<p>The second-ranking <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> Republican <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/endorsement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">endorsed</a> former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> on Sunday as Trump&#8217;s delegate lead over GOP rival <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nikki-haley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nikki Haley</a> continues to grow, paving the way toward a 2020 rematch against President Joe Biden.</p>
<p>Sen. John Thune (R-SD), who is the minority whip, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/john-thune-endorses-trump-2024-republican-primary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared his decision with Fox News</a> after Trump emerged victorious in the GOP primary in Haley&#8217;s home state of South Carolina by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/02/24/us/elections/results-south-carolina-republican-primary.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">roughly 20 points</a> this weekend.</p>
<p>&#8220;The primary results in South Carolina make clear that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee for president in this year’s pivotal presidential election,&#8221; Thune said. &#8220;The choice before the American people is crystal clear: It’s Donald Trump or Joe Biden.&#8221;</p>
<p>Following Haley&#8217;s defeat on Saturday in South Carolina, where she served as governor before a stint as Trump&#8217;s U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Haley told supporters she was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-labels-chief-expresses-interest-in-haley-joining-ticket" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not ready to bow out of the race</a> as other leading GOP challengers have done.</p>
<p>With the completion of contests in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, the Virgin Islands and South Carolina, Trump <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/us/elections/republican-primary-delegates-tracker-calendar.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has 107 delegates</a> while Haley has 17. A candidate needs 1,215 delegates to win the nomination.</p>
<p>Trump has secured endorsements from more than half of the Republicans in the Senate. And he has endorsements from at least 132 House Republicans — including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-2-house-republican-scalise-endorses-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">top members of their leadership</a> — and 11 governors, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3942482-2024-gop-primary-endorsements/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Hill&#8217;s tracker</a>.</p>
<p>Haley has endorsements from Rep. <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/02/23/trump-nikki-haley-ralph-norman-00142431" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ralph Norman</a> (R-SC) as well as Govs. Phil Scott (R-VT) and Chris Sununu (R-NH). She has no endorsements in the Senate.</p>
<p>Thune follows Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/john-barrasso-becomes-20th-gop-senator-to-endorse-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Barrasso</a> (R-WY), the No. 3 GOP lawmaker in the upper chamber, in backing Trump. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is the only one within the Senate&#8217;s <a href="https://www.senate.gov/senators/leadership.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">top three members</a> of Republican leadership who had not endorsed Trump as of press time. Thune previously backed Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), who has since suspended his 2024 campaign and endorsed Trump.</p>
<p>&#8220;I support former President Trump&#8217;s campaign to win the presidency, and I intend to do everything I can to see that he has a Republican majority in the Senate working with him to restore American strength at home and abroad,&#8221; Thune said.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Together we must put an end to the disastrous Biden-Schumer agenda,&#8221; he added, alluding to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). &#8220;Our country cannot endure another four years of Bidenomics, continued lawlessness at our southern border, and American weakness on the global stage.&#8221;</p>

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