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 Seaside, Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago, together with her husband and mentioned she would by no means run towards him. Trump then requested a number of instances the place Haley’s husband is closing with “He knew, he knew,” a probable reference to sworn affidavits alleging Haley had affairs years in the past that have been lately reported by the Daily 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 began last June.
Trump mentioned, “…I will never run against him. Then she comes over to see me at Mar-a-Lago. ‘Sir, I will never run against you.’ She brought her husband. Where’s your husband? Oh, he’s away. He’s away. What happened to her husband? What happened to her husband? Where is he? He’s gone! He knew. He knew.”
Trump assaults Nikki Haley’s husband: “Where’s her husband? What happened to her husband? Where is he? He’s 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 difference between humans and animals? Animals would never allow the dumbest ones to lead the pack,” over a photograph of a wolf. The put up was addressed to Trump and several other media retailers 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 country, something you know nothing about. Someone who continually disrespects the sacrifices of military families has no business being commander in chief.”
Michael is deployed serving our nation, one thing you understand 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 immediately. And in that rally, he mocked my husband’s navy service. And I’ll say this: Donald, When you’ve got one thing to say, don’t say it behind my again, get on a debate stage and say it to my face….In case you mock the service of a fight veteran, you don’t deserve a driver’s license, not to mention being President of the USA.
Haley: He mocked my husband’s navy service. When you’ve got one thing to say, do not say it behind my again. Get on a debate stage and say it to my face. In case you mock the service of a veteran, you do not deserve a driver’s license not to mention being President of the USA. 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) advised the group 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 of them could get a meeting with Joe Biden… So you know what we did? We called up President Trump… He was scheduled to spend an hour… he spends FIVE hours with them…” pic.twitter.com/YRsSUgGvCA
— MAGA Struggle Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) February 10, 2024
Waltz posted a photograph in August 2023 when the assembly passed off:
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 shortage of transparency and pledged to launch all the things in regards to the assault.🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/K2hp31coEj
— Rep. Mike Waltz (@michaelgwaltz) August 31, 2023
