South Carolina primary is the last best chance to keep Trump out of the White House

Not in generations have two more unpopular politicians been considered presumptive candidates for major U.S. political parties.

Over 70 percent of Americans recoil A new election option could emerge between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.Still, the Democratic and Republican National Committees are unrelenting. claim upon Manipulate The 2024 nominating process aims to force just such unpleasant choices on voters, with both sides pinning their hopes of victory on the public’s distaste for the other party’s candidates.

Political party leaders approve and enable the huge egoism of their respective major candidates. President Trump is clearly seeking a return to the White House as a platform for the nation. Personal revenge and “retaliation” Whatever the price an already divided nation would pay for his further self-aggrandizement.

Biden has rebounded on his own selfishness, seeking to use Trump’s obvious flaws as justification for his claim to run for re-election despite age and declining physical and cognitive abilities. There is.he believes trump is unfit to lead the country And he, Biden, is the only leader who can prevent that disaster.

However, there is one more candidate remaining in this race. Nikki Haley, former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador. Her powerful presence terrifies both Trump and Biden.

Malicious political parties outside the United States are also concerned about Ms. Haley. After observing her stand-up performance at the United Nations, Russia and China, as well as their allies North Korea and Iran, also share their concerns.our foreign enemies I want it desperately Four more years for either Trump or Biden than it could take eight years for a new American leader with the foresight and toughness of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and former United Nations Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick.

South Carolina voters will have a lot to say. later this month Perhaps even the definitive voice on America’s choices in November.

Voter turnout for the weekend’s Democratic primary was One of the worst ever In the last few presidential primaries. In 2020, Joe Biden faltered against the burgeoning Bernie Sanders until veteran South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn was elected. I went to the rescue. Convinced that America would never support a self-proclaimed socialist, he rallied the state’s Democrats and independents to support Biden, completely reversing the momentum of the race.

This year’s lower numbers mean that South Carolina’s policy allows hundreds of thousands of voters who did not choose to participate in the Democratic primary to vote in the Feb. 24 Republican primary. It means that it has become. Completely open ground rules.just about 131,000 Appeared at Biden’s coronation.

The state’s Democratic and independent voters could once again make history. And they can do so by temporarily rallying to their cause, the former governor, without forfeiting the option of returning to their Democratic roots in November.

This situation presents South Carolina’s black voters with a unique opportunity to assert their independence by demonstrating that they will not march in lockstep with what the political establishment tells them to do. Democratic National Committeeman Jamie Harrison declared over the weekend that Democrats “will not post bail.” [Haley] Outside. “But voters can decide for themselves what is in their personal and collective interests, and this is what many black leaders have done. defend For a while. By going where political action is currently taking place, namely the Republican primaries, they can demonstrate that they will no longer be taken for granted by Democrats, thereby increasing their political influence over both parties. It will increase.

By voting for Ms. Haley, South Carolinians now have unprecedented power to not only shake up this year’s gloomy political climate, but also to help root out policies that all political leaders say are unjust. I have to. existential crisis Toward American Democracy: The Birth of a New President Trump. That way, South Carolina voters will earn the nation’s gratitude.

Democrats could decide on a harmful course of action by blocking Haley’s candidacy and voting for Trump, which Biden believes will be the case. Easy to defeat in November. But given the ups and downs in the polls, that would be a very risky and irresponsible move that could easily backfire. Helping to defeat Trump now is the surest and most moral approach to eliminating the danger to American democracy posed by Trump’s next presidential administration.

Biden says South Carolina is possible “This makes Trump the loser once again.” Voters don’t have to risk waiting until November to do so. February 24th gives them their first and safest attack.

Joseph Bosco served as the Secretary of Defense’s Director of China Affairs from 2005 to 2006 and Director of the Asia-Pacific Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief from 2009 to 2010. He served in the Pentagon when President Vladimir Putin invaded Georgia, and was also involved in the Pentagon. Discussion of the US response. Follow him on Twitter @BoscoJosephA.