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    • Trump wins South Carolina GOP primary, beating Haley in her home state

    Donald Trump defeated Nikki Haley to win the South Carolina Republican presidential primary. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Donald Trump defeated Nikki Haley to win the South Carolina Republican presidential primary. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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    Donald Trump won South Carolina鈥檚 Republican primary on Saturday, beating former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley in her home state and further consolidating his path to a third straight GOP nomination.

    Trump has now swept every contest that counted for Republican delegates, with wins already in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The former president鈥檚 latest victory will likely increase pressure on Haley, who was Trump鈥檚 former representative to the UN and South Carolina governor from 2011 to 2017, to leave the race.

    A 2020 general rematch between Trump and U.S. President Joe Biden is becoming increasingly inevitable. Haley has vowed to stay in the race through at least the batch of primaries on March 5, known as Super Tuesday, but was unable to dent Trump鈥檚 momentum in her home state despite holding far more campaign events and arguing that the indictments against Trump will hamstring him against Biden.

    The Associated Press declared Trump the winner as polls closed statewide at 7 p.m. That race call was based on an analysis of AP VoteCast, a comprehensive survey of Republican South Carolina primary voters. The survey confirmed the findings of pre-Election Day polls showing Trump far outpacing Haley statewide.

    鈥淚 have never seen the Republican Party so unified as it is right now,鈥 Trump declared, taking the stage for his victory speech mere moments after polls closed. He added, 鈥淵ou can celebrate for about 15 minutes, but then we have to get back to work.鈥

    South Carolina鈥檚 first-in-the-South primary has historically been a reliable bellwether for Republicans. In all but one primary since 1980, the Republican winner in South Carolina has gone on to be the party鈥檚 nominee. The lone exception was Newt Gingrich in 2012.

    Many Trump-backing South Carolinians, even some who previously supported Haley during her time as governor, weren't willing to give her a home-state bump.

    鈥淪he鈥檚 done some good things,鈥 Davis Paul, 36, said about Haley as he waited for Trump at a recent rally in Conway. 鈥淏ut I just don鈥檛 think she鈥檚 ready to tackle a candidate like Trump. I don鈥檛 think many people can.鈥

    At Haley headquarters on Saturday night, her supporters waved her signs in front of a large projection screen showing Trump's speech, blocking it from view. That, of course, didn't make the defeat any less crushing.

    Haley insisted in recent days that she would head straight to Michigan for its Tuesday primary, the last major contest before Super Tuesday. Still, she faces questions about where she might be able to win a contest or be competitive.Trump and Biden are already behaving like they expect to face off in November.

    Trump and Biden are already behaving like they expect to face off in November.

    Trump and his allies argue Biden has made the U.S. weaker and point to the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and Russia鈥檚 decision to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Trump has also repeatedly attacked Biden over high inflation earlier in the president鈥檚 term and his handling of record-high migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border.

    Trump has questioned 鈥 often in harshly personal terms 鈥 whether the 81-year-old Biden is too old to serve a second term. Biden鈥檚 team in turn has highlighted the 77-year-old Trump鈥檚 own flubs on the campaign trail.

    Biden has stepped up his recent fundraising trips around the country and increasingly attacked Trump directly. He鈥檚 called Trump and his 鈥淢ake America Great Again鈥 movement dire threats to the nation鈥檚 founding principles, and the president鈥檚 reelection campaign has lately focused most of its attention on Trump suggesting he鈥檇 use the first day of a second presidency as a dictator and that he鈥檇 tell Russia to attack NATO allies who fail to keep up with defense spending obligations mandated by the alliance.

    Haley also criticized Trump on his NATO comments and also for questioning why her husband wasn鈥檛 on the campaign trail with her 鈥 even as former first lady Melania Trump hasn鈥檛 appeared with him. Maj. Michael Haley is deployed in the Horn of Africa on a mission with the South Carolina Army National Guard.

    Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump gestures to the audience after speaking during CPAC 2024 on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

    But South Carolina鈥檚 Republican voters line up with Trump on having lukewarm feelings about NATO and continued U.S. support for Ukraine, according to AP VoteCast data from Saturday鈥檚 primary. About 6 in 10 oppose continuing aid to Ukraine in its fight against Russia. Only about a third described America鈥檚 participation in NATO as 鈥渧ery good,鈥 with more saying it鈥檚 only 鈥渟omewhat good.鈥

    Haley has raised copious amounts of campaign money and is scheduled to begin a cross-country campaign swing on Sunday in Michigan ahead of Super Tuesday on March 5, when many delegate-rich states hold primaries.

    But it鈥檚 unclear how she can stop Trump from clinching enough delegates to become the party鈥檚 presumptive nominee for the third time.

    Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., complimented Haley while speaking to reporters at Trump鈥檚 election night party in Columbia but suggested it was time for her to drop out.

    鈥淚 think the sooner she does, the better for her, the better for the party,鈥 Graham said.

    Trump鈥檚 political strength has endured despite facing 91 criminal charges related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Biden, the discovery of classified documents in his Florida residence and allegations that he secretly arranged payoffs to a porn actress.

    The former president鈥檚 first criminal trial is set to begin on March 25 in New York, where he faces 34 counts of falsifying business records related to hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels in the closing weeks of his 2016 presidential campaign.

    Biden won South Carolina鈥檚 Democratic primary earlier this month and faces only one remaining challenger, Dean Phillips. The Minnesota Democratic congressman has continued to campaign in Michigan ahead of the Democratic primary there, despite having little chance of actually beating Biden.

    Though Biden is expected to cruise to his party鈥檚 renomination, he faces criticism from some Democrats for providing military backing to Israel in its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Some in his party support a ceasefire as the death toll in Israel鈥檚 war has reached 30,000 people, two-thirds of them women and children. The war could hurt the president鈥檚 general election chances in swing states like Michigan, which is home to a large Arab American population.

    Weissert reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Jill Colvin and James Pollard in Columbia, South Carolina, contributed to this report.

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