Nikki Haley gave surprising insight into Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, maintaining that she’s ready to rectify an “overly masculine” campaign.
Haley, who received more votes in the Republican primary than anyone who has challenged Trump, has endorsed the former president but has yet to come his way. He’ll be in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, except for Senate candidate Dave McCormack.
In an interview Tuesday, he didn’t mince words about how the controversial event in New York went down, especially comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s joke about Puerto Rico being a “garbage island.”
“This bromance and this masculinity thing borders on edgy to the point that it will make women uncomfortable,” Haley said.
He added that Republicans were right to denounce the jokes, saying it wasn’t about being “overly sensitive.”
Nikki Haley slammed Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday and says she’s ready to rectify what she says is an “overly masculine” campaign.
Haley, who received more votes in the Republican primary than anyone who challenged Trump, has endorsed the former president but has yet to come his way.
“This is not the time for anyone to criticize Puerto Rico or Latinos,” said Haley, a former U.N. ambassador under Trump.
Haley is also concerned about how Republicans are getting their message to women.
“I think it’s harmful,” he said. ‘There is no reason to have a comedian at an election campaign event that had so much election campaign event, so much energy and so many good topics. Why have a comedian who separates people?
He cited an ad from a super PAC run by Elon Musk that called Kamala Harris the C-word and a joke cut from Hinchcliffe’s group that planned to call the vice president the same word.
‘That’s not the way to conquer women. “This is not the way to win over people who are worried about Trump’s style,” he said.
Haley says Harris is there for the taking by choosing liberal Tim Walz over moderate Josh Shapiro as her running mate.
However, he said he still fully supports Trump after saying on his radio show earlier this week that he is “looking forward” to his arrival.
‘There is no bad blood between the president and me, we want Donald Trump to win. If they need anything they will call me and ask me. I am a team player.’
In an interview Tuesday, he didn’t mince words about how the controversial event in New York went down, especially comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s joke about Puerto Rico being a “garbage island.”
Haley cited an ad by a super PAC run by Elon Musk that called Kamala Harris the C-word and a joke by Hinchcliffe’s group that planned to call the vice president the same word.
Haley, the former ambassador to the UN, endorsed former President Trump in May but has been absent from the election campaign, although she admits their personal relationship remains frosty.
However, several outlets have reported that the Trump camp is courting Haley to help bolster the former president’s standing among women.
Polls show Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump among women over 50 by more than any presidential candidate since 2016.
The poll shows that 54% of women in that demographic plan to vote for the vice president, compared to just 42% for Trump.
This represents a big improvement over Joe Biden, who only led Trump by three points among women over 50 in January.
The numbers are also better than Hillary Clinton’s in 2016, who got 48% to 40% better than Trump.
Haley said in September that she is willing to step forward to help Donald Trump if he wants to take advantage of her help despite his checkered past.
She was the last woman to oppose Trump in the 2024 primary election, with a crowded field of Republicans seeking to unseat the former president for a shot at the White House. He often spoke out against Trump and expressed his grievances and disagreements.
Previously, Haley served for nearly two years as Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, from January 2017 to December 2018.
“He knows I’m on hold,” Haley said of Trump when asked if she was going out to campaign for the Republican candidate.
“I talked to him in June,” she told CBS Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan. “He’s aware that I’m ready if he ever needs me to do that.”
Haley said she was not asked to run in the general election when she was pressured if Trump came around.
‘That’s your choice. “He can, you know, whatever he decides to do with his campaign, he can do it,” he said. “But when I called him in June, I told him I supported him.”
“I think the teams have talked to each other a little bit, but there haven’t been any questions yet,” the former South Carolina governor said. “But you know, if you ask me, I’ll be happy to help you.”
Haley turned her delegates over to Trump after he dropped out of the primary race following lopsided losses on Super Tuesday. By winning primaries in Washington, D.C., and Vermont – both deep blue areas where even Republicans are more left-leaning – Haley became the first woman to win a state or territorial GOP primary race.
He endorsed Trump and said in May he would vote for the former president in November.