Nikki Haley gets first win in bid for GOP nomination, upsets Trump in DC primary

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🗓️ 4 March 2024

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Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley got her first win in a fight for the GOP presidential nomination, beating former President Donald Trump in the Washington, D.C. primary.

USA TODAY National Political Correspondent David Jackson explains the chaos inside the Michigan GOP.

The Supreme Court remains silent on Donald Trump's ballot status days before Colorado heads to the polls.

USA TODAY Senior Reporter Jessica Guynn looks at a conservative plan on DEI for the next GOP president.

Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark makes more history.

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0:00.0	Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's the excerpt ad free right now.
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0:08.0	Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Monday March 4th, 2024. This is the excerpt. Today, Nicki Haley's surprise win ahead of Super Tuesday. Plus a look at Chaos inside the Michigan
0:29.8	GOP and Caitlin Clark has made history again.
0:34.0	Former South Carolina Governor Nicky Haley defeated former President Donald Trump yesterday
0:39.0	in the Republican primary in Washington, D.C.
0:42.0	It's Haley's first win in what will likely still Republican primary in Washington DC.
0:42.7	It's Haley's first win in what will likely still be an uphill battle
0:46.6	to catch Trump for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.
0:50.9	Still the surprising result may give her campaign confidence ahead of tomorrow's super Tuesday
0:55.4	elections where more than a dozen states will be holding contests.
0:59.2	In D.C. Haley claimed all 19 convention delegates and carried more than 62% of the vote.
1:05.0	Haley is also walking back a pledge to support Trump if he's the nominee.
1:10.0	She told NBC's Meet the Press in an interview that aired yesterday that she no longer feels
1:14.5	bound by the Republican National Committee pledge to endorse Trump if he becomes the nominee.
1:20.3	She said, quote, the RNC is now not the same RNC.
1:23.7	I'll make what decision I want to make, unquote.
1:27.0	Michigan's Republican Party is in chaos.
1:34.7	After weeks of arguments, the party held a convention Saturday where it awarded more delegates
1:39.2	to Donald Trump.
1:40.5	The latest scuffle came earlier this year when members organized the removal of
1:44.1	chair Christina Karamo accusing her of mismanagement. She and supporters tried to
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