Trump commands Nevada caucuses in fourth victory over Nikki Haley

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Trump and Binkley were the only candidates voters could choose from during the caucuses, as Haley declined to participate in the party-run contest, complaining it was “rigged” for Trump. Instead, her name was on the state-run primary ballot on Tuesday when she suffered a historic loss to “none of these candidates.” It was the first time a protest option won a presidential primary since state law required it on primary ballots in 1975. Trump’s Nevada win comes as continues his steady march toward the GOP nomination, previously winning in Iowa, New Hampshire, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, which also held caucuses on Thursday. Despite the former president’s landslide victory, the caucuses were marred with difficulties. At one Las Vegas caucus site at James Cashman Middle School, Republican voters faced trouble getting to the correct entrance and parking. One man remarked outside the site, “Democrats are doing everything they can to screw this thing up.” People wait in line to enter a caucus site at Katherine Dunn Elementary School in Sparks, Nev., Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner) But once those caucusgoers found the location successfully and parked their vehicles, they all signaled their intent to support Trump. Joe McMahon said he’s caucusing for the former president. “I was for somebody else [in 2016], but he’s done a spectacular job while he was four years in office,” he said of Trump. McMahon was so satisfied with Trump that he didn’t even consider other Republicans during the primary season. “We have been supporting him since 2016,” John Goetz said of himself and his wife Carol. John donned a “Trump” hat for the event. “I think we were all thinking about other people along the way,” Carol said of the other Republican candidates. “They wanted to consider other ones and then Trump came out on top.” “We like Ron DeSantis as a governor, but we like Trump as the president,” John said of the Florida Republican’s unsuccessful presidential bid. However, Cathy and Roland Peck said “not at all” when asked if they had considered other Republican contenders. The two have also supported Trump since 2016. FILE – Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign event Jan. 27, 2024, in Las Vegas. Trump is expected to sweep Nevada’s Republican caucuses on Thursday, which would give him a third straight win in the presidential primary and deliver more delegates he needs to clinch the nomination. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) “I think he did a great job the last time he was president. So you know, I want more of that for our country. We want the country back,” Roland said. Former 2024 hopefuls who had filed for the caucuses, such as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), and former biotech CEO Vivek Ramaswamy have since suspended their 2024 campaigns. The Nevada caucuses faced scrutiny from both Democrats and Republicans for being “rigged” in Trump’s favor and confusing voters. In an interview with the Washington Examiner, Nevada Republican Chairman Michael McDonald explained the state party opted for a GOP-run caucus because the state primary cannot be trusted with voter ID requirements. “If we had voter ID, there wouldn’t be a need for a caucus,” he said. Many voters this week expressed confusion when speaking to the Washington Examiner about their voting plans. However, nearly all Republicans interviewed planned to participate in both the primary on Tuesday and the caucuses on Thursday. People wait for the caucus to begin at Spanish Springs Elementary School in Sparks, Nevada, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Gabe Stern) Haley, who is the only other Republican candidate polling in double digits nationally, was not on the caucus ballot. She chose to file for the primary, which did not award delegates. However, she ended up losing to “none of these candidates” as Trump-supporting Republicans sought to block her from a symbolic primary win. Before both nominating contests in Nevada, Haley campaign manager Betsy Ankney said, “We have not spent a dime nor an ounce of energy on Nevada.” She further slammed the state’s Republican Party as “a Trump entity” and accused the caucuses of being “rigged for Trump.” “We aren’t going to pay $55,000” for such a contest, Ankney explained. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER “Nevada is not and has never been our focus. I’m truly not sure what the Trump team is up to out there, but they seem pretty spun up about it,” she added. After four wins in a row for Trump, the GOP contest next heads to South Carolina, where Haley wants to stage a comeback in her home state on Feb. 24. TAGS2024 ElectionsDonald TrumpNevadaNewsNikki HaleyWashington D.C. Related Content Will Trump secure a 9-0 victory at the Supreme Court? February 9, 2024 6:30 am A container ship is unloaded at the Virginia International Gateway terminal in Norfolk, Va., Friday, May 10, 2019. President Donald Trump's latest tariff hike on Chinese goods took effect Friday and Beijing said it would retaliate, escalating a battle over China's technology ambitions and other trade tensions. We’re all going to lose in the global trade war February 9, 2024 6:00 am Voodoo economics and made-up property rights are the next frontier of... 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