WASHINGTON: Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley turned a highlight on Donald Trump’s psychological health Saturday, after the previous president falsely accused her of failing to cease the violent assault on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Trump, talking Friday at a marketing campaign occasion days forward of New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation major election, appeared to confuse Haley with then House speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Referring to the January 6 revolt by a mob of his supporters, Trump, after saying his rival’s identify repeatedly, informed a crowd: “Nikki Haley is accountable for safety. We supplied her 10,000 individuals — troopers, National Guard, no matter they need — they turned it down. They do not need to discuss that.”
Haley, Trump’s prime rival within the New Hampshire contest, identified not solely was she not accountable for safety on the Capitol, she was not even in workplace on the time.
“They’re saying he bought confused, he was speaking about one thing else,” the previous UN ambassador and South Carolina governor stated at a New Hampshire rally.
“The concern I’ve is, I’m not saying something derogatory, however once you’re coping with the pressures of a presidency, we won’t have another person that we query whether or not they’re mentally match to do that.”
Trump and different Republicans have repeatedly attacked 81-year-old President Joe Biden over his age and raised doubts about whether or not he has the psychological acuity to serve a second time period.
The feedback from Haley, who turned 52 on Saturday, have been among the many most direct challenges from a fellow Republican to the psychological health of Trump, who’s 77.
Haley has stated political candidates over 75 ought to should cross a take a look at of psychological competence, and she or he elaborated on that in a Fox News interview on Saturday.
“We want individuals on the prime of their sport. We want individuals which might be specializing in nationwide safety… Do we actually need them throwing out names and getting issues incorrect after they’re 80 and having to take care of Putin and Xi and Kim and North Korea? We cannot do this.”
Trump’s suggestion that Pelosi — or Haley — had turned down a proposal of assist whereas the Capitol was beneath siege additionally raised questions.
The House committee that investigated on January 6 stated it discovered no proof he had made such a proposal.
Critics say Trump has more and more proven indicators of growing old, and the previous president himself addressed the query earlier within the week, repeating an account of how he as soon as “aced” a take a look at of acuity by accurately figuring out animals similar to a giraffe, a tiger and a whale.
But the problem seems to have executed him little hurt.
Far extra voters, when polled, have expressed concern about Biden’s age and health, and Trump — who dominated in Iowa’s presidential caucuses on Tuesday — stays the overwhelming favourite amongst Republicans nationwide.
Trump, talking Friday at a marketing campaign occasion days forward of New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation major election, appeared to confuse Haley with then House speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Referring to the January 6 revolt by a mob of his supporters, Trump, after saying his rival’s identify repeatedly, informed a crowd: “Nikki Haley is accountable for safety. We supplied her 10,000 individuals — troopers, National Guard, no matter they need — they turned it down. They do not need to discuss that.”
Haley, Trump’s prime rival within the New Hampshire contest, identified not solely was she not accountable for safety on the Capitol, she was not even in workplace on the time.
“They’re saying he bought confused, he was speaking about one thing else,” the previous UN ambassador and South Carolina governor stated at a New Hampshire rally.
“The concern I’ve is, I’m not saying something derogatory, however once you’re coping with the pressures of a presidency, we won’t have another person that we query whether or not they’re mentally match to do that.”
Trump and different Republicans have repeatedly attacked 81-year-old President Joe Biden over his age and raised doubts about whether or not he has the psychological acuity to serve a second time period.
The feedback from Haley, who turned 52 on Saturday, have been among the many most direct challenges from a fellow Republican to the psychological health of Trump, who’s 77.
Haley has stated political candidates over 75 ought to should cross a take a look at of psychological competence, and she or he elaborated on that in a Fox News interview on Saturday.
“We want individuals on the prime of their sport. We want individuals which might be specializing in nationwide safety… Do we actually need them throwing out names and getting issues incorrect after they’re 80 and having to take care of Putin and Xi and Kim and North Korea? We cannot do this.”
Trump’s suggestion that Pelosi — or Haley — had turned down a proposal of assist whereas the Capitol was beneath siege additionally raised questions.
The House committee that investigated on January 6 stated it discovered no proof he had made such a proposal.
Critics say Trump has more and more proven indicators of growing old, and the previous president himself addressed the query earlier within the week, repeating an account of how he as soon as “aced” a take a look at of acuity by accurately figuring out animals similar to a giraffe, a tiger and a whale.
But the problem seems to have executed him little hurt.
Far extra voters, when polled, have expressed concern about Biden’s age and health, and Trump — who dominated in Iowa’s presidential caucuses on Tuesday — stays the overwhelming favourite amongst Republicans nationwide.