Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s latest ad features past comments mocking former President Donald Trump’s veterans as she ramps up her campaign in the South Carolina primary later this month.
The Haley camp announced the following: 90 second ad Monday after President Trump criticized Haley’s husband for being absent. He is serving in the military overseas. The ad includes snippets of news reports that discuss past statements by President Trump, including that he reportedly called a soldier who died overseas. “loser” And “sucker”.
The ad highlighted Haley’s reaction to President Trump’s attack on her husband, who was deployed to Africa with the South Carolina Army National Guard last June.
“Today Donald Trump held a rally and at that rally he mocked my husband’s military service. And I’ll say this: Donald, if you have something to say, don’t say it behind my back, don’t do it in a debate. Please stand on the stage and say it to my face,” she said Saturday at a rally in South Carolina. She was featured in an advertisement. “I’m proud of Michael’s contributions. Every military spouse knows it’s a family sacrifice.”
“I’ve been talking for a long time about the fact that people over the age of 75 need to take a mental competency test. Donald Trump claims to pass it. Maybe he will, maybe he will.” “But if you make fun of the accomplishments of veterans, you don’t deserve to get a driver’s license, much less be president of the United States,” she said.
The ad also includes other past statements from President Trump, including one in which he jokes about then-Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in 2015, “I like people who weren’t captured,” and he praised those who were. This includes President Trump’s actions in 2018 to attack William McRaven, the retired Navy admiral who oversaw the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden.
“Donald Trump has a long record of disrespecting our nation’s veterans,” Olivia Perez-Cubas, Haley’s national spokeswoman, said in a statement. “He is not qualified to be commander in chief.”
Haley told CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday that President Trump’s comments about her husband were “an insult to military families.”
“This is a message to all the military families who have sacrificed with us. We cannot have someone sitting there and making fun of the men and women who are trying to protect America,” she said. added.
When asked for comment on the ad, Trump campaign spokesman Stephen Chan defended the former president and criticized Haley.
“For our nation’s military, there is no greater warrior than President Trump. Nikki Haley likes to talk about her foreign policy chops, but by capitulating to China and sending troops into unnecessary conflicts, we are fighting forever wars.” represents the last American policy she loves so much,” Chan said in a statement to The Hill.
–Updated at 12:26 p.m.
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