Former American Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley announced on Wednesday March 6 that she was ending her campaign for the Republican nomination, adding that Donald Trump should "deserve the votes" of conservatives who did not vote for him .
“I have always supported our Republican nominee but it is up to Trump to win the votes of our party” she declared, while congratulating him.
Nikki Haley, largely defeated during the "Super Tuesday" primaries, during which the ex-president won 14 of the 15 states at stake, made this announcement from Charleston (southeast), a city in the state of Carolina. South of which she was governor.
Donald Trump, who occupied the White House from 2017 to 2021, won almost all the states - 14 out of 15 - in play during the big election day on Tuesday.
The Republican, surrounded by legal proceedings which undermine neither the fervor of his base nor his hold on the conservative party, should declare victory no later than March 19, after primaries notably in Georgia and Florida.
Joe Biden, who faces no serious opposition, won in all the states voting on Tuesday.
The 81-year-old Democrat, like his 77-year-old Republican rival, will have to wait until the summer conventions to be nominated by their parties - barring any surprises or health accidents.
With AFP
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