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Trump first stated that Haley turned down safety supplied by his administration on Jan. 6 after which once more talked about Haley.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley on Saturday questioned whether or not Donald Trump is mentally able to serving as president once more after he repeatedly appeared to confuse her with former U.S. Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a marketing campaign speech.
As she campaigned in Keene, New Hampshire, Haley referenced Trump’s speech the night time earlier than, through which he mistakenly asserted that Haley was in control of Capitol safety on January 6, 2021, when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the constructing in search of to cease the certification of his loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
Trump first stated that Haley turned down safety supplied by his administration on Jan. 6 after which once more talked about Haley, including, “They destroyed the entire info, the entire proof, every part, deleted and destroyed all of it.”
Trump, 77, has accused Pelosi of turning down safety he says his administration supplied, however a particular Home committee empaneled to probe the assault discovered no proof to assist that declare.
“They’re saying he received confused, that he was speaking about one thing else, he’s speaking about Nancy Pelosi,” Haley stated on Saturday.
“He talked about me a number of instances in that situation. The priority I’ve is — I’m not saying something derogatory — however if you’re coping with the pressures of the presidency, we will’t have another person that we query whether or not they’re mentally match to do that,” Haley stated. “We are able to’t.”
Talking at a Bloomberg Information discussion board on Saturday in Manchester, Haley marketing campaign supervisor Betsy Ankney referenced Haley’s remarks and stated Trump “made a fairly obvious gaffe final night time.”
“It’s a distinction with no distinction. It’s Nikki and Nancy,” Trump marketing campaign senior adviser Chris LaCivita stated to reporters Saturday night time. “What’s the distinction?”
At his rally Saturday night time in Manchester, Trump stated that he took a cognitive take a look at and “aced it.”
“I’ll let you understand after I go unhealthy. I actually assume I’ll be capable of let you know,” he added. “I really feel my thoughts is stronger now than it was 25 years in the past. Is that doable?”
Trump, who gained Monday’s Iowa caucuses and is the present GOP front-runner, picked Haley to function his United Nations ambassador and has ramped up his criticism of her marketing campaign because the yr’s votes have gotten underway.
On Saturday, he stumped in New Hampshire with a strong complement of backers from Haley’s residence state of South Carolina, together with Gov. Henry McMaster and a number of other U.S. Home members. A day earlier, Sen. Tim Scott — who ended his personal 2024 bid in November and was appointed to the Senate by Haley in 2012 — endorsed Trump over Haley in a rousing call-and-response speech of his personal in New Hampshire.
Since getting into the GOP race practically a yr in the past, Haley, 52, has advocated for “psychological competency assessments” for older politicians, a swipe on the ages of each Trump and Biden.
Related Press writers Michelle L. Worth and Jill Colvin in Manchester, New Hampshire, contributed to this report.
