Despite another defeat in the South Carolina Republican primary, Nikki Haley wants to stay in the race.
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Donald Trump also wins the primary in Nikki Haley's home state of South Carolina by a large margin. But the Republican is not willing to give up.
EIt took an hour and a half after the polls closed in South Carolina for Nikki Haley to step in front of her supporters on Saturday evening. When Donald Trump's last remaining Republican candidate stood on the stage in Charleston – visibly touched – one could get the impression for a moment that she was giving up.
Haley congratulated the former president on his victory in the primary. Boos rang out from the audience. Then came the sentence that made it clear that she is willing – at least for the moment – to continue fighting: She still doesn't believe that Trump can beat President Joe Biden. She received “around 40 percent” of the votes – which roughly corresponds to the result in New Hampshire.