Former South Carolina Republican Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nikki-haley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nikki Haley</a> said the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York</a> case against her 2024 rival, former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>, appears to be motivated by vengeance.
“Everything I have seen from this New York district attorney is that this would be something he’d be doing for political points, and I think what we know is when you get into political prosecutions like this, it’s more about revenge than it is about justice,” Haley <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3yOnb_zhmo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Fox News host Bret Baier</a> on Monday.
&#8220;I think the country would be better off talking about things that the American public cares about than to sit there and have to deal with some revenge by some political people in New York,&#8221; she added.
Haley, who served as Trump&#8217;s U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, joins other Republicans campaigning for the GOP presidential nomination or are expected to join the race to warn against an unprecedented criminal indictment of a former president and criticize Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat. The prosecutor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-launch-probe-into-manhattan-das-unprecedented-abuse-of-office-to-target-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">is investigating</a> Trump in connection to hush money payments to former porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election cycle. Trump has denied any wrongdoing.
Trump said over the weekend he expected to be arrested on Tuesday, but a spokesperson for the former president later said Trump received <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-received-no-notification-than-illegal-leaks-possible-arrest-next-week-spokesperson-says?intcmp=tw_fnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no &#8220;notification&#8221;</a> other than &#8220;illegal leaks&#8221; to the media — likely referring to reports about law enforcement preparing for the possibility of an indictment.
“Right now, it’s rumor. And I certainly hope it’s not the case,” Haley said when asked about the prospect of Trump being indicted and arrested.
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, another declared 2024 candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/vivek-ramaswamy-warns-trump-indictment-would-be-national-disaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said it would be a &#8220;national disaster</a>&#8221; for Trump to be indicted.
Among Republicans flirting with a 2024 campaign is former Vice President Mike Pence, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tells-you-everything-about-the-radical-left-mike-pence-blasts-manhattan-das-politically-charged-prosecution-of-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told ABC News</a> that he feels Trump is being subjected to a &#8220;politically charged prosecution here. And I, for my part, I just feel like it’s just not what the American people want to see.&#8221;
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Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis chided Bragg as one of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-attacks-desantis-after-gov-slammed-soros-funded-d-a-cited-hush-money-minors-or-a-man-might-accuse-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Soros-funded prosecutors&#8221;</a> who &#8220;weaponize their office to impose a political agenda on society at the expense of the rule of law and public safety.&#8221;
Former New Jersey Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-christie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Christie</a>, who once served as a federal prosecutor, said, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-christie-doubts-indictment-would-help-trump-in-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;being indicted never helps anybody&#8221;</a> but also stated Bragg has “failed miserably and all of a sudden he wants to get tough on Donald Trump.&#8221;
Trump, who announced his third presidential campaign in November, faces multiple investigations that could lead to charges. Experts <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-elected-president-indicted-convicted-experts/story?id=97688250" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told ABC News</a> Trump could still be elected president if he is indicted or convicted, but they warned such a development would present challenges to the candidate.
In a flurry of statements and posts to his Truth Social account over the past few days, Trump took aim at Bragg.
&#8220;There was no crime, period,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110051167143996863" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in one post</a>. He also expressed the view that there is &#8220;Prosecutorial Misconduct and Interference with an Election.&#8221;
In an internal message that leaked over the weekend, Bragg told employees in his office, “we do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in New York.&#8221;

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Nikki Haley Says New York Case Against Trump Is About ‘Revenge’

Nikki Haley Says New York Case Against Trump Is About 'Revenge'

