CloseUp: Haley claps back at comments made on ‘The View’
CloseUp: Haley claps back at comments made on ‘The View’
I’M ADAM SEXTON. NOW THAT WE’RE INTO THE THICK OF THE GENERAL ELECTION SEASON, THE NOMINEES FOR STATEWIDE OFFICE IN BOTH PARTIES ARE STARTING TO BRING IN THE BIG GUNS TO DRAW CROWDS AND ATTENTION TO HELP THEIR RESPECTIVE CAUSES. AND THAT MEANS WE GET SOME VERY INTERESTING GUESTS HERE ON "CLOSE UP," SUCH AS FORMER AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS AND TWO-TERM GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA, NIKKI HALEY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. APPRECIATE THE TIME. YOU’RE HERE TO CAMPAIGN FOR REPUBLICANS. YOU HAVE WON A FEW ELECTIONS. WHAT IS THE WINNING MESSAGE FOR THE GOP IN NOVEMBER? MRS. HALEY: IT IS PROBABLY EASIER THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN. WE WERE HELPING CHRIS SUNUNU YESTERDAY, WHO HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. WE WILL BE WORKING WITH GENERAL BOLDUC. MAGGIE HASSAN HAS RAISED TAXES, AGREED WITH HIRING 87,000 NEW IRS AGENTS. SHE HAS NOT ANYTHING TO STOP OR SECURE THE BORDER, SHE HAS NOT THAN ANYTHING TO HELP PARENTS WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION. AND YOU HAVE GENERAL BOLDUC, A TRUE AMERICAN HERO. HE HAS ALREADY SACRIFICED FOR US, ALREADY SERVE THE COUNTRY. HE IS NOT GOING TO RAISE TAXES. THE FIRST THING HE IS GOING TO DO IS MAKE SURE WE FIRE THE 87,000 IRS AGENTS AND PUT THEM ON THE BORDER. WE WILL MAKE SURE PARENTS SEE WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS AND UNDERSTANDS THE VALUE OF A DOLLAR. HE WILL NEVER VOTE TO RAISE TAXES OF THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A SPENDING BILL THEY DID NOT WANT TO PUT IN PLACE. THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS, THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE DEVASTATION OF CRIME AND FENTANYL IN THE COUNTRY. THEY REFUSED TO SECURE THE BORDER. WHEN YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE LIKE GENERAL BOLDUC, IT IS A NO-BRAINER. THE IDEA YOU HAVE A TRUE AMERICAN HERO REPRESENTING THE LIVE FREE OR DIE STATE IS PRETTY COOL. ADAM: WHEN IT COMES TO INFLATION, A LOT OF REPUBLICANS SAY ON OF THE ANSWERS IS TO CUT GOVERNMENT SPENDING. IS THERE A GUARANTEE IF YOU BRING ABOUT MORE AUSTERITY IN WASHINGTON THAT PRICES WILL GO DOWN? MRS. HALEY: THINK ABOUT WHAT BIDEN AND YOUR SENATOR DID IN TERMS OF ENERGY. THEY CLOSE DOWN THE ENERGY SECTOR, TAPPED INTO OIL RESERVES, GIVING A FALSE IMPRESSION GAS PRICES ARE GOING DOWN. MIRACULOUSLY, THAT IS ALL GOING TO END AFTER ELECTION DAY. EVERYBODY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IS GOING TO WATCH GAS PRICES, UTILITY PRICES GO UP. ALL THEY HAVE DONE IS TRY TO BUY VOTES. WHETHER IT IS TAKING FROM PEOPLE WHO DID NOT GO TO COLLEGE AND MAKING THEM PAY FOR THOSE WHO DID, WHETHER IT IS GOING AND SHUTTING DOWN THE ENERGY SECTOR AND SAME GAS PRICES ARE COMING DOWN WHEN THEY ARE NOT. THESE ARE FALSE FLIGHTS THEY ARE GIVING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND IT IS WRONG. YOU WILL HAVE PEOPLE LIKE GENERAL BOLDUC SAYING WAIT A MINUTE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO RAISE TAXES WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE RECESSION. WE ARE NOT GOING TO TURN AROUND AND CUT OFF OIL RESERVES WHEN UTILITY PRICES, ONE IN SIX AMERICANS CANNOT PAY THEIR UTILITY BILL. 30% OF AMERICANS HAVE DIPPED INTO THEIR SAVINGS ACCOUNT. 