Presidential nomination contests are underway in 16 states from coast to coast, and former President Donald Trump and President Biden announced their 2024 nominations on Wednesday morning, with the Republican and Democratic front-runners in the lead on Super Tuesday. We are one step closer to a rematch in the general election.
“There’s a reason they call it Super Tuesday. That’s a big thing.” “Today is the day we have been waiting for.”
Looking ahead to his almost certain battle with Biden in the general election, President Trump emphasized that “November 5th will be remembered as the most important day in our nation’s history.”
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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Super Tuesday election night party at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
“Today, millions of voters across the country made their voices heard and are ready to fight back against Donald Trump’s extreme plans to set us back,” Biden said in a statement about the Super Tuesday results. “I showed that,” he said.
“Every generation of Americans will face a moment when they must defend our democracy. This is our fight.”
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David Kochel, a longtime Republican strategist and veteran of numerous presidential campaigns, told Fox News while the Super Tuesday votes were being counted, “Both parties are ready for the general election.” It’s clear that it’s working,” he said.
President Trump is about four years younger than President Biden. (AP)
Trump failed to clinch the 2024 Republican nomination on Tuesday, but the former president is on track to win a majority of the 854 contested Republican delegates and He edged out his remaining rival, a former United Nations member, and came very close to winning the nomination. Ambassador and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley.
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The former president also did not mention Haley in his speech, citing his major victories over his rivals but insisting that “never was more decisive.”
Republicans also pointed to Haley’s clear victory in 14 of the 15 states in which the Republican nomination is being contested (in Vermont, Haley narrowly defeated the former president). There are growing calls for Trump to stop running for the White House.
Republican presidential candidate and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley concludes her speech at a campaign event in South Burlington, Vermont, Sunday, March 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Former Trump press secretary and Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, “If she stands back, the party will fully unite around Donald Trump and take on Joe Biden in November.” I think the time has come to make it possible.” Who supports the former president?” she said in an interview on Fox News’ “American Report” Tuesday afternoon.
Haley didn’t sound like she was dropping out in the middle of “Fox & Friends.” Interview on Tuesday morning.
“Everyone wants to get rid of me, but I’m not ready to go out yet. I’m still sitting there fighting for people who want to speak up,” Haley said. The spotlight was on.
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Haley’s campaign said she was in her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, with officials to watch her first night home. The candidates made no speeches or issued statements.
Haley has said she plans to stay in the race until at least Super Tuesday, but has remained tight-lipped about her future plans.
But Haley’s campaign said in a statement Tuesday night: “We are honored to have the support of millions of Americans across the country today, including in Vermont, where Nikki became the first Republican woman to win two presidential primaries.” “I think so,” he said.
Citing a number of Super Tuesday states where Ms. Haley won one-quarter to one-third of the votes in the Republican race, the campaign said, “Today, in each state, a large portion of Republican primary voters It still exists and makes the following claims: “Deep concerns about Donald Trump. That is not the unity our party needs to succeed. The Republican Party and America will be better off if we address these voters’ concerns.”
Kochel, who remains neutral on the nomination race, said the Super Tuesday results were “a pretty strong night for Trump.”
“This case is very close to being resolved,” he said, adding that “the time has come for Haley to make a decision.”
The eight states holding primaries on March 12th and 19th include larger states such as Georgia, Florida, Illinois and Ohio, and Mr. Trump has until the middle of this month to win the delegates he needs to win the nomination. The number is expected to reach 1,215 people.
In a memo last month, the Trump campaign predicted that even under the most favorable model for Haley, she would have the nomination confirmed by March 19.
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“A powerful night for Donald Trump,” said Fox News contributor Karl Rove, a veteran Republican strategist and the political mastermind behind former President George W. Bush’s two presidential victories. “It was,” he emphasized.
But Rove noted the support Haley was able to garner and said, “I’m sure Team Trump’s high command is concerned about the unity of the Republican Party…There’s still some work to be done.”
Kocher then pointed out that the Trump and Biden campaigns “will be competing for Nikki Haley’s voters.”
President Joe Biden gestures to the audience after speaking at a campaign event in North Las Vegas, Nevada, Sunday, February 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarborough)
Biden easily won the Democratic race, facing nominal challenges from Minnesota Representative Dean Phillips and best-selling author and spiritual advisor Marianne Williamson.
The president was expected to win nearly all of the 1,420 Democratic delegates he expected to win on Tuesday, moving him much closer to the 1,968 needed to win the nomination.
But Biden suffered a setback, as the Fox News Decision Desk predicted he would lose to entrepreneur Jason Palmer, a highly likely candidate in American Samoa’s Democratic caucus.
Mr. Palmer was expected to win four delegates from the Pacific Island region, excluding the two delegates for the president. It was Biden’s first loss on the 2024 Democratic nomination calendar.
Even more troubling for Biden was continued dissatisfaction at the voting booth over his support for Israel in its war with Hamas.
A week after 13% of Michigan Democratic primary voters voted “noncommit” to protest the president’s support for Israel, nearly 20% voted “noncommit” in the Minnesota primary.
FOX News’ Remy Numa contributed to this report.
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