Donald Trump won the caucuses for the Republican presidential nomination in Nevada and the US Virgin Islands on Thursday, moving closer to becoming his party’s nominee in a likely general election rematch against US President Joe Biden in November.
Trump, the frontrunner in his party’s nominating race, was the only major candidate competing in the Nevada caucus and was expected to win the state’s 26 delegates at the party’s nominating convention in July after being named the winner Thursday night, according to projections by Edison Research.
Last Thursday, Trump easily won the U.S. Virgin Islands caucus, adding four delegates. The former president of the United States obtained 182 votes, or 74% of the 246 votes in favor, surpassing his last rival in the Republican race, Nikki Haley, who obtained 26% of the votes, with 64 votes.
The Nevada caucus, organized by the pro-Trump Nevada Republican Party, took place two days after the state’s primary election, which saw a humiliating defeat for Haley.
Despite being the only major candidate in Tuesday’s Republican primary, Haley was still soundly defeated after tens of thousands of Trump supporters turned out to vote with “neither of these candidates,” an option that garnered 63 percent of votes to Haley’s 30. %.
Trump spent Thursday morning watching coverage of arguments in a case he appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court over Colorado’s decision to remove him from this year’s election ballot for participating in an “insurrection” related to the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
The justices appeared skeptical of Colorado’s actions, expressing concern about the precedent it might set.
Speaking to reporters before leaving Florida for Nevada, Trump called the Colorado case “major election interference by Democrats.”
After his victory, Trump appeared before his supporters in Las Vegas.
“I want to thank the great people of Nevada,” he said to applause. She called Thursday’s Supreme Court arguments “a beautiful sight to watch.”
Trump is close to winning the Republican nomination after back-to-back victories in Iowa and New Hampshire last month.
Haley, a former United Nations ambassador, refuses to drop out of the nomination race, a move that has infuriated Trump. Haley promises to stay in the race and make a last stand in his home state of South Carolina, where primary elections will be held on February 24.
Source: Terra
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