Former South Carolina governor and Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley spoke out on Saturday after former President Donald Trump appeared to confuse her with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) while discussing the January presidential election. , suggested he may not be “mentally healthy.” 6 Riots.
“President Trump was at a rally last night and asked me multiple times why I didn't provide security during the Capitol riot and why I didn't do a better job on January 6th. They keep mentioning me. I wasn't even in,” Haley told supporters at a rally in Keene, New Hampshire, ahead of the nation's first presidential primary on Tuesday.
She added: “They say he was confused, he was talking about something else, he was talking about Nancy Pelosi. He mentioned me multiple times in that scenario.” continued.
She said she didn't want to say anything “disparaging” about Trump, adding, “But when you're dealing with the pressures of the presidency, there's someone who makes you question whether he's mentally fit to do this.” You can't put him anywhere else. You can't do that,” she added, referring to suggestions that President Biden is not mentally healthy.
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Haley and Trump have stepped up their attacks on each other ahead of the New Hampshire primary. (Michael M. Santiago/Al Drago/Bloomberg)
During a speech Friday night in Concord, New Hampshire, President Trump told the audience, “By the way, they never reported on the crowd on January 6th. Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley. Haley. You know they destroyed all the information, all the evidence, everything was deleted and destroyed?”
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“There were a lot of things going on, including Nikki Haley being in charge of security,” he incorrectly said about Jan. 6. “We offered her 10,000 people, soldiers, National Guard, whatever they wanted. But they turned it down. They don't want to talk about it. They're very dishonest. It’s the people.”
The Biden campaign quickly posted the clip on It's was the Speaker of the House of Representatives, he captioned it. I was confused. I wonder if he's mentally okay.”
With just three days left until New Hampshire's Republican primary, Haley and Trump are ramping up their attacks on each other.
Haley finished a close third in Iowa to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, but polls in the Granite State showed her significantly ahead of Trump, although most polls show Trump with a double-digit lead. I keep it.
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Ms. Haley, 52, has repeatedly cast herself as a young, fresh alternative to Mr. Biden (81) and Mr. Trump (77), and said there is a mental He said that an aptitude test should be conducted.
FOX News Digital has reached out to Haley's campaign and the Trump campaign for comment.
