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Haley calls Trump's jab at her husband's whereabouts attack on U.S. military

Feb 14, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    80% Extremely Conservative

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    100% Extremely Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -42% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

88% : During his rally Saturday at Coastal Carolina, Trump took a very personal swipe at Haley.
43% : The former governor, who trails Trump in polling numbers in her own state, often references her husband's military service in campaign speeches.
37% : "Trump, who was to return to South Carolina on Wednesday for a rally in North Charleston, never mentioned the military or Michael Haley's service in his jab.
35% : It reminds voters that Trump disparaged the late Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who was held a prisoner for over five years during the Vietnam War, with a clip of Trump saying during his 2015 campaign, "I like people who weren't captured, OK?"Trump's campaign countered that the former president supports the military, as shown by a 2.4% pay raise for troops he signed into law in 2018 and no wars started during his tenure.
31% : It followed Trump telling the crowd that Nikki Haley came to his Florida estate with her husband and told her former boss she'd never run against him, something she also told reporters in 2021.
28% : "There has been no greater advocate for our brave military men and women than President Trump," spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
27% : On Monday, Haley asked what Trump, who was medically excused from the Vietnam War draft, knows about life in the military.
22% : What was in it for them?"Trump denied the allegations soon after the article came out.
21% : But Haley said Trump attacked the military twice in his 90-minute speech in Conway.
19% : She has called repeatedly for politicians over the age of 75 to take a mental competency test, particularly Trump and Biden following recent questions about their mental states.
10% : ELGIN -- Nikki Haley ramped up her condemnation of Donald Trump questioning her husband's whereabouts, calling his snide remarks in Conway part of the former president's pattern of disrespect for the military and those who serve.
8% : In a weekend response, Haley wrote on social media, "Either Donald Trump is openly insulting military families, or he got confused again and doesn't know my husband is deployed.
4% : It includes a CNN video clip about a report in The Atlantic in 2020 in which anonymous people said Trump called Americans who died in war "losers" and "suckers," along with the allegation that Trump turned to his then-Chief of Staff John Kelly at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day in 2017 and said, "I don't get it.

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