60% ARE IN CREDIT CARD DEBT. THAT IS NOT THE TIME YOU RAISE TAXES AND SPEND. NOT WHEN WE HAVE $30 TRILLION IN DEBT. THAT IS WHEN YOU SAY MAYBE WE NEED TO RUN AMERICA LIKE WE RUN OUR HOUSEHOLDS AND SMALL BUSINESSES, WHERE YOU APPRECIATE THE VALUE OF A TAX DOLLAR AND DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO PROTECT IT. ADAM: INFLATION IS A BIG ISSUE. FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, ABORTION IS A BIG ISSUE HEADING TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. I AM CURIOUS FOR YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THE BILL PROPOSED BY YOUR SENATOR, LINDSEY GRAHAM. 15 WEEK FEDERAL ABORTION BAN. WOULD YOU SUPPORT THAT? MRS. HALEY: FIRST OF ALL, I AM PRO-LIFE. NOT BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TELLS ME TO BE, BUT MY HUSBAND WAS ADOPTED AND WE HAD TROUBLE HAVING BOTH OUR CHILDREN. I NEVER THOUGHT UNELECTED JUSTICES SHOULD BE DECIDING SOMETHING THIS PERSONAL. THIS IS PERSONAL FOR EVERY AMERICAN. SO I WANT TO SEE AS MANY STATES THAT ARE PRO-LIFE AS POSSIBLE. WHAT WE WANT OUR PEOPLE WHO SERVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. ELECTED OFFICIALS. YOU SAW IN KANSAS. AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE FOR KANSAS TO BE PRO-LIFE, THE PEOPLE DECIDED. THEY DECIDED WHERE THEY WANTED IT, WHAT WEEKS THEY WANTED ABORTION TO BE ABLE TO EXIST. WHETHER THEY HAD EXCEPTIONS OR NOT. THAT IS WHERE I WANTED TO BE. WHAT I DO NOT WANT AMERICA TO DO IS JUDGE EACH OTHER. BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY PERSONAL ISSUE. WHAT WE SAW THE DEMOCRATS DO IN D.C. WAS BASICALLY SAY THEY WERE OK WITH ABORTION UP UNTIL THE TIME OF BIRTH. THE SENATOR IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WAS PERFECTLY FINE WITH THAT. WE WANT TO SAVE AS MANY LIVES AS WE CAN, WE WANT TO DO IT BY ALLOWING THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA TO DECIDE. NOT UNELECTED BUREAUCRATS OR JUSTICES. ADAM: GIVEN HOW PERSONAL IT IS, DO YOU THINK REPUBLICANS NEED TO THINK MORE OR CHANGE HOW THEY TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE? IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, GENERAL BOLDUC TOLD SENATOR HASSAN TO QUOTE "GET OVER IT" TO SENATOR HASSAN OVER THE DOBBS DECISION. DOES THAT ALIENATE THEM? MRS. HALEY: WE NEED TO BE RESPECTFUL. I AM PRO-LIFE, BUT I WILL NOT JUDGE SOMEONE WHO IS PRO-CHOICE ANYMORE THAT I WOULD WANT SOME WHO IS PRO-CHOICE TO JUDGE ME. WE NEED TO HAVE A RESPECTFUL CONVERSATION. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY CARES FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. WHETHER IT IS THEIR EXPERIENCE, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, WHATEVER. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS LEAN INTO THIS. WE INTO THE FACT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE IN AMERICA. IT AFFECTS EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR FAMILY. LET’S GET IT RIGHT. WHEN YOU GET IT RIGHT IS BY HAVING GREAT DEBATE, GREAT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE PROTECT MOTHERS, HOW WE PROTECT CHILDREN. WHAT WE DO TO SUPPORT PARENTS WHO WANT TO ADOPT, WHAT WE DO TO MAKE SURE NO ONE FALLS THROUGH THE SYSTEM SO FROM THE TIME A BABY IS CONCEIVED ALL THE WAY TO THE TIME THEY GO TO SCHOOL AND GET A JOB, THEY LIVE A BETTER LIFE THAN WHAT WE LIVED BEFORE. ADAM: SPEAKING OF PERSONAL, YOU CAME UNDER SOME UNEXPECTED FIRE ON "THE VIEW" THIS LAST WEEK. