Nikki Haley, after DeSantis’ retirement: “There are only one man and one woman left”

The Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley She stressed this Sunday that her party’s primaries will be decided between her and the former president of USA donald trump (2017 – 2021), after the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, will withdraw from the race.

“There are only one man and one woman left” in the Republican primaries, Haley highlighted at a campaign event in Seabrook (New Hampshire).

After DeSantis’ resignation was made public, Haley wished him “the best” and assured that he has “He has had a great career and is being a great governor.”

Ron DeSantis announced this Sunday by surprise that he was abandoning the primaries and gave his support to Trump, with only two days left until the key event in New Hampshire.

“We do not have a clear path to victory. For this reason, today I am suspending my campaign.”he acknowledged in a video.

The governor of Florida said he supports Trump, the great favorite in the internal process, to prevent “the old Republican guard” from returning and attacked Haley, whom he considers close to the ideology.woke up (progressive).

DeSantis, governor of Florida since 2019 and representative of the hard wing of the party, launched his candidacy in May 2023, when polls placed him as the only one capable of beating Trump in the primaries, but his image has been deflating in recent years. anus.

In the Iowa caucus on January 15, the first meeting of the Republican race, DeSantis came in second place, behind Trump and ahead of Haley, who was the US ambassador to the UN between 2017 and 2018.

However, polls put him in third place, well behind his two rivals, in the key New Hampshire primary, which will be held next Tuesday.

Although Trump is the big favorite in the primaries, Nikki Haley has thrown herself into the campaign in New Hampshire to close the gap and establish herself as the alternative to Trump within the party.