Nikki Haley criticized former President Trump on Friday for being too preoccupied with other issues, hours after he was ordered to pay more than $80 million in damages to E. Jean Carroll. .
“Donald Trump wants to be the presumptive Republican nominee and we're talking about $83.3 million in damages,” Haley wrote to X. “We're not talking about fixing borders. We're not talking about tackling inflation. There are things America can do better than Donald Trump and Joe Biden.” ”
Earlier, a jury found that President Trump had to pay compensation to Carroll for disparaging comments he made in 1996 at the Bergdorf Goodman department store across from Trump Tower in Manhattan, denying the allegation that she had raped him. said that he should pay.
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Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley is running against former President Trump for the Republican nomination. Trump is running for a second term despite facing multiple legal issues. (Getty Images)
Despite being embroiled in multiple lawsuits and criminal cases, Trump is running against Biden for a second term in the White House. He criticized Friday's ruling on social media.
Immediately after the rulings were read, President Trump tweeted, “Absolutely ridiculous! I totally disagree with both rulings and plan to appeal the entire Biden-led witch hunt focused on me and the Republican Party.” Posted on his TRUTH social. “Our legal system is out of control and being used as a political weapon. They have taken away all of our First Amendment rights.”
“This isn't America!” he added.
Haley has emerged as Trump's remaining main rival for the Republican nomination. He defeated Ms. Haley in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, and before that, won the Iowa caucuses, where Ms. Haley came in third.
On Friday, she questioned Trump's mental state and asked if he had become “disoriented again” after releasing a video of him slamming the New York trial.
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The video shows President Trump lashing out at the person his campaign has claimed is Carroll. He said he had “no idea” who she was before mentioning that “someone is running.”
“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.
Fox News Digital's Brandon Gillespie contributed to this report.
