Right out of the gates, it turned clear Wednesday night time that Nikki Haley had an enormous goal on her again within the fourth Republican presidential debate.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized the surging Ms. Haley for being comfortable on transgender points, and Vivek Ramaswamy warned that the previous U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is a puppet for giant donors and the GOP institution.
“Nikki, you were bankrupt when you left the U.N.” Mr. Ramaswamy advised her. “After you left the U.N., you became a military contractor, you actually started joining service on the board of Boeing, whose back you scratched for a very long time, and then gave foreign multi-national speeches like Hillary Clinton is and now you are a multi-millionaire.
“That math does not add up,” Mr. Ramaswamy stated on the talk stage in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. “It adds up the fact that you are corrupt.”
Ms. Haley responded, “First of all, we weren’t bankrupt when I left the U.N. We are people of service, my husband is in the military and I served our country as U.S. ambassador and governor. It may be bankrupt to him, but it certainly wasn’t bankrupt to us.”
She additionally defended the ten months she served on the board of Boeing, however stated she left after the airline firm sought a federal bailout.
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Ms. Haley stated her GOP rivals are “jealous” of her big-money donors.
“They wish [the donors] were supporting them,” Ms. Haley stated. “I love all the attention, fellas, thank you for that.”
Mr. DeSantis, in the meantime, turned a query about his electability into an assault towards Ms. Haley, who has been climbing within the polls and lately acquired the endorsement of the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity.
“She caves anytime the left comes after her, anytime the media comes after her,” Mr. DeSantis stated.
He stated Ms. Haley opposed a measure that he supported in Florida to “stop the gender mutilation of minors.”
“She thinks it is fine and the law should not get involved with it,” he stated. “If you are not willing to stand up for the kids, if you are not willing to stand up and say it is wrong to mutilate these kids, then you are not going to fight for the people back home.”
Ms. Haley stated Mr. DeSantis is pushing falsehoods.
“He continues to lie about my record,” she stated.
Ms. Haley additionally stated she is completely satisfied to welcome large donors into her camp, making the case that it doesn’t affect her coverage imaginative and prescient.
“I don’t ask them what their policies are, they ask me what my policies are,” Ms. Haley stated.
At one level, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie blasted Mr. Ramaswamy for attacking Ms. Haley.
“He has insulted Nikki Haley’s basic intelligence,” Mr. Christie stated. “I’ve known her for 12 years, which is longer than he’s even started to vote in the Republican primary. This is a smart, accomplished woman, and you should stop insulting her.”
