President Trump requested the place’s Nikki Haley’s husband throughout a big rally in Conway, South Carolina Saturday, stirring up a hornet’s nest of controversy from the media in addition to sharp responses from Haley and her husband.
Trump was speaking about how his lone remaining rival for the Republican presidential nomination, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley–who had been Trump’s first U.N. ambassador–had come to his Palm Seashore, Florida dwelling, Mar-a-Lago, along with her husband and mentioned she would by no means run in opposition to him. Trump then requested a number of occasions the place Haley’s husband is closing with “He knew, he knew,” a possible reference to sworn affidavits alleging Haley had affairs years in the past that had been lately reported by the Every day Mail.
Haley’s husband, Main Michael Haley, is in a one 12 months deployment with the South Carolina Military Nationwide Guard to the Horn of Africa that started final June.
Trump mentioned, “…I’ll by no means run in opposition to him. Then she comes over to see me at Mar-a-Lago. ‘Sir, I’ll by no means run in opposition to you.’ She introduced her husband. The place’s your husband? Oh, he’s away. He’s away. What occurred to her husband? What occurred to her husband? The place is he? He’s gone! He knew. He knew.”
Trump assaults Nikki Haley’s husband: “The place’s her husband? What occurred to her husband? The place is he? He is gone.” pic.twitter.com/tRslkYmZQk
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 10, 2024
The response from a lot of the media has been to assault Trump, falsely accusing him of mocking Michael Haley’s service, however the New York Occasions surprisingly ran with the correct headline, “Trump Insinuates Haley’s Husband Deployed to Africa to Escape Her”
Trump Insinuates Haley’s Husband Deployed to Africa to Escape Her
Through @migold and @jazmineulloa https://t.co/TXdn9CCsTc— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) February 11, 2024
Haley and her husband responded individually on X Twitter to Trump. Haley additionally responded in remarks at a marketing campaign cease in South Carolina.
Michael Haley posted on his X Twitter account, presumably from a navy base in Africa, a graphic with the phrases, “The distinction between people and animals? Animals would by no means permit the dumbest ones to guide the pack,” over a photograph of a wolf. The submit was addressed to Trump and a number of other media shops and has over 1 million views.
@realDonaldTrump @GOP @CNN @FoxNews @wsjournal @USATODAY @nytimes @AP pic.twitter.com/BS6uODv6kr
— Michael Haley (@WMichaelHaley) February 10, 2024
Nikki Haley posted, “Michael is deployed serving our nation, one thing you recognize nothing about. Somebody who frequently disrespects the sacrifices of navy households has no enterprise being commander in chief.”
Michael is deployed serving our nation, one thing you recognize nothing about. Somebody who frequently disrespects the sacrifices of navy households has no enterprise being commander in chief. https://t.co/AfN3u4AsJc
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) February 10, 2024
Haley additionally responded at a small rally in Gilbert, South Carolina:
“Donald Trump had a rally right now. And in that rally, he mocked my husband’s navy service. And I’ll say this: Donald, You probably have one thing to say, don’t say it behind my again, get on a debate stage and say it to my face….In the event you mock the service of a fight veteran, you don’t deserve a driver’s license, not to mention being President of america.
Haley: He mocked my husband’s navy service. You probably have one thing to say, do not say it behind my again. Get on a debate stage and say it to my face. In the event you mock the service of a veteran, you do not deserve a driver’s license not to mention being President of america. pic.twitter.com/BVwPIAtZ72
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 11, 2024
Earlier Saturday at Trump’s South Carolina rally, adorned fight veteran Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) instructed the gang how President Trump met and stayed for hours with Gold Star households from the 2021 Afghanistan airport bombing after Joe Biden wouldn’t meet them:
Rep. Mike Waltz tells a narrative about President Trump assembly with Afghanistan Gold Star households: “Not one among them might get a gathering with Joe Biden… So you recognize what we did? We referred to as up President Trump… He was scheduled to spend an hour… he spends FIVE hours with them…” pic.twitter.com/YRsSUgGvCA
— MAGA Warfare Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) February 10, 2024
Waltz posted a photograph in August 2023 when the assembly occurred:
THANK YOU President Trump for spending FOUR hours at a roundtable & dinner with the Kabul bombing Gold Star households.
He heard their tales & frustrations with the dearth of transparency and pledged to launch every little thing in regards to the assault.🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/K2hp31coEj
— Rep. Mike Waltz (@michaelgwaltz) August 31, 2023
