Posted on 02/27/2024 10:10:01 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Former President Donald J. Trump has soundly defeated former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in Michigan’s Feb. 27 Republican presidential primary, notching his sixth-straight primary victory as he marches towards the GOP nomination.
The Associated Press called the race for Trump right after the last polls closed at 9 p.m. ET.
The result is another blow to Ms. Haley, coming days after a double-digit defeat in her home state of South Carolina. Despite this, she has vowed to stay on through Super Tuesday on March 5, when numerous delegate-heavy states will hold their primaries.
Ms. Haley campaigned in Michigan on Sunday and Monday and was in Colorado on Feb. 27, part of a multi-day tour ahead of Super Tuesday.
The former United Nations ambassador faces very challenging delegate math as Super Tuesday approaches, suggesting her time in the race is finite.
pic.twitter.com/kVRULMMBgO — Edward (@edwardrussl) February 28, 2024
While 16 Michigan delegates to the Republican National Convention were allocated based on the primary results, the majority—39—of the state’s 55 delegates will be awarded as a result of caucusing on March 2.
The main event will be in Grand Rapids, where former Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) will oversee a convention at which party insiders will vote on how to divvy up the remaining delegates.
Yet, while Mr. Hoekstra has the backing of President Trump and the Republican National Committee (RNC), his accession to leader of the Michigan GOP has not been universally recognized by Republicans in the state.
Many in the party maintain that Kristina Karamo was improperly removed from her role as state GOP chairwoman. She’s staging her own convention in Detroit.
An ongoing lawsuit against Ms. Karamo could end the standoff before March 2. On election day itself, the judge in the case ruled that her ouster from the leadership role was legal.
Meanwhile, President Biden handily won the Democratic presidential primary in the state, garnering 78.6 percent of the vote.
But a campaign from Israel-Gaza ceasefire activists to get Democrats to select “uncommitted” from the ballot in that primary got some results. Sixteen percent of votes were for the “uncommitted” option, signaling dissension in Democratic ranks over the Middle Eastern conflict.
While Israel-Gaza is an electoral sore point for everywhere, it’s particularly sensitive in Michigan, which has large Arab Christian and Arab Muslim communities.
Former Rep. Justin Amash (L-Mich.), an Arab Christian and former Republican who has recently emerged as a critic of President Biden after supporting President Trump’s first impeachment while in office, recently mourned the death of his second cousin George as a result of an Israeli airstrike on the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza.
President Trump’s supporters in the state include Joe Bancroft, who was leaving a polling place at a library in Delta Charter Township when he spoke with The Epoch Times.
“He’s not a perfect person. Okay. And he is a strong person. And he’s rough around the edges. But here’s the thing. Who do you want to lead this country?” he said.
His wife, by contrast, voted for President Biden.
“Hell no,” she said when asked if she had voted for President Trump.
At an early voting site in Southgate, Michigan, downriver from Detroit, the Sikorskis—Douglas and his wife Sandy—formed a united front for President Trump.
“The RNC should be devoting all the funds to President Trump,” Mr. Sikorski told The Epoch Times on Feb. 25, the last day of early voting.
When asked if that priority could hinder important spending on other Republican races, the couple clarified that they felt the RNC could be trusted to use its resources more intelligently under new leadership—"Now that Ronna Romney [McDaniel]’s out,” Ms. Sikorski said.
Ms. Romney McDaniel announced her resignation as RNC chairwoman on Feb. 26, saying she would leave after Super Tuesday.
President Trump has endorsed Michael Whatley, chair of the North Carolina Republican Party, as Ms. Romney McDaniel’s replacement. He hopes to replace RNC co-chair Drew McKissick, who is also resigning, with his daughter-in-law Lara Trump.
Continue reading at the Epoch Times
We have a lot of data showing Nikki got very few Democratic and Democratic leaning votes.
Past primaries: In both New Hampshire and South Carolina we now know from exit polls that 75% of Republican and Republican leaning primary voters voted for President Trump.
Polling numbers: President Trump leads in most states and nationally at about a 75% to 25% rate with the same voters—regardless of region. Michigan polls had a similar number before the primary.
Conclusion: Nikki probably got about 25% of the Republican/Republican leaning vote in Michigan. The latest number show her with 26.5% of the Michigan vote. That means she probably only got one or two percent Democrat support.
This is reasonable because most Democrats voted in the Democratic Party to either resist or support the Islamic insurgency.
Why? She's getting paid. Sure she's not going to win. She was never going to win. Remember this is about RINOs. It's not about winning. It's about losing. It's about being paid to lose, getting paid a lot more than you could at an honest job.
Bystander: "But Haley couldn't even break 30%. And doesn't staying in the race waste resources?"
Uniparty Consultant: "Lawfare will take care of that inconvenient detail. Its what we're counting on."
Bystander: "But doesn't that put Haley in the same category as the Democrats and every other third world despot?"
Uniparty Consultant: "We're hoping lawfare takes care of the people asking those types of questions as well."
Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Virgin Islands
Ryan Blinkey? For a minute, I thought I read it as Ryan Blaney. Then I had some coffee and wondered who is Ryan Blinkey!!
An open primary?
Nikki is surging.
40 points, bahahaha.
I’m looking forward to Nikki losing to some of the candidates that have dropped out, but still on ballot in AZ.
Nikki’s latest spin is that President Trump did not win 100% of the votes in the primary so that means he has big problems in November.
The concern trolls around here point out that President Trump did not get 110% of the vote—which proves he has not learned how to cheat properly.
;-)
Damn straight!!
Nixxi is just feathering her nest.
“Oh, yesssssssssssssss!”
Trump 122
Haley 24
DeSantis 9
Ramaswamy 3
1,215 needed to win.
With a bunch of closed, winner-take-all, primaries coming up over the next couple weeks, Trump should have this wrapped up shortly,
One thing I noticed. There were over a million votes for the Republicans’ primary (756k for Trump) and 750k for the DemocRATS’ primary (618k for Brandon).
[snip] But a campaign from Israel-Gaza ceasefire activists to get Democrats to select “uncommitted” from the ballot in that primary got some results. Sixteen percent of votes were for the “uncommitted” option, signaling dissension in Democratic ranks over the Middle Eastern conflict... Former Rep. Justin Amash(L-Mich.), an Arab Christian and former Republican who has recently emerged as a critic of President Biden after supporting President Trump's first impeachment while in office, recently mourned the death of his second cousin George as a result of an Israeli airstrike on the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza. [/snip]
Boo hoo. Amash is and always has been a jihad supporting jackoff, RINO, LINO, and CINO.
If this disturbs Demoncrats in any way, I am Happy...
https://x.com/marwilliamson/status/1762825059083645064
Brandon brought Detroit police chief to the WH today to say nothing to see here. Crime is gone. Vote for me Michigan!
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