Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley criticized former President Donald Trump's mental state for the second time on Friday, after releasing a video of him slamming the court process in a New York City civil libel trial. He wondered if he had become confused again.
In the video, President Trump slams the plaintiff in the case, identified by his campaign as E. Jean Carroll, before mentioning “someone who is running for office.” He said he had “no idea” who he was.
Haley questioned whether President Trump was “confused” by referring to Carroll as a political candidate, as he did not mention individuals by name in the video.
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“Wait a minute, did President Trump just say that his accuser is 'running for president'?” “Is he confused again? I wasn't in the courtroom. I was in charge of security at the Capitol on January 6th. I was meeting with voters in South Carolina. They wanted to see a debate between the two sides. Thinking 'Me and Trump,' Haley wrote in a post about X.
Her reference to Thursday's trial was in reference to President Trump taking the stand at trial. He has vehemently denied allegations that he sexually assaulted Carroll in a department store fitting room in the 1990s, leading to a defamation lawsuit filed by Carroll claiming that Carroll's treatment damaged Carroll's reputation. are doing.
Trump campaign official Stephen Chan told Fox News Digital that when Trump refers to “someone running for office” in the video, he is actually referring to himself.
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Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley and former President Donald Trump. (Getty Images)
“President Trump is clearly talking about himself. Birdbrain is grasping at straws and trying to gaslight voters because she is just a Democrat with an America Last policy that will destroy the country. ” he said.
Attacks on Trump's mental health appear to have confused Haley with former House Speaker Nancy Nancy, who says she is mentally “degraded” and “not at the same level” as when she was first elected in 2016. This took place a few days after he suggested that. Pelosi.
The incident occurred last week while President Trump was speaking in Concord, New Hampshire, telling the audience: “By the way, they never reported on the January 6th crowd. Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley. Do you know them?” Destroy all the information, all the evidence, everything. , deleted and destroyed everything? ”
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Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (Democratic California) ((Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images))
“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.”
FOX News' Brooke Singman and Bree Stimson contributed to this report.
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