Shortly before the primaries in the American state of New Hampshire, the tone among the Republican candidates for the presidential candidacy has become more tense. Competitor Nikki Haley questioned the mental fitness of her party rival Donald Trump during a campaign appearance on Saturday. He had previously confused Haley with Democrat Nancy Pelosi.
“When you’re dealing with the pressures of the presidency, you can’t have someone who you wonder if he’s mentally capable of doing that,” Haley explained.
Trump confused a party member with a Democrat
She was referring to a mistake by Trump. The ex-president apparently confused the former US ambassador to the United Nations with former Speaker of the House of Representatives Pelosi several times when talking about the storming of the Capitol by his supporters on January 6, 2021. ‘Nikki Haley is responsible for the security. We offered her 10,000 people – soldiers, National Guard, whatever you want – and they turned it down,” Trump said.
There is no evidence to support Trump’s claim
Haley emphasized that she was neither responsible for security at the Capitol nor was she in Washington at the time. In any case, there is no evidence to support Trump’s claim that he offered assistance during the siege or that such an offer was rejected.
Haley warns: Presidents need to be “at the top of their game.”
Trump, 77, and other Republicans continue to attack 81-year-old President Joe Biden over his age, casting doubt on the Democratic Party politician’s ability to serve a second term. Haley said in an interview with Fox News on Saturday that politicians at the top of the state needed to be “at the top of their game.” “Do we really want them to be throwing around names and doing things wrong when they’re 80 years old and dealing with Putin and Xi and Kim and North Korea?”
Haley has high hopes for the next New Hampshire primary this Tuesday. In the small American state, voters registered as independents are also allowed to participate in the Republican primaries. This suits Haley, who is considered a relatively moderate Republican — especially compared to Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Trump remains far ahead in the polls
Polls put Haley at about 34 percent in New Hampshire, according to an average calculated by the website FiveThirtyEight. Trump gets 49 percent and DeSantis only five percent.
The support of eliminated competitor Tim Scott could give Trump a further boost. The former competitor in the race for the Republican presidential nomination expressed his support for Trump on Friday. The 58-year-old African American shouted at cheering Trump supporters in New Hampshire that he had come “to support the next president of the United States.”
Source: Krone
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