DONALD Trump labeled Joe Biden the worst president in US history and made zero mention of his rival Nikki Haley in a Super Tuesday victory speech at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump has defeated Haley in every state except one so far tonight as his fans dragged her for hiding out at home as she suffered loss after loss.
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Trump was met with cheers from a roaring crowd of Republican attendees at his watch party held in Mar-a-Largo.
The former president slammed Biden’s term and said he destroyed what was built during his along with vowing to take the country back.
“We’re gonna win this election because we have no choice,” Trump said during his Mar-a-Largo speech.
“If we lose this election we’re not going to have a country left.”
Trump has secured 547 delegates as of 11:40 p.m. ET and 1,215 are needed for nomination.
What is Super Tuesday?
And what it means for the general election.
- Before the national general election is held on November 5, 2024, states hold primary elections where voters of each party can select that party’s nominee
- The results of these primaries will dictate which candidate becomes the official nominee for both the Republican and Democratic Party at their national conventions in the summer
- On Super Tuesday, primaries are held in 15 states plus American Samoa, representing about one-third of the national electorate
- Because of how many primaries are held on Super Tuesday, the results are a reliable indicator of who will be each party’s eventual nominee
- Presidential candidates who aren’t nominated can still be represented by a third party, but a third-party candidate has never won an election
So far for Super Tuesday Trump has won the Republican presidential primaries in 10 states – Colorado, Maine, Oklahoma, Virginia, Tennessee, Texas, Minnesota, North Carolina, Arkansas, and California.
In total, there are 16 states that participate in Super Tuesday.
Haley had one victory in Vermont tonight with her only other win being in D.C. on Sunday.
However, Haley has been slammed for watching the results with her staff at home and not having any other planned events, making some believe she will drop out.
Haley has suffered numerous losses during her campaign.
“She is hiding at home right now No scheduled speaking events. MAGA won and WON BIG,” one voter wrote to X, formerly known as Twitter.
Haley made a last-ditch plea to voters earlier in the day on Super Tuesday.
“There’s still time to make your voice heard!” she wrote on X.
“Most polls in the east and central time zones are still open. Get out and vote!”
Following a day of many Super Tuesday losses, Haley’s campaign released a statement with a positive outlook.
“We’re honored to have received the support of millions of Americans across the country today, including in Vermont where Nikki became the first Republican woman to win two presidential primary contests,” the statement said.
“Unity is not achieved by simply claiming ‘we’re united.’
“Today, in state after state, there remains a large block of Republican primary voters who are expressing deep concerns about Donald Trump.
“That is not the unity our party needs for success. Addressing those voters’ concerns will make the Republican Party and America better.”
CALL FOR A STRONGER COUNTRY
During Trump’s speech, he directly blamed Biden for weakening the US’s reputation.
“We watched our country take a great beating over the last three years,” Trump said.
“The world is laughing at us, the world is taking advantage of us.”
Trump also spoke of how inflation is worse than it has ever been and is killing the middle class.
“Inflation is called a country buster and that’s what it’s doing to our country,” Trump said.
“What has happened with inflation has been unbelievable.
“The experts say the stock markets are the only thing that are doing well and that’s doing well being our poll numbers are so much higher than Joe Biden’s.
“He is the worst president in the history of our country there has never been anything like what’s happening to our country.”
Trump shamed Biden for taking the US away from getting its own oil and being energy independent.
He said the US is now getting “tar-like” oil from other countries.
Trump said if he is president again, “We want to have unity, and we’re going to have unity and it’s going to happen very quickly.”
“I have been saying lately success is going to bring unity to our country.”
He insisted that when he was president, “We had the best economy our country has ever had.”
What are Trump and Biden’s platforms?
A look at what issues matter most to the candidates.
Biden’s talking points:
- The importance of democracy after the January 6 attack on the Capitol
- Advocate for abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade with a 6-3 judgment in 2022
- His Build Back Better plan, the $2.2 trillion infrastructure spending bill introduced in 2021
- Support for Ukraine and Israel while they are at war
- Highlight the strong US economy and low unemployment rates during his presidency
Trump’s talking points:
- Slam issues at the US-Mexico border, which was a critical talking point for his 2016 win
- Criticize the slew of criminal and civil lawsuits filed against him
- Applaud the Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Discuss a plan to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, although he hasn’t said which country he wants to win
- Advocate for parents’ rights to regulate and restrict discussion of gender, sexuality, and race in schools
It is likely that Biden will secure the Democratic nomination.
Biden has won Iowa, Vermont, Virginia, North Carolina, Maine, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Minnesota, Utah, Arkansas and California.
He has secured 565 delegates as of 11:40 p.m. ET.
Trump said Biden ruined the country, but Biden believes the opposite.
“Today, millions of voters across the country made their voices heard—showing that they are ready to fight back against Donald Trump’s extreme plan to take us backwards,” Biden said on X.
“Every generation of Americans will face a moment when it has to defend democracy. This is our fight.”
What is the Electoral College?
And why swing states are important.
- The Electoral College is the body of 538 electors divided among the states who select the next president of the United States
- To become president, a candidate must win a majority of 270 electoral votes
- Every state is assigned one elector for each of its representatives in the House, plus an additional two reflecting the state’s senators
- In most cases, a presidential candidate will be awarded all the electors in a state if they win the state’s popular vote. Electors who vote against the state’s popular vote winner are called faithless electors
- Many states will be virtual shoe-ins for the Democratic candidate (such as New York and California) or the Republican candidate (such as Texas and Missouri), while a minority are genuinely up for grabs by either candidate
- These states, known as purple or swing states, are the main targets for presidential candidates
- The parties’ candidates are chosen in primary elections throughout the first half of the election year, including Super Tuesday, and officially nominated at party conventions in the summer
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