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US President Joe Biden on Tuesday in Hagerstown
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Hardly a surprise on Super Tuesday: Joe Biden dominated the most important day of the primaries without any real opposition and then warned against Donald Trump.
So far, so ordinary.
But there was something unusual.
In American Samoa, the incumbent US president lost to an unknown.
At a caucus in the South Pacific, a party meeting, 50 of the 91 votes cast went to one Jason Palmer.
Palmer has not previously held political office and started his current campaign in November 2023. The 52-year-old venture capitalist from Maryland primarily wants to represent young Americans, but made it clear that he is aware of his very slim chances of winning the Democratic nomination be.
A member of Biden's campaign team described the news from overseas as "silly news," according to CNN.
The winner there, Jason Palmer, has a “platform to be an advocate for American Samoa” and many delegate votes were not awarded anyway.
Six namely.
To put it into perspective: For a nomination, a Democratic candidate needs 1,968 of the 3,934 votes.
Read everything you need to know about Super Tuesday in the live blog here
In addition to Biden, former President Donald Trump also experienced a successful Super Tuesday.
Trump emerged victorious in almost every state except Vermont, where he lost to hopeless challenger Nikki Haley.
Biden sees Trump as a danger
With his likely rival in the fall presidential election now all but certain, Biden warned voters about the consequences of a possible second Trump presidency.
The results of Super Tuesday will present the American people with a clear choice, Biden said.
“Are we continuing to make progress, or are we allowing Donald Trump to drag us back into the chaos, division and darkness that have defined his time in office?”
Trump is determined to destroy America's democracy and take away basic freedoms, including the ability for women to make decisions about their health, Biden said.
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