Former President Donald Trump won South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary Saturday, further tightening his grip on the nomination and leaving his last remaining major rival, Nikki Haley, to consider her dwindling options. But his romp in South Carolina, which twice elected Haley its governor, might be the most impressive of this campaign. “This was a little sooner than we anticipated, and even bigger win than we anticipated,” Trump told a crowd at his election night watch party in Columbia shortly after being projected the winner. “South Carolina is Trump country,” Scott declared to the delighted crowd. I said earlier this week that no matter what happens in South Carolina, I would continue to run for president,” Haley told supporters in Charleston.

Source: CNN February 25, 2024 01:17 UTC