The son of leading Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley called fellow South Carolina senator Tim Scott “Senator Judas” and criticized Scott’s support for Donald Trump.
“Senator Judas – Sorry, Senator Scott” Nalin Haley Said During a campaign rally in Gilbert, South Carolina.
Hailey herself reportedly joked, “Nalin, we’ll deal with it later,” during a later stage of the event.
according to Scott’s spokesperson issued a statement to Washington Post reporter Dylan Wells, referring to the senator’s mother and saying, “Mr. Francis or anyone in the Scott family would never hear anything like that.” “I guess so.” he responded.
When Haley was governor of South Carolina appointed Scott entered the U.S. Senate in 2012 to fill the seat of retiring Jim DeMint.
Mr. Scott withdrew from the Republican presidential primary in November, and in January announced his public support for Mr. Trump, who aims to defeat Democratic incumbent Joe Biden and return to the White House.
Haley said in one article: interview Fox News supports: “South Carolina is a blood sport. Everybody has to make a decision and they have to live with that decision. He’s going to have to live with him.”
He added that Scott has been floated as Trump’s running mate, saying, “He would be disappointed if Trump didn’t win.”
The Republican presidential primary is scheduled to be held in South Carolina on February 24th, and Haley will be there. currently following Opinion polls in his home state show him trailing President Trump by double digits.
A recent Morning Consult poll had him trailing by 37 points, and a Washington Post Monmouth poll had him trailing by 26 points.
In an interview on CBS News’ Face the Nation on Sunday, Haley addressed her rift with Trump by criticizing comments the former president made about her husband, who is serving overseas in the South Carolina National Guard. I tried to bury it.
At his campaign rally on Saturday, Trump asked where Michael Haley was. Trump, who is often seen without first lady Melania Trump by his side as he deals with a series of legal issues, also said Michael Haley was “gone.”
“We cannot allow someone to sit there and make a mockery of the people who are trying to protect America,” Haley said Sunday.
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He also said Trump’s derogatory comments about military personnel are a “pattern,” possibly referring to reports that the former president previously called Americans who died in wars “losers” and “the worst.” He said there is.
Haley served as governor for nearly two terms before resigning in 2017 to become President Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations.
she has affirmed Regardless of the outcome of Haley’s campaign in South Carolina, her campaign plans to remain in the Republican presidential primary until Super Tuesday, March 5, when primaries in 16 states will be held.
Trump is enjoying his status as the Republican Party’s 2024 White House candidate despite having more than 90 criminal charges pending against him.
The charges allege that Trump illegally tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election that he lost to Biden, improperly kept government secrets after taking office, and had an extramarital sexual relationship with Trump. It is alleged that he paid illegal hush money to an adult film actor.
