Former President and 2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump cruised to victory during Saturday’s South Carolina primary contest with Nikki Haley; the race was called almost immediately after polls closed.
“This was a little sooner than we anticipated. And even a bigger win than we anticipated,” Trump said to applause on stage at the state fairgrounds in Columbia moments after the victory.
“I have never seen the Republican Party as United as it is right now,” he said.
Despite losing big in her home state, former Governor Haley vowed to continue through Super Tuesday on March 5.
“People want to see us continue this fight,” Haley told reporters Saturday after voting at her local polling site on Tony Kiawah Island.
“And I think it’s a good thing when democracy reigns.”
Watch Trump’s victory speech. below:
Former President Donald Trump South Carolina primary night remarks: "This was a little sooner than we anticipated. An even bigger win than we anticipated. I was just informed that we got double the number of votes that has ever been received in the great state of South Carolina. pic.twitter.com/T4EdzUJr4r
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