Trump hails Super Tuesday wins in race to the White House
Visit our website:
http://www.france24.com
Like us on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English
Follow us on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/France24_en
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00 Celebrating a slew of primary wins in what he called a dying country,
00:05 normally divisive former U.S. President Donald Trump called for Americans to come together.
00:11 And we want to have unity and we're going to have unity and it's going to happen very quickly.
00:17 And I have been saying lately success will bring unity to our country.
00:22 Trump won the primaries in at least 13 states, while his opponent Nikki Haley only won Vermont.
00:30 Trump now has about 800 of the more than 1,200 required Republican delegates, while Haley has less than 100.
00:39 Pressure is mounting for Haley to exit the race, and her campaign has no events scheduled in the near future.
00:46 Despite the resounding defeat, however, her campaign was loath to cede victory to Trump,
00:51 saying her supporters would not readily rally behind him.
00:55 In state after state, there remains a large block of Republican primary voters who are expressing deep concerns about Donald Trump.
01:03 That is not the unity our party needs for success.
01:06 Addressing those voters' concerns will make the Republican Party and America better.
01:11 The Democrats also had primaries on Super Tuesday, which President Joe Biden handily swept.
01:17 He did suffer a surprising upset in the territory of American Samoa, losing to previously unknown candidate Jason Palmer.
01:25 A rematch between Biden and Trump is now almost certain, although not enough states have yet voted for formal nominations.
01:33 Both the 81-year-old Biden and the 77-year-old Trump continue to dominate their parties,
01:39 despite facing doubts about their cognitive fitness and worries over their low general popularity.
01:45 - Hilarity.