{"id":2051865,"date":"2023-10-01T19:45:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T23:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-claims-trump-followed-up-birdbrain-insult-with-brutal-delivery-to-her-hotel-room\/"},"modified":"2023-10-01T19:49:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T23:49:24","slug":"nikki-haley-claims-trump-followed-up-birdbrain-insult-with-brutal-delivery-to-her-hotel-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-claims-trump-followed-up-birdbrain-insult-with-brutal-delivery-to-her-hotel-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikki Haley alleges Trump&#8217;s &#8216;Birdbrain&#8217; insult was followed by a harsh visit to her hotel room."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnikki-haley-claims-trump-followed-up-birdbrain-insult-with-brutal-delivery-to-her-hotel-room%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2051865&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>It\u2019s official.<\/h2>\n<p>The lines between professional wrestling and modern American politics are rapidly\u200d blurring.<\/p>\n<p>Pro wrestling has its talking segments, or \u201cpromos,\u201d where \u200cwrestlers \u200bviciously (but verbally) tear into each other. Modern American politics has primary debates.<\/p>\n<p>Pro wrestling has former\u200c President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-puts-store-robbers-looters-notice-expect-boldly-pledges-retribution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> as\u200d a WWE Hall\u200c of Famer. Modern\u2062 American politics has Trump as the GOP\u200c presidential candidate frontrunner.<\/p>\n<p>Pro wrestling has \u2062amateurish stunts and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-trades-haymakers-chris-christie-ex-gov-posts-photo-donald-duck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bad nicknames<\/a>. Modern American politics\u2026 Well, you get the idea \u2064by now.<\/p>\n<p>But\u2063 just in case you didn\u2019t, look\u2064 no further than the recent \u200baccusation being levied by former South Carolina governor \u2063and\u200c GOP \u200cpresidential candidate Nikki\u2064 Haley.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP hopeful (but longshot) took to X,\u200b formerly Twitter, and shared an image of what \u200cshe claims was left for her at\u200b her hotel room:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After a day of campaigning, this is \u200cthe message waiting for me outside my hotel \u2063room\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PrettyPatheticTryAgain?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PrettyPatheticTryAgain<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YouJustMadeMyCaseForMe?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#YouJustMadeMyCaseForMe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/htbSumo58r\">pic.twitter.com\/htbSumo58r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikkiHaley\/status\/1708457327563567257?\">October 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAfter a day of campaigning, this is the message waiting for me outside my hotel\u200c room\u2026\u201d Haley posted to X. She also used the hashtags \u201c#PrettyPatheticTryAgain\u201d and \u201c#YouJustMadeMyCaseForMe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The accompanying image depicted an empty bird cage with a bag of \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-claims-trump-followed-up-birdbrain-insult-with-brutal-delivery-to-her-hotel-room\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley alleges Trump's 'Birdbrain' insult was followed by a harsh visit to her hotel room.\">bird feed sitting atop<\/a> of it. A note tucked into\u200c the cage read: \u201cFrom:\u2063 Trump Campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For context, this X post\u2063 comes shortly after\u2064 Trump blasted Haley \u200don Truth Social, \u200bfollowing Haley\u2019s \u200cperformance at \u2063Wednesday\u2019s GOP primary\u2064 debate (of which Trump did not attend.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMAGA, or I, will never \u200cgo\u2063 for\u2063 Birdbrain Nikki Haley. No loyalty, plenty of lies!\u200d \u2018I will never run against our great President,\u2019 she \u2062said,\u2019he has\u2063 done an outstanding job.\u2019 To which\u2064 I responded, \u2018How nice \u200dof you to say, Nikki,\u2019 knowing full well that her words mean nothing,\u201d Trump said in his post.<\/p>\n<p>(For whatever it\u2019s worth, this writer personally \u200dthinks \u201cBirdbrain\u201d is one \u2063of\u200c Trump\u2019s\u200b weaker verbal\u200c jousts. \u200dIt\u2019s certainly no \u201cLittle\u2064 Marco\u201d or \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-allegedly-explained-rocket-man-nickname-kim-jong-un-took\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rocket Man<\/a>.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>Trump added: \u201cShe even came to\u2063 Mar-a-Lago with her family, \u2018bearing \u200dgifts.\u2019 Anyway, \u200dBirdbrain \u2064doesn\u2019t have the TALENT or TEMPERAMENT \u2064to do the job. MAKE \u2064AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, as surreal as it is to write this about American\u2062 politics, that \u201cBirdbrain\u201d nickname appears to have inspired a\u200c Trump fan\u2062 or (as doubtful as it \u200cis) \u2063campaign staffer \u200cto send an empty \u200cbird cage and some feed \u2063to a GOP presidential hopeful\u2019s hotel room.<\/p>\n<p>Or so \u200bHaley claims.<\/p>\n<p>Look, proving the veracity of Haley\u2019s claims seems pretty simple. This is a hotel, so one would assume that they could dredge up the relevant security footage, and come up with a name and face. This doesn\u2019t exactly have to be like combing through the Zapruder \u2062cut.<\/p>\n<p>But regardless of whether this was \u2063a rogue Trump operative or a self-staged stunt, this entire incident makes one\u200d thing\u2064 clear: If modern American \u200dpolitics is professional wrestling, Donald Trump is the current\u200b world champion.<\/p>\n<p>At the crux of all \u200bthis bird caging is a pretty straightforward and\u200b simple issue: Donald Trump, by \u200bvirtually any and\u200b all metrics, is \u2062the prohibitive favorite to \u2062emerge from the\u200d GOP primary as the Republican \u2062presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<p>His rivals will \u200ddo whatever they can to \u200dsmear him and knock him down\u200d a notch \u2014 \u2063even \u2063potentially frame\u200d his side as deranged\u2062 birdcage deliverers.<\/p>\n<p>But will it work?