Before the many states which vote on Tuesday March 5 for Super Tuesday, the Republicans in Washington are voting throughout this weekend to nominate their candidate for the presidential election. Not necessarily like those in the rest of the country.
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With our correspondent in Washington, Guillaume Naudin
In the District of Columbia, Republicans are so few in number that they have only one polling station, set up for three days in a large downtown hotel. This is where Nikki Haley, last opponent of Donald Trumpcame to meet local voters, explaining that with the former president, defeat is assured.
“ How many times do we have to lose before we start to think that maybe Donald Trump is the problem? » she says. The success was immediate and among the people who applauded was Kris Persinger, who works in finance and was nevertheless not a regular. “ I had never seen her. This is my first event with her. And she did say that Donald Trump only thinks of himself and not of people in his statements and ideas. And that’s why I applauded. »
Patrick Wohl works in industry. And like many of those who continue to support Nikki Haley despite her successive defeats, he has a very clear reason: “ I want someone who isn’t Trump (laughs). Anyone, but not Trump. I think our country deserves better. I want someone our children can respect. And it’s not Trump. »
These anti-Trump Republicans are clearly in the minority in the party. But being in the minority, Washington Republicans are used to it. In 2020, Joe Biden had won 93% of the votes in the federal capital.