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Trump makes savage 'none of the above' dig at Haley after Nevada caucus win

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Nikki Haley will look to score her first major victory against Trump in the upcoming South Carolina primary on February 24
Nikki Haley will look to score her first major victory against Trump in the upcoming South Carolina primary on February 24

DONALD Trump has won the Republican Party's Nevada caucus, savagely marking the triumph by warning rival Nikki Haley "it's over."

The former president celebrated his victory on Thursday night by congratulating "none of the above" - a brutal jab at Haley's inability to beat "none of these candidates" in the Nevada primary on Tuesday.

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Donald Trump has earned another victory, securing the 26 delegates in NevadaCredit: AP
Trump won the Nevada caucus by a landslide
Trump won the Nevada caucus by a landslideCredit: Getty
Nikki Haley, Trump's lone GOP opponent in the race, has yet to score a win against the former president
Nikki Haley, Trump's lone GOP opponent in the race, has yet to score a win against the former presidentCredit: EPA
President Joe Biden won Nevada's primary on Tuesday and will receive 33 delegates
President Joe Biden won Nevada's primary on Tuesday and will receive 33 delegatesCredit: Getty
Devoted voters waited in long lines for the Nevada caucus
Devoted voters waited in long lines for the Nevada caucusCredit: Reuters
Trump continues to hold a vise grip on the 2024 Republican presidential nomination
Trump continues to hold a vise grip on the 2024 Republican presidential nominationCredit: AP

Trump stormed to an easy win on Thursday night and he's currently polling at 99.1% of the vote.

Only he and longshot Ryan Binkley, a pastor, were on the ballot.

Trump has received 59,523 of the 60,059 votes that have been counted. More than 95% of the votes are in.

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In Clark County, which is home to Las Vegas, more than 29,000 votes went to the former president.

So far, Trump has picked up 25 of the 26 delegates up for grabs.

Trump is also the projected winner of the Republican Party's caucus in the Virgin Islands, which was also held on Thursday night.

He is set to win all four delegates that were on offer.

Trump is at 74%, while Haley is languishing at 26%.

Speaking after the results were called in Nevada, the former president declared we "won't be a failing nation much longer."

He also insisted that winning Nevada means "it's over" for the Democratic Party.

"Go back home, rest, and then come back because we’re going to turn this whole thing around," Trump said to cheers from the crowd.

“If we win the state of Nevada, it’s over for them and our country’s going to be better, greater, bigger, more beautiful than ever before.”

Trump went on to highlight the state's "tremendous turnout," adding that the caucus lines were "like nothing we've seen before."

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Voters were seen waiting to cast their votes for the former president.

Around 1,000 people showed up just 20 minutes after the caucus opened at a Reno elementary school, while 100 people showed up in the first 30 minutes at a site in Las Vegas, according to the Associated Press.

Trump is now close to snatching the Republican nomination after back-to-back victories in Iowa and New Hampshire last month.

The front-runner's lone GOP opponent, Nikki Haley, suffered an embarrassing defeat in Tuesday's primary despite being the only candidate listed on the ballot.

Trump’s senior campaign adviser Chris LaCivita referred to a win in Nevada as a staple towards taking on the future general election.

“Nevada is a battleground state in the general election and everything that we do for the caucus and organizing now will pay dividends in the weeks ahead as we begin the general election against Joe Biden,” LaCivita said.

The GOP opted to ignore the primary results and instead award its 26 delegates to the winner of Thursday's caucus.

Trump told supporters at a rally in Las Vegas on January 27 to not show up for Tuesday's primary and instead focus on the caucus on Thursday.

“In your state, you have both a primary and you have a caucus. Don’t worry about the primary, just do the caucus thing,” the former president told attendees at the Las Vegas rally.

In Tuesday's results, Haley secured just 31 percent in the contest, well behind the 63 percent of the ballots cast for "none of the candidates," according to Nevada election officials.

"We always knew Nevada was a scam," Haley told Fox Business on Wednesday.

"Trump had it rigged from the very beginning. … We didn’t spend a day or a dollar there. We weren’t even worried about it."

Haley finished third in the Iowa caucus in January and received 43 percent of the votes in New Hampshire a week later.

Meanwhile, Haley downplayed the Nevada results and is looking ahead to her home state of South Carolina and Super Tuesday in early March.

Polls suggest Trump is on track for a clear victory in South Carolina as he boasts a lead of more than 30 percentage points on average.

Trump told Nevadaians, 'Don’t worry about the primary, just do the caucus thing'
Trump told Nevadaians, 'Don’t worry about the primary, just do the caucus thing'Credit: Reuters
The former president stormed to a win polling at 96.4% in Nevada's caucus
The former president stormed to a win polling at 96.4% in Nevada's caucusCredit: Reuters
Trump's caucus win makes three consecutive wins for the former president
Trump's caucus win makes three consecutive wins for the former presidentCredit: Reuters

Israel Salas-Rodriguez

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