Donald Trump’s One Step Closer to the GOP Nomination.

The former President won the South Carolina primary.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readFeb 25, 2024
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Well, with the South Carolina primary officially behind us, as many expected, former President Donald Trump officially became one step closer to securing the GOP nomination once again. He defeated Nikki Haley in her own state, where it’s worth noting she was well respected, and continues his dominance over this entire election season for the right wing.

Meg Kinnard and Will Weissert with The Associated Press writes:

Donald Trump won South Carolina’s Republican primary on Saturday, easily beating former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in her home state and further consolidating his path to a third straight GOP nomination.

Trump has now swept every contest that counted for Republican delegates, adding to previous wins in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Haley is facing growing pressure to leave the race but says she’s not going anywhere despite losing the state where she was governor from 2011 to 2017.

A 2020 rematch between Trump and President Joe Biden is becoming increasingly inevitable. Haley has vowed to stay in the race through at least the batch of primaries on March 5, known as Super Tuesday, but was unable to dent Trump’s momentum in her…

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Lauren Elizabeth

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