I ASKED HER WHAT CHANGED AFTER
SUPPORTING HIM FOR YEARS AND WHY
SHE’S STAYING IN THE RACE.
THE FORMER PRESIDENT YESTERDAY
ENDORSED A GROUP OF LOYALISTS,
INCLUDING HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW,
TO RUN THE RNC NOW.
THE IDEA, REPORTEDLY, TO BRING
THE CAMPAIGN CLOSER TO THE
PARTY.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
>> HE’S JUST TRYING TO CONTROL
AS MUCH AS HE CAN CONTROL.
BUT WE DON’T WANT A KING IN
AMERICA.
THAT’S THE PROBLEM.
>> THEY HEARD YOUR CRITICISM
EARLIER, AND THEY RESPONDED.
TRUMP CAMPAIGN SPOKESMAN SAID,
QUOTE, NIKKI BRAIN DEAD BIRD
BRAIN KNOWS SHE HAS NO SHOT AND
IS NOW AUDITIONING FOR A CABLE
NEWS CHANNEL WHEN HER 15 MINUTES
WERE OVER.
>> DONALD TRUMP QUESTIONED THE
WHEREABOUTS OF NIKKI HALEY’S
HUSBAND WHO IS SERVING A
YEAR-LONG DEPLOYMENT IN AFRICA
FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD.
>> WHERE IS HER HUSBAND?
HE’S AWAY.
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER HUSBAND?
WHERE IS HE?
HE’S GONE.
>> YOU KNOW, TO MOCK MY HUSBAND,
MICHAEL AND I CAN HANDLE THAT.
BUT YOU MOCK ONE MEMBER OF THE
MILITARY, YOU MOCK ALL MEMBERS
OF THE MILITARY.
>> BUT THE REALITY IS HE’S
TALKED ABOUT THE MILITARY FOR
YEARS NOW IN DISPARAGING WAYS,
SUCKERS, LOSERS, JOHN McCAIN,
GOLD STAR FAMILIES.
WHAT’S DIFFERENT NOW?
WHAT’S DIFFERENT THIS TIME?
>> BEFORE WHEN HE DID IT IT WAS
DURING THE 2016 ELECTION AND
EVERYBODY THOUGHT, OH, DID HE
HAVE A SLIP?
WHAT DID THAT MEAN?
THE PROBLEM NOW IS HE IS NOT THE
SAME PERSON HE WAS IN 2016.
HE IS UNHINGED.
HE IS MORE DIMINISHED THAN HE --
THAN HE WAS.
>> YOU ENDORSED HIM.
YOU WERE A VOCAL SUPPORTER.
YOU WERE OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL.
>> I’M THE FIRST PERSON TO SAY I
VOTED FOR HIM TWICE.
I WAS PROUD TO SERVE AMERICA AND
HIS ADMINISTRATION.
BUT YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT
MY BOOK.
I CITE MULTIPLE TIMES THAT I
CALLED HIM OUT FOR THINGS HE WAS
DOING THAT WERE WRONG.
SINCE I LEFT THE ADMINISTRATION,
I HAVE CALLED HIM OUT MULTIPLE
TIMES, WHICH IS WHY HE’S UPSET,
BECAUSE HE THINKS I’M DISLOYAL.
I’M NOT LOYAL TO ANYONE.
I DON’T DO THAT.
IF YOU’RE RIGHT, YOU’RE RIGHT.
IF YOU’RE WRONG, YOU’RE WRONG.
I’M GOING TO CALL IT OUT EVERY
TIME.
>> AFTER THE MOST RECENT ATTACK
ON YOUR HUSBAND AND OTHER
MILITARY FAMILIES, YOU SAID,
QUOTE, HE’S NO LONGER QUALIFIED
TO BE PRESIDENT.
HOW DO YOU SQUARE THAT WITH
RAISING YOUR HAND ON THAT DEBATE
STAGE SAYING YOU WOULD SUPPORT
HIM EVEN IF HE WERE A CONVICTED
CRIMINAL.
>> YOU ALL SIGNED A PLEDGE TO
SUPPORT THE EVENTUAL REPUBLICAN
NOMINEE.
IF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
CONVICTED IN A COURT OF LAW,
WOULD YOU STILL SUPPORT HIM AS
YOUR PARTY’S CHOICE?
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU
WOULD.
>> I HAVE SAID ANY OF THOSE 14
WOULD BE BETTER THAN JOE BIDEN
BECAUSE EVERYBODY SEES HOW
DIMINISHED JOE BIDEN IS.
I WILL ALSO TELL YOU THERE IS NO
WAY THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO VOTE FOR A CONVICTED
CRIMINAL.
THEY’RE NOT.
>> BUT YOU SAID YOU WOULD.
>> THEY’RE NOT.
>> BUT YOU SAID YOU WOULD.
>> NO, THAT IS NOT THE QUESTION.
EVERY REPUBLICAN NOMINEE SIGNED
A PLEDGE, BEFORE THEY COULD EVEN
GET ON THE DEBATE STAGE, THAT
SAID IF WE WERE NOT THE NOMINEE,
WOULD WE SUPPORT THE NOMINEE,
AND I SAID YES AND I STANDBY
THAT, THAT I WOULD SUPPORT THE
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.
>> BUT YOU SAY HE IS NO LONGER
QUALIFIED TO BE PRESIDENT.
>> IF YOU DON’T KNOW THE VALUE
OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM,
IF YOU DON’T KNOW THE SACRIFICE
THAT THEY GO THROUGH, WHY SHOULD
I, AS A MILITARY SPOUSE AND ALL
OUR MILITARY FAMILIES, TRUST YOU
TO KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO KEEP
THEM OUT OF HARM’S WAY.
THE REALITY IS HE’S NEVER BEEN
ANYWHERE NEAR A MILITARY
UNIFORM.
HE’S NEVER HAD TO SLEEP ON THE
GROUND.
HE’S NEVER KNOWN HOW TO
SACRIFICE.
AND THE MOST HARM HE’S HAD IS
GETTING HIT BY A GOLF BALL WHEN
SITTING ON THE COURSE.
>> HE IS CLEARLY HEAD AND
SHOULDERS ABOVE THE REST IN
TERMS OF FRONT RUNNER STATUS
NOW, YOU CAN SEE.
WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE
PARTY?
WHY HAS YOUR MESSAGE NOT BROKEN
THROUGH SO FAR?
>> WELL, I THINK MY MESSAGE HAS
BROKEN THROUGH.
NOT ONLY ARE WE GETTING
REPUBLICANS, WE’RE GETTING
REAGAN DEMOCRATS.
THE PEOPLE THAT WANT THE ANGER
TO STOP, THE PEOPLE THAT WANT
THE DIVISION TO STOP AND THE
PEOPLE WHO WANT US TO STOP
HAVING 80-YEAR-OLD CANDIDATES.
>> IS THERE ONE STATE YOU CAN
SAY, WE CAN WIN THERE.
>> YOU SAID 1,215 DELEGATES.
HE HAD 32.
I HAD 1.
WE’VE GOT MULTIPLE STATES.
AFTER SOUTH CAROLINA, WITHIN 10
DAYS, WE WILL HIT 20 STATES.
LET IT HAPPEN.
AS LONG AS WE KEEP IT
COMPETITIVE --
>> SOMEONE SUGGESTED YOU MIGHT
BE HURTING THE POTENTIAL GOP
CANDIDATE THE LONGER YOU STAY
IN.
>> HOW RIDICULOUS IS IT THAT
YOU’RE LITERALLY SAYING I’M
HURTING HIM BY STAYING IN.
>> BY HERDING RESOURCES.
>> OKAY, RESOURCES.
FROM A MAN WHO SPENT $50 MILLION
OF HIS OWN CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS ON HIS PERSONAL
COURT CASES, WHERE THE RNC IS
BROKE, I’M THE ONE HURTING IN
RESOURCES?
I DON’T THINK SO.
I’M THE ONE THAT SAVES THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
LOOK AT EVERY GENERAL ELECTION
POLL, LOOK AT ANY OF THEM.
TRUMP LOSES BY FIVE, BY SEVEN.
ON A GOOD DAY HE’S EVEN, MARGIN
OF ERROR.
I DEFEAT BIDEN BY UP TO 17
POINTS.
>> BUT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS NOT IN
THE PRIMARY.
>> NO, AND WE’RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE PRIMARY.
DON’T DISCOUNT THAT I DEFEATED A
DOZEN FELLAS.
DON’T DISCOUNT THAT I GOT 43% IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
AND DON’T DISCOUNT ME NOW.
>> HYPOTHETICALLY, IF YOUR
FORMER BOSS IS THE NOMINEE
AGAIN, WOULD YOU SERVE IN
ANOTHER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION?
>> I DON’T WANT ANYTHING.
I DON’T WANT VICE PRESIDENT.
I DON’T WANT ANYTHING.
I AM RUNNING BECAUSE, YES, WHILE
I THOUGHT HE WAS THE RIGHT
PRESIDENT AT THE RIGHT TIME
THEN, I DO NOT THINK HE’S THE
RIGHT PRESIDENT AT THE RIGHT
TIME NOW.
I KNOW WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WANT.
THEY WANT TO BE HEARD.
THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT.
THEY DON’T SEE ENOUGH MONEY IN
THEIR WALLETS.
I’M DOING THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE
TO DO SOMETHING.
WE CAN’T JUST SIT BACK AND LET
IT HAPPEN.
>> THAT’S NIKKI HALEY THERE
OUTSIDE CHARLESTON YESTERDAY.
THAT 43% FIGURE SHE MENTIONED,
THAT WAS WHERE SHE FINISHED IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
SHE SAID SHE HAS TO IMPROVE ON
THAT IN NORTH CAROLINA.
I SAID IF SHE DOESN’T, IS SHE