NEW DELHI: Former US President
Donald Trump
on Wednesday won the Republican presidential primary for the third consecutive time, hours after
Joe Biden
became the Democratic presidential nominee, securing a rematch, The Associated Press reported.
By emerging victorious in
Georgia
, Mississippi, and Washington state, Trump exceeded the 1,215-delegate mark required to become the presumptive Republican nominee.
Trump will formally accept the nomination in July.
It comes amidst four different criminal investigations against Trump, with his first trial, centered on payments made to a porn actress, to begin on March 25 in New York City.
President Joe Biden won the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday with strong victory in Georgia and Mississippi.
Hitting out at Trump, Biden said earlier, “is running a campaign of resentment, revenge, and retribution that threatens the very idea of America.”
He continued, “I am honored that the broad coalition of voters representing the rich diversity of the Democratic Party across the country have put their faith in me once again to lead our party — and our country — in a moment when the threat Trump poses is greater than ever.”
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