Nikki Haley: America needs a new generational leader
2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley joins ‘America Reports’ to discuss her pledge to pardon former President Donald Trump, her border promises and her response to comparisons to Hillary Clinton.
Former Republican South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Friday responded to criticism from the campaigns of her two main presidential rivals, Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, while telling Fox News that she stands by her plan. to pardon Trump if he is found guilty by a special sentence. attorney Jack Smith.
Haley also reacted as President Biden held his first big campaign event: a speech in Pennsylvania that invoked George Washington’s frigid winter of 1777 in nearby Valley Forge to draw attention to the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. .
Biden illustrated a contrast between Washington voluntarily relinquishing the presidency after two terms and Trump-supporting rioters marching past the first president’s portrait at the Capitol to help the 45th wrongfully remain in power.
On “America Reports,” Haley said she stands behind a comment in a recent televised town hall that she would pardon Trump for the same reason former President Ford preemptively pardoned Richard Nixon: “to move the country forward” and move beyond the controversy.
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However, he said he probably wouldn’t offer a preemptive pardon like Ford did because Trump might not be found guilty and he would probably want the cases to play out.
“I think it’s only done if someone is found guilty,” he said.
“The last thing we want to see is an 80-year-old former president in jail. Instead, we want to say, ‘Okay, how can we put the past behind us and move forward as a country?’ And I think forgiving him would move the country forward instead of dividing it further.”
However, she also broke into a recent attack ad against her promoting the former president, which claimed that she and Biden opposed Trump’s border security measures, such as a wall.
“Isn’t it very kind of you to spend so much time and money against me?” Haley joked.
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“First of all, it’s a complete lie. I didn’t say I opposed the border wall. I said I opposed just building a border wall. I said we have to do more than that. That’s defunding sanctuary cities. That’s putting 25,000 Border Patrol and ICE Agents on the ground…” he said.
Haley also criticized DeSantis’ recent invocation of her during a speech in Cumming, Iowa.
“Not Ronald Reagan, not Margaret Thatcher. She said Hillary Clinton was her inspiration for running for office. We don’t need another Hillary Clinton in this country, I can tell you that,” DeSantis said.
Haley responded that Florida’s popular governor is “getting desperate” and “lying because he’s losing.”
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She said the true description of DeSantis’ reference was his attendance at a women’s leadership forum before his entry into politics.
Clinton was one of the speakers at the event, and Haley recounted that the former first lady told the crowd that “for all the reasons people tell you not to run, those are all the reasons why you should.” do it”.
“So when I talked about it, if you take it all in context, I said I don’t agree with anything. [Clinton] “I think, but this is what happened and this is how I got involved in politics,” Haley said. “Look, [DeSantis is] “He lies because he is losing.”
“My record speaks for itself and shows that we are on the rise, and that is why they are paying all the attention to us.”
