{"id":2166720,"date":"2024-02-02T23:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T04:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-ramps-up-attacks-against-confused-trump\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T23:14:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T04:14:37","slug":"nikki-haley-ramps-up-attacks-against-confused-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-ramps-up-attacks-against-confused-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikki Haley intensifies criticism of &#8216;bewildered&#8217; Trump"},"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\">14<\/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-ramps-up-attacks-against-confused-trump%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=2166720&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>Republican Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley Takes a Shot at Trump&#8217;s Confusion<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump has once \u2064again found himself on the receiving end of \u2062criticism from his primary\u200c rival, Nikki Haley. This time, Haley called \u200dout Trump \u200dfor being &#8220;confused&#8221; about \u2064the filing deadline for the \u200bIndiana GOP \u2064primary.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Haley&#8217;s response came after Trump claimed\u200d that she was\u2062 &#8220;scrambling&#8221;\u200d to qualify\u2063 for the \u2062Indiana ballot three\u2063 days after the deadline. However, the filing deadline for Indiana was actually on Feb. 9.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Nikki Haley\u2063 still scrambling \u200din Indiana with Democrat county clerk offices to &#8216;verify&#8217; signatures and qualify for\u200b the ballot three \u2064days after the deadline. \u2063Not a good look!&#8221; Trump posted on\u2062 Truth Social on Friday night.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Unfazed by Trump&#8217;s accusation, Haley took to\u2063 X \u200bto set the record straight\u200d and poke \u200cfun at Trump&#8217;s confusion.<\/p>\n<h3>Looks like he&#8217;s confused again\u2026<\/h3>\n<p>Haley responded with\u2062 a tweet that read,\u2064 &#8220;Looks like \u200che&#8217;s confused again,&#8221; accompanied by an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-planning-on-also-running-2024-campaign-via-basement-bunker\/\" title=\"Biden Planning on Also Running 2024 Campaign Via Basement Bunker\">eye-rolling emoji<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Haley has called out\u200d Trump for his confusion. She has previously\u2062 questioned his cognitive ability after he mistakenly attributed security responsibilities to her \u2064during the Capitol \u2064attack on Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;You \u200bknow, Nikki Haley,\u200d Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley, you know they \u2014 do you know they destroyed all of the information and \u200dall of the evidence? Everything. Deleted and destroyed all of it. All of it\u2062 because of \u2014 lots of things, like Nikki Haley is in charge of security. We offered her 10,000 people,&#8221; Trump said at a rally last month.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In response \u200cto this incident, Haley expressed concerns\u200d about Trump&#8217;s mental fitness to hold\u200d the presidency again.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The concern I have is\u200c \u2014\u200d I&#8217;m\u2064 not saying anything derogatory, but when you&#8217;re dealing \u200cwith the pressures of a presidency, we can&#8217;t have \u200bsomeone else that we question whether they&#8217;re mentally fit to do it,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It seems that \u200bthe rivalry between Haley \u200dand\u2063 Trump continues \u2064to heat up as they exchange jabs and \u200bcriticisms. Only time will tell how this dynamic\u200b will play out in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">here<\/a> \u200cto read\u2063 more \u200bfrom The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How\u200c has the tension within\u200d the Republican \u2062party since \u200cTrump left office affected\u200d potential challengers\u200b like Nikki Haley?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  GOP primary. In a tweet, Trump said, \u2064&#8221;Nikki Haley is just another confused politician who is scrambling to qualify for the great State of Indiana. She said she wanted a \u200bbreak from\u200b politics, \u200das she \u2063headed out to the private sector, but now she is right back in the swamp fighting Trump. Why?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Responding to Trump&#8217;s accusation, Haley took to Twitter\u2062 to clarify the situation. She\u2064 stated, &#8220;It seems that Donald Trump\u200b is confused about the facts once again. I am not scrambling to qualify for \u200banything. I have not entered the Indiana GOP primary, and I have no plans \u200cto do so. As I have stated before, I am\u2064 focusing on other projects and my private sector endeavors. It&#8217;s time for Trump to stop spreading false information.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This latest \u200bexchange \u2064between Trump and Haley is just another example of the ongoing tension \u2062within the Republican party\u2064 since \u2063Trump left office. Despite his defeat \u2064in the 2020 election, Trump remains a prominent figure \u2064within the party and continues to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-is-putin-constantly-calling-ukrainians-nazis\/\" title=\"Why Is Putin Constantly Calling Ukrainians \u2018Nazis\u2019?\">exert significant influence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Haley, who served\u2064 as United States\u200b Ambassador to the United Nations under \u2063the Trump administration, has had mixed interactions with the former president. While she has been supportive of many of his policies, she has also publicly criticized him on\u2064 certain issues. This has often put her \u200cat\u2064 odds with the more loyal Trump supporters within the\u200b party.<\/p>\n<p>It is \u2062clear that Haley is\u2064 positioning herself as a potential contender for the 2024 presidential election. Her criticisms of Trump can be \u2063seen as an attempt to distinguish herself from the former president\u2063 and appeal to a \u200bbroader base of Republican voters. However, she must\u200d also\u2062 be \u200bcareful not\u2062 to alienate\u200b the Trump loyalists who continue to hold significant sway within the party.<\/p>\n<p>The confusion \u2062over the\u2062 Indiana GOP primary filing deadline \u200cis a relatively trivial matter in the grand scheme of things. However, it highlights\u2063 the ongoing \u2062rift between Trump and his rivals within the \u200dparty. Trump&#8217;s tendency to\u200d make impulsive and often inaccurate statements has \u200cbecome a defining\u200c characteristic of\u200c his presidency and continues\u200d to play\u2063 a role in shaping the dynamics of\u2062 the Republican party.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-dont-ask-him-even-trump-doesnt-know-if-desantis-is-running-in-24\/\" title=\"\u2018I Don\u2019t Ask Him\u2019: Even Trump Doesn\u2019t Know If DeSantis Is Running In \u201924\">2024 presidential election approaches<\/a>, it will be interesting to \u2064see how the internal dynamics within the\u200c Republican party\u200b evolve. Will Trump maintain his hold on \u200bthe party,\u200c or will challengers like Nikki Haley gain \u200dtraction and shape a \u200bnew direction for the GOP? Only time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican candidate Nikki Haley criticized her primary opponent, ex-President Donald Trump, accusing him of being &#8220;confused&#8221; about the Indiana GOP primary filing deadline. Haley refuted Trump&#8217;s claim that she was &#8220;scrambling&#8221; to qualify for the Indiana ballot three days after the deadline, highlighting Indiana&#8217;s filing rules<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2166721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f644.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2166720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f644.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2166720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2166721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2166720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2166720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2166720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}