Nikki Haley may want to skip New Hampshire town halls for a while.
After the former South Carolina governor spent Thursday morning explaining why she didn’t mention slavery as a major cause of the Civil War at an event the night before, she was called on the carpet in the afternoon by a boy from 9 years ago he questioned his decision to serve in President Donald Trump’s administration.
Haley, 51, spent 23 months as the US ambassador to the United Nations during the 45th president’s term and has maintained that the 77-year-old was the right leader for the time.
However, during her presidential campaign, Haley has argued that Trump would be ineffective in a second term because of the “chaos” he causes.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie accused Haley of being too soft on Trump, going so far as to say she is trying to better position herself for another White House run in 2028.
A 9-year-old boy from North Conway, New Hampshire, told Nikki Haley that she is “basically the new John Kerry.” AFP via Getty Images
“Chris Christie believes that you are undecided on the Donald Trump issue and, honestly, I agree with him. You’re basically the new John Kerry,” the boy told Haley in the ski town of North Conway as the crowd laughed. “How can you change your opinion like that in just eight years and you will forgive Donald Trump?”
Haley, 51, responded by arguing that both “anti-Trumpers” and “pro-Trumpers” criticize her approach toward the former president.
“I told them I agreed with many of their policies. But do I think he is the right president to move forward? No,” Haley said. “We can no longer stand the chaos.”
Haley then turned on Christie, saying he was “obsessed” with the former president.
Chris Christie and Nikki Haley speak during a commercial break at a Republican presidential primary debate. AP
“I want to say God bless him, he’s a friend. He is obsessed with Trump,” he said. “Sleep, eat and breathe every day. I’m thinking about something bigger than that. “If we do that, we will be no different than Trump.”
Haley also stated that she would forgive Trump for any alleged crimes he committed “in the interest of the country,” after scolding the girl that she was “not John Kerry.”
“What is best for the country is not having an 80-year-old man in prison, something that continues to divide our country,” he said.
Kerry, a former Massachusetts senator, secretary of state and current special climate envoy to President Biden, spent much of his 2004 presidential campaign fighting accusations that he had changed his mind in opposing the war in Iraq after voting to authorize the use of military force. against the government of Saddam Hussein.
Haley made the comments while fighting major backlash for not mentioning slavery as a major cause of the Civil War in response to an audience question at a Berlin town hall Wednesday night.
Trump has been leading the Republican field by a margin of more than 50 points in average national polls. AP
He began his appearance in North Conway by addressing the mistake, saying that the war was “of course” about slavery, but that there was a “bigger problem.”
“We did the right thing and slavery no longer exists,” he said. “But the lessons of what is the biggest problem of the Civil War is that, let’s not forget what came out of it, what is the role of government, individual liberties, freedom for each person, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the freedom to do. and be what you want to be without anyone or the government getting in your way.
“That should be the goal we’ve always had and try to capitalize on it, right?”
Haley also attempted to fix her gaffe by claiming that Biden and the Democratic Party sent a “plant” to raise the Civil War issue to sabotage her event.
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