As of: January 23, 2024, 5:16 a.m
By: Momir Takac
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Nikki Haley is Donald Trump's last remaining opponent in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Munich – In the first Republican primary election in the US state of Iowa, there were still three serious candidates in the race for the presidential candidacy.
But Donald Trump was able to win the race in the end and win hands down.
Now the vote is coming up in New Hampshire.
But because Florida Governor Ron DeSantis threw in the towel on the election campaign on Sunday (January 21), it boils down to a duel: Trump against Nikki Haley.
Nikki Haley is dueling with Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.
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DeSantis has long been considered Trump's most dangerous rival.
Now it is solely up to the former UN ambassador and ex-governor of South Carolina, who is hoping for the votes of all those conservatives who have had enough of Trump to prevent the 77-year-old from running again in the 2024 US election.
The New Hampshire primary could be the last chance for Haley, who received 19 percent of the vote in Iowa.
In the USA, no candidate has ever lost the race for the presidential nomination of the “Grand Old Party” after winning the primaries in the first two states.
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Haley is aware of this.
She toughened her tone towards Trump and questioned his sanity, as several US media reported.
In order to turn things around, the 52-year-old is receiving increasing support from the Republican camp.
There is, for example, Asa Hutchinson, who attacked Trump in the run-up to the New Hampshire primary and called for support for Haley.
“Anyone who believes Donald Trump will unite this country has been asleep for the last eight years.
Trump is intentionally trying to divide the US and will continue to do so.
Go see Nikki Haley,” the former Arkansas governor wrote on X.
Almost simultaneously, Vermont's Republican governor, Phil Scott, issued a statement.
“After years of controversy, violent rhetoric and growing polarization, the very last thing we need is four more years of Donald Trump,”
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Haley is “our only chance to ensure that America has the election it deserves in November.”
US primary election in New Hampshire: Surveys believe Haley will be a respectable success against Trump
Maryland's former governor Larry Hogan had already supported Nikki Haley before the primary election in Iowa, and New Hampshire's Republican governor Chris Sununu has now also taken her side.
The best-known newspaper in the New England state (Union Leader) advertised for them.
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Whether the statements are enough will become clear during the vote on Tuesday.
Although Haley still lacks official support from nationally known Trump critics such as Chris Christie or Liz Cheney, polls in the moderately Republican east coast state at least give her credit for a respectable success.
Recent polls showed Trump ahead of Haley in New Hampshire.
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