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2024\/president\/us\/2024_republican_presidential_nomination-7548.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RealClearPolitics<\/a> currently has Trump polling at a commanding 57.6 percent.\u200b His next closest \u200brival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is polling at a much more modest \u200d13.7 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Haley,\u2062 meanwhile, trails DeSantis and is \u2062polling at a paltry 5.6 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Now, is the best way to make up that cavernous gulf of a difference between herself and Trump to attack him, be it on social media \u2062or the \u2064debate stage?<\/p>\n<p>Early returns from similar strategies (See: Chris Christie) suggest, no, that\u2019s not the way to\u200c go.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>A Note from\u2063 Our Founder:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every morning,\u2062 we at The \u200cWestern Journal wake up and pursue our \u2064mission of giving you the important information you need about what\u2019s \u200dhappening in America.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>We can\u2019t\u2064 do \u200bthat without your \u2064help<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">America has been on the receiving end of false narratives. 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Our country hangs by a thread, and The Western Journal stands for\u2063 truth in this difficult\u200b time.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Please stand with us by donating today.<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Floyd G. Brown<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Founder of The Western Journal<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u2063 post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nikki-haley-claims-trump-followed-birdbrain-insult-brutal-delivery-hotel-room\/\">Nikki Haley Claims Trump Followed \u2064Up &#8216;Birdbrain&#8217;\u200b Insult with Brutal Delivery to\u200b Her Hotel Room<\/a> appeared first on\u200d <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western \u200cJournal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What role does social media, such as X platform, play in enabling politicians to engage in more\u200b confrontational \u2063and unfiltered communication, similar to pro wrestlers on platforms like Twitter?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ong-un-actually-caused\/<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message\u2064 left for Haley appears to be a clear attempt at mocking\u200b her and questioning her\u2062 loyalty \u2063to Trump. It is not uncommon for pro wrestlers to use insults and taunts \u200das part of their characters, and it \u2064seems that this style of rhetoric \u200bhas now made its way into the realm of politics.<\/p>\n<p>This blurring of the lines between professional wrestling and politics is not \u200blimited to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-panicking-as-third-party-threatens-bidens-hold-on-state-he-barely-won-in-2020\/\" title=\"Democrats in a frenzy as third party jeopardizes Biden's grip on narrowly won state.\">current political \u200dlandscape<\/a>. Throughout history, we have seen politicians engage in verbal battles and use theatrics to captivate audiences. From Theodore Roosevelt&#8217;s famous \u201cBull Moose\u201d campaign to Ronald Reagan&#8217;s use of humor and charisma, politics has\u2064 always had an element \u200cof performance.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u2064 what we are witnessing now is a new level of spectacle in American politics.\u200d The rise of social media \u2063platforms like X has given politicians a direct line of communication with their supporters and has allowed them to engage in a more unfiltered and confrontational manner. This is reminiscent \u200bof the way pro wrestlers use \u2062platforms like\u200b Twitter to engage in feuds and trash talk\u2064 their opponents.<\/p>\n<p>The influence of pro wrestling\u2063 on politics\u200d goes beyond just the rhetoric. The idea of creating larger-than-life characters and personas to appeal to a particular audience is a\u200b strategy that both industries have employed. Just \u2062like pro wrestlers have their gimmicks and \u200dcatchphrases, politicians often\u200b cultivate a\u200c specific image\u2064 to connect with voters. This can range from the tough-talking \u2062maverick to the compassionate outsider.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, both pro wrestling and politics rely heavily on storytelling and narrative. Just as wrestlers engage in scripted storylines to build\u200b up their matches, politicians often use narratives to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mainstream-media-and-big-techs-seismic-shift-to-the-left\/\" title=\"Mainstream Media and Big Tech\u2019s Seismic Shift to the Left\">shape public opinion<\/a> and gain support. They tell stories of triumph over adversity, of standing up for the underdog, or of \u200bfighting for the values that their supporters \u200bhold dear.<\/p>\n<p>While there\u200d are clear differences between professional wrestling and \u2062politics, it is becoming increasingly difficult to deny the similarities. The use of insults, the creation of larger-than-life personas, and \u2064the focus on storytelling are all\u2062 elements that\u200d have become increasingly prominent in modern American politics.<\/p>\n<p>Whether this \u200dblurring of the lines between professional wrestling and politics is a positive or negative development is up for debate. Some may \u2063argue that it brings excitement and entertainment to the political arena, while others may argue that it \u200dundermines the seriousness and integrity of the political process.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless \u200cof\u2063 one&#8217;s\u200b opinion, it\u2063 is clear that we \u2063are living in an era where the worlds of \u2063professional wrestling and politics are colliding. The idea of a politician being called a \u200d&#8221;birdbrain&#8221; by\u200b a former president would have seemed absurd just a few years ago,\u2062 but it is now becoming a reality. As the boundaries between the two continue to blur, it will be interesting to see how this dynamic \u2062shapes the future of American politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s official: professional wrestling and modern American politics are merging. Pro wrestling&#8217;s intense verbal confrontations, known as &#8220;promos,&#8221; resemble political primary debates. 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