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO WHAT WAS SAID ABOUT YOU WHEN YOU ARE CALLED A "CHAMELEON" FOR USING YOUR MIDDLE NAME INSTEAD OF YOUR FIRST NAME. MRS. HALEY: IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THOSE WOMEN HAVE ATTACKED ME, IT WILL NOT BE THE LAST. I BRUSH IT OFF. IT IS AMAZING HOW LIBERAL DEMOCRATS CANNOT STAND A MINORITY FEMALE WOULD BE A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN. THEY JUST CAN’T TAKE IT. THIS GOES BACK TO WHEN I WAS ELECTED GOVERNOR THE FIRST TIME. I WAS ELECTED THE FIRST MINORITY GOVERNOR IN THE COUNTRY. A PROMINENT AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE DEMOCRAT IN SOUTH CAROLINA, WHEN ASKED HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE FACT YOU HAVE ELECTED THE FIRST MINORITY FEMA GOVERNOR, SHE SAID NIKKI HALEY IS NOT A MINORITY, SHE IS A CONSERVATIVE WITH A TAN. LIBERALS HAVE DONE THIS ALL THE TIME. THEY ONLY LIKE YOU IF YOU ARE WITH THEM. THEY DO NOT LIKE YOU OR CELEBRATE YOU IF YOU ARE NOT WITH THEM. IT SAID MORE ABOUT THEM AND IT SAID ABOUT ME. IT WAS INCREDIBLY RACIST TO GO AND JUDGE MY NAME. MY NAME IS NIKKI, IT IS ON MY PROTECTIVE GET. THE REASON I AM HALEY IS BECAUSE I MARRIED MY HUSBAND. WILL BE GOLDBERG, THAT IS NOT HER NAME, THE HYPOCRISY WEDNESDAY. -- RUNS DEEP. ADAM: IS IT WORTHWHILE TO KICK RUSSIA OUT OF THE U.N.? MRS. HALEY: IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, RUSSIA HAS A VETO. IT IS TELLING ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A COUNTRY INVADED A FREE DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY, AND IS NOT IN ANY WAY PUBLISHED BY THIS WORLD BODY. AT LEAST THEY SHOULD BE DOING IS COMING TOGETHER IN SANCTIONING RUSSIA, CONDEMNING RUSSIA, DOING SOMETHING. BECAUSE RUSSIA IS ONE OF THE FIVE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE A VETO, YOU ARE NOT SEEING ANYTHING HAPPEN. THAT IS WHY THE UNITED NATIONS CONTINUES TO BE A WEAK BODY. UNTIL THEY START DOING THINGS THAT ARE UNCOMFORTABLE TO DO, UNTIL THEY START DOING THINGS THAT ARE STRONG, THAT TRULY BRING PEACE IN THE WORLD, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SEE ANY RELEVANCE. ADAM: THE WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN WAS A DEBACLE. DOES THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DESERVE CREDIT FOR HOW IT HANDLED THE WAR IN UKRAINE? MRS. HALEY: FIRST OF ALL, WE WOULD NOT HAVE A WAR WITH RUSSIA AND UKRAINE HAD THERE NOT BEEN THE DEBACLE IN AFGHANISTAN. I AM THE WIFE OF A COMBAT VETERAN. HE SERVED AND DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN. THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD LEAVE THE AIR FORCE BASE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WITHOUT TELLING OUR ALLIES WHO STOOD SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH US FOR DECADES BECAUSE WE ASKED THEM TO BE THERE, THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT TOLD OUR ALLIES. THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT TOLD OUR ENEMIES. NOW YOU LOOK AT THE RUSSIAN UKRAINIAN ISSUE. IF BIDEN HAD HANDLED IT SOONER, IF HE HAD HANDLED AFGHANISTAN STRONGER, WE WOULD NOT EVEN BE DEALING WITH THIS. BUT NOW, THIS IS A WAR WE NEED TO WIN. THIS IS NOT ABOUT RUSSIA AND UKRAINE, THIS IS A WAR ON FREEDOM. DOES NOT MEAN WE NEED TO GIVE A BLANK CHECK TO UKRAINE. WHAT IT MEANS IS TO GIVE THEM THE EQUIPMENT TO WIN. IF THEY DID ANTI-DRONE EQUIPMENT, GIVE IT TO THEM. IT IS VERY TELLING HOW FAR PUTIN HAS FALLEN. WHEN HE HAS TO RELY ON IRAN FOR DRONES, NORTH KOREA FOR ROCKETS, HE IS IN A BAD PLACE. HE HAS LOST THE CONFIDENCE OF HIS PEOPLE, LOST THE CONFIDENCE OF HIS MILITARY. RUSSIA HAS INCREASED THE DRAFT AGE TO 65, WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE. HE