Nikki Haley mocks Republican presidential opponent Donald Trump’s lack of military experience after he came under ‘disgusting’ attack over her husband’s absence on the campaign trail. There is.
“It’s disgusting!” said Haley, 52. On “Fox News”” on Monday, referring to the 78-year-old President Trump repeatedly asking the crowd at a rally in South Carolina over the weekend about the whereabouts of her husband, Maj. Michael Haley.
Trump told the audience:[Haley] He came to see me at Mar-a-Lago. “Sir, I will never oppose you.”
“She brought her husband. Where is her husband? Oh, he’s away. He’s away. What happened to her husband?” he said.
Michael Haley hasn’t campaigned for his wife since June, when he was deployed to Africa with the 218th Maneuver Reinforced Bridge as a member of the South Carolina National Guard.
“You’re mocking one veteran, you’re mocking all veterans,” Haley told the Fox host, echoing comments she made shortly after President Trump’s remarks. told Dana Perino.
“But this is a pattern, Dana. He’s done this over and over again. Even when he goes and calls military personnel scumbags, he tells them what’s up with them at Arlington Cemetery. “Even if they did, why would they do this? Trump’s problem is he’s never been close to being in uniform,” she said.
“It seems like he had some reason to say he couldn’t do it,” Haley said, referring to the infamous report that Trump, then 22, avoided being drafted into the Vietnam War by claiming he had bone spurs. ” he said. .
“But in reality, the closest [Trump’s] “The danger is when the golf ball hits the golf cart,” Haley said.
The former South Carolina governor, who is second to President Trump in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, said she was “proud” of her husband’s accomplishments and told supporters in Gilbert, South Carolina, during her last campaign stop. Ta. If you make fun of veterans’ military service, you don’t deserve a driver’s license, much less be President of the United States. ”
Michael Haley also appeared to hit back at Trump on February 10th. By tagging him in a pointed tweet It said, “What is the difference between humans and animals?” Animals will never allow the stupidest animal to lead the herd. ”
Even Democratic President Biden defended Haley’s husband on social media against President Trump’s disdain.
“The answer is that Major Haley is currently overseas, serving her country,” Biden posted on Sunday’s X. “I know he thinks our military is ‘shitholes,’ but this man is not going to learn of his service to his country if he gets slapped in the face.”
The spat between Trump and Haley is just the latest incident as the former president continues to slam the former U.N. ambassador for refusing to withdraw from the race.
South Carolina’s primary election is scheduled for February 24th.
