign.
Nevertheless, the Republican Party seems prepared to disregard this disorder, which encompasses a multitude of legal disputes and endeavors to declare Trump ineligible to run in November.
Haley encounters virtually insurmountable challenges in her endeavor to secure the Republican nomination and confront the probable Democratic nominee, Joe Biden, in November.
Trump’s Lead Challenges Rivals
Trump emerged victorious by substantial margins in the initial eight nominating contests and is anticipated to extend his lead in the Super Tuesday contests of this week, wherein 15 states will cast their ballots.
Despite the modest and symbolic triumph in Washington, D.C., the former South Carolina governor’s resolve to continue the campaign is expected to be put to the test in the primaries later this week.
Shortly after the results of the election on Sunday were released, Trump’s campaign issued a statement in which they jokingly congratulated her on being dubbed “Queen of the Swamp by the lobbyists and DC insiders who wish to protect the failed status quo.”
The statement continued, “Tonight’s results in Washington, DC reaffirm the objective of President Trump’s campaign: he will drain the swamp and put America first.”
On Monday, the United States Supreme Court is anticipated to render a decision regarding a previous ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court that rendered Trump ineligible to run for president.
The Colorado court about the January 6, 2021 assault on the United States Capitol cited a constitutional provision from the American Civil War that barred individuals who “engaged in insurrection” from assuming public office.
This decision rendered him ineligible to run for office in Colorado, including the primary election on Tuesday.
