Nikki Haley had a disappointing start to the new year.
On January 1, authorities responded to a false 911 call and went to Haley’s Kiawah Island home after a woman claimed Haley, a 2024 Republican candidate, had killed her daughter and was threatening to commit suicide. The incident report revealed that he was induced.
The incident occurred on December 30, 2023, two days after another false emergency call sent law enforcement to her home in South Carolina in an incident of malicious criminal mischief known as swatting. .
The caller also dubiously claimed that her daughter was lying in a pool of blood on the floor.
A woman answered the door, and the responding Charleston County Sheriff’s Office deputy quickly determined the call was a hoax, the report said. First scooped by Reuters, noted.
News about the Dec. 30 incident first broke over the weekend. At that time, the caller falsely claimed that a man was preparing to shoot and injure a woman.
“I wasn’t home, but Michael and I are taking care of our parents. They’re 87 and 90 years old, but we’re taking care of them. And they’re at home. , and was with a caregiver,” Haley said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” about the first swatting incident.
“It’s a terrible situation. It put law enforcement officers at risk. It put my family at risk. And, you know, it wasn’t a safe situation.”
The South Carolina Republican later clarified that “the same thing happened twice.” Details of the second case were previously unknown.
Ms. Haley served as Governor of South Carolina from 2011 to early 2017 and as Ambassador to the United Nations from 2017 to 2018.
In recent months, swattings have increasingly targeted a number of high-profile politicians, including such prominent politicians as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows. It is being expanded.
Haley’s campaign did not respond to requests for comment. The newspaper also contacted the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office for additional information.
“We’ve been living in a land of turmoil for quite some time. It’s time to remember what normal feels like. It’s time to remember what healing feels like,” Haley said Sunday. added to.
“It’s time to remember what it looks like to be free of division, to be free of hatred.”
Haley has returned to South Carolina and plans to campaign vigorously over the next month for the Republican Party’s nomination.
The Palmetto State Republican primary is scheduled for February 24th.
