Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has launched a new attack on her 2024 election rivals, fellow party members Donald Trump and US President Joe Biden, with an ad campaign targeting their ages.
In our new political ad series, we begin with: report The New York Times wrote on the theme of “grumpy old men” that the former South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has a clear strategy to target the ages of the two men most likely to win their respective parties’ nominations. It was reported that he had. For the president.
The New York Times also reported that the senior-themed video ads will be named “Stumble Seniors,” “Basement Buddies,” and “Proligate Pols.”
Haley said this in reference to the 1993 film Grumpy Old Men, starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. Posted An image on X, formerly Twitter, that replaces the actor’s face on the movie poster with the faces of Biden and Trump.
“The rematch no one asked for…” she posted.
A rematch that no one wanted… pic.twitter.com/aIBkDQbiP4
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) January 31, 2024
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Haley is trying to emphasize the fact that Trump, 77, and Biden, 81, are the oldest candidates running for re-election to the White House.
Ms Haley, 52, had previously floated the idea of conducting mental competency tests for politicians, particularly those over 75. She cited the example of Biden and Trump having a “senior moment.”[s]” and looked as confused as Trump. confused Haley spoke for former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier this month when she spoke about the January 6, 2021, riot.
“Nikki Haley is in charge of security. We offered her 10,000 National Guard troops. They turned it down.” President Trump said Biden’s response to Trump in the 2020 election He spoke in reference to allegations that some of his supporters provided troops to help secure the U.S. Capitol in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to block Congress’ certification of victory.
Haley capitalized on Trump’s gaffe.
“Do you really want to run with two 80-year-old presidents?” Haley asked the audience at a campaign event.
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Haley assured audiences at meetings and town halls that she was not being “rude” by raising the issue.
“We all know 75-year-olds who can run circles around us,” Haley said at a city hall. “And then we found out about Joe Biden,” she said in her previous ad. “Let me tell you this: Biden is too old.”
Haley is trying to position herself as a “new generation leader,” but she has fallen far behind President Trump in the race for the Republican nomination, having lost her first contests in Iowa and New Hampshire. Haley’s home state of South Carolina will hold a Republican primary next month.
Haley’s campaign did not respond to requests for comment.