IS PRETTY MUCH HIT ROCK BOTTOM, HE KNOWS THAT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE WITH ALL OF OUR NATO COUNTRIES AND EUROPEANS AND SAYING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR UKRAINE? GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO FIGHT. THE MIRACULOUS THING ABOUT THE UKRAINIANS, THE INSPIRING THING ABOUT THE UKRAINIANS IS HERE THESE MEN LEFT THEIR WIVES AND CHILDREN TO GO FIGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY. THE WOMEN ARE MAKING MOLOTOV COCKTAILS. THINK ABOUT THAT. THAT USED TO BE US. WE USED TO FIGHT FOR AMERICA LIKE THAT, WE USED TO LOVE OUR COUNTRY LIKE THAT. WE USED TO BE WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS. BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN, OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THIS NATIONAL SELF-LOATHING. THE IDEA WE ARE AN OPPRESSED COUNTRY, RACIST COUNTRY, THAT COUNTRY. WE STILL ARE THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. WHEN WE LEAD, THE WORLD FOLLOWS. WHEN WE SPEAK, THE WORLD LISTENS. WHO WE ARE, THE WORLD WANTS TO BE. WE HAVE GOT TO GET THAT SPIRIT BACK. WHEN WE GET THE SPIRIT BACK, WHEN WE GET RID OF ALL OF THESE DISTRACTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY, THE WORLD WILL BE AT PEACE. ADAM: WHAT DO YOU MAKE A FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ASSERTION THAT HE CAN DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS WITH HIS MIND? MRS. HALEY: I DON’T -- THE WHOLE THING WAS BIZARRE. THE IDEA THEY WENT INTO MAR-A-LAGO THE WAY THEY DID, THEY HAVE TO JUSTIFY TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHY HE WOULD DO THAT. THE DETAILS ARE STILL COMING OUT, THERE IS A PROCESS TO HANDLE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. WE ALL KNOW THAT FROM WHETHER YOU WERE IN THE U.N. OR STATE DEPARTMENT. THERE IS UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. I THINK WE NEED TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION THIS WAS, AND WHETHER WE CAN TRUST THE SYSTEM. I THINK THAT IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WE JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT THE WHOLE SITUATION IS WITH THE STORY. ADAM: YOU SAID YOU WOULD CONSIDER RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IF YOU THINK THERE WAS A PLACE FROM YOU. DO YOU SEE THAT PLACE OPENING UP IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS? MRS. HALEY: WE HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, HELPING HOUSE MEMBERS, 36 GOVERNORS RACES. WE DO NOT WIN IN NOVEMBER, THERE IS NO 24. 100% IS GOING TOWARD MAKING SURE WE DO THAT. WE HAVE FANTASTIC CANDIDATES, LIKE WITH CHRIS SUNUNU AND GENERAL BOLDUC. WE HAVE BEEN IN PENNSYLVANIA AND GEORGIA. WE ARE GOING TO NEVADA NEXT WEEK, WE HAVE BEEN IN TEXAS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. AFTER NOVEMBER, WE WILL LOOK AT THE SCENARIO. I HAVE ALWAYS SAID IF THERE IS A PLACE FOR ME, I HAVE NEVER LOST A RACE. I WILL PUT 1000% IN AND FINISH IT. IF THERE IS NOT A PLACE FOR ME, I HAVE FOUGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. I WILL DO AND
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CloseUp: Haley claps back at comments made on ‘The View’
Former U.N. ambassador and governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley comes to New Hampshire to help GOP candidates.
Former U.N. ambassador and governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley comes to New Hampshire to help GOP candidates.
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