Once again, there was no question who would win a big primary election, with Donald Trump being declared the winner just seconds after the polls closed in South Carolina.
As The Guardian reported:
The Associated Press, which tracks these things very closely, called the race a minute after polls closed. It’s not much of a surprise – the latest opinion surveys of the state’s Republican voters showed him with a 30-point advantage over Nikki Haley.
His victory in South Carolina adds to an unbroken streak of wins in the early voting states, after clinching victory in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada.
Although Haley has vowed to stick around to be a thorn in Trump’s side, many pundits insisted that it’s now past time for her to call it quits.
BREAKING: Donald Trump wins the South Carolina Republican primary against Nikki Haley in her home state.
Time for Nikki to drop out.pic.twitter.com/FYVRRX0gQX
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 25, 2024
Here’s some of the social media buzz Trump’s latest resounding victory sparked:
President Trump has won South Carolina!!
“This is a little sooner than we anticipated. And an even BIGGER WIN than we anticipated!” pic.twitter.com/KEUBCIRIV0
— Daniel Baldwin (@baldwin_daniel_) February 25, 2024
CNN is having a meltdown tonight because only 33% of South Carolina voters believe crooked Joe Biden won the 2020 election 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/RPN0n52Y9v
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) February 25, 2024
President Trump declared the winner of South Carolina in less than a minute 🤣🤣🤣#NeverNikki pic.twitter.com/IsrLZW7gzF
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) February 25, 2024
BREAKING.🚨
Donald Trump defeats Nikki Haley in her home state of South Carolina within a minute of polls opening. This race is OVER.pic.twitter.com/FyIxatysa7
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) February 25, 2024
The crowd went wild for Trump, but not everyone at his victory speech received a warm welcome.
Wow Lindsey Graham is being booed relentlessly at the Trump victory speech in South Carolina pic.twitter.com/IhAUEmQhfe
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 25, 2024
Trump weighed in on the state of the race as the South Carolina primary results rolled in on Saturday night.
As The Wall Street Journal reported:
“I have never seen the Republican Party so unified,” he said. “This is a fantastic evening.” He ticked off familiar hard-line sentiments on immigration and the border, and projected confidence of turning to a general election battle rematch with President Biden.
“We’re going to say Joe, ‘You’re fired, ‘ ” Trump said to cheers. “Get out Joe, you’re fired.”
Here’s a clip of his victory speech:
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