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Fox News host Tucker Carlson delivered six key questions on Ukraine — and the ongoing war with Russia — to a number of GOP candidates who have either declared a bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination or are likely to do so.
Carlson explained in a video tweeted on Monday that he had been largely impressed with the answers — save for name-dropping a couple of candidates who had not answered the questions at all — and that they had not been in line with the narrative most often heard from prominent Republican leaders like Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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We asked every potential 2024 GOP presidential candidate to answer six key questions on the war in Ukraine. As promised, their full responses are below. <a href="https://t.co/tjcM4w54cR">pic.twitter.com/tjcM4w54cR</a>
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Carlson began by listing the questions he had asked, saying that he had only thrown them out there because legacy media outlets appeared disinterested in pursuing any avenue that did not end with more money going to Ukraine.
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<li>Is opposing Russia in Ukraine a vital strategic interest for America?</li>
<li>What&#8217;s our objective in Ukraine and how will we know we&#8217;ve achieved it?</li>
<li>What is the limit of money and weapons you&#8217;d be willing to send to Zelensky?</li>
<li>Should the United States support regime change in Russia?</li>
<li>Have U.S. sanctions been effective?</li>
<li>Does the United States face the possibility of nuclear war with Russia?</li>
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Former National Security Adviser John Bolton — whom Carlson had identified as a potential 2024 hopeful — informed the show that he was busy with other things and could not take the time to respond.
&#8220;Most of the rest of them did get back to us, and we are grateful that they did,&#8221; Carlson continued, adding, &#8220;In general, the answers were fascinating, some of them were so thoughtful and so smart they give you hope for the Republican Party. With only a few exceptions, their answers bore no resemblance at all to the statements you see every day from Mitch McConnell and various Republican committee chairmen in Congress.&#8221;
Carlson went on to say that Republicans in Congress were more likely to be &#8220;committed neocons&#8221; and thus more likely to support funding Ukraine&#8217;s ongoing war than some of the Republicans who are or may be running for president in 2024.
What followed was a preview of the responses from every potential contender – and then a Twitter thread including their complete responses.
Former President Donald Trump, after claiming that Russia would not have attacked Ukraine if he had been in the White House, said that he would demand that Europe pick up a more equitable share in the cost.
&#8220;Start by telling Europe that they must pay at least equal to what the U.S. is paying to help Ukraine,&#8221; he said in part. &#8220;They must also pay us, retroactively, the difference. At a staggering 125 Billion Dollars, we are paying 4 to 5 times more, and this fight is far more important for Europe than it is for the U.S.&#8221;
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Florida Governor <a href="https://twitter.com/RonDeSantisFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RonDeSantisFL</a> answers our Ukraine questionnaire:
“While the U.S. has many vital national interests – securing our borders, addressing the crisis of readiness within our military, achieving energy security and independence, and checking the economic, cultural,… <a href="https://t.co/1I2elVi6hI">https://t.co/1I2elVi6hI</a>
&mdash; Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) <a href="https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1635446265692532738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has not yet declared a run for the presidency, also weighed in on the issue.
DeSantis, a Navy veteran himself, criticized the Biden administration for failing to define an objective and committing American taxpayers to footing a seemingly endless bill.
&#8220;Without question, peace should be the objective. The U.S. should not provide assistance that could require the deployment of American troops or enable Ukraine to engage in offensive operations beyond its borders,&#8221; DeSantis said, warning against providing aid that could easily be seen as an escalation against Russia. &#8220;F-16s and long-range missiles should therefore be off the table. These moves would risk explicitly drawing the United States into the conflict and drawing us closer to a hot war between the world’s two largest nuclear powers. That risk is unacceptable.&#8221;
Former Vice President Mike Pence said that &#8220;victory&#8221; would be a free and peaceful Ukraine — and suggested that Russia&#8217;s posturing with regard to the nuclear threat was just that.
&#8220;Putin is still &#8216;the small and bullying leader of Russia,&#8217; his talk of nuclear war is a bullying tactic that he used at the start of the invasion. But Putin should know the United States will not be bullied. This administration has not led with strength on the world stage, but America is still a nation that believes peace comes through strength,&#8221; Pence explained.
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2024 GOP Presidential Candidate <a href="https://twitter.com/VivekGRamaswamy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VivekGRamaswamy</a> answers our Ukraine questionnaire (1/3)
Is opposing Russia in Ukraine a vital American national strategic interest?
“No, it is not “vital.” Rather, this is a stark reminder of what is a vital American national strategic interest:… <a href="https://t.co/P8SdCeethC">https://t.co/P8SdCeethC</a>
&mdash; Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) <a href="https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1635447488718028800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Vivek Ramaswamy, who has declared his candidacy, noted that the war was not a &#8220;vital&#8221; interest — pointing out the fact that the wane of American energy independence under President Joe Biden had created a situation that made it advantageous for Russia to invade Ukraine.
&#8220;This is a stark reminder of what is a vital American national strategic interest: national energy independence. This war is a symptom of America’s lack of self sufficiency. Putin is a tyrant and started this needless war, but he did so because we created incentives that tipped the balance of his decision-making in favor of invading: if he knows the West relies on him to provide oil and gas (because the U.S. and Western Europe have self-inflicted limitations on their own ability or willingness to produce), then Putin is in a stronger position–and that led him to think he could win,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The more America is reliant on foreign energy and oil, the less leverage we have with petro dictators.&#8221;
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley responded to all of Carlson&#8217;s questions in a press release sent out Tuesday:
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During his Ukraine survey of 2024 candidates, Tucker Carlson said yesterday that most of the contenders responded but &quot;Nikki Haley ignored us.&quot;
Ambassador <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NikkiHaley</a> released the following answers to those questions today: <a href="https://t.co/klJo4E8XCR">pic.twitter.com/klJo4E8XCR</a>
&mdash; Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) <a href="https://twitter.com/PhilipWegmann/status/1635681800746856449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Carlson also provided the full answers he received from South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Carlson noted that former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu did not respond to the questions.

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Tucker Carlson Has 6 Questions For Potential 2024 GOP Candidates On Ukraine: Here’s Who Responded

Tucker Carlson Has 6 Questions For Potential GOP Candidates On Ukraine: Here's Who Responded

2024 Primaries

John Bolton

Media

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/inflation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Inflation</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal immigration</a> are top of mind for Republican primary voters, according to a new poll asking what they most want presidential candidates to tackle. 
The WPA Intelligence poll showed 1,000 Republican primary voters a list of 13 issues facing the U.S., and asked respondents to choose which of the issues was the most important for presidential candidates to address. Thirty-eight percent of respondents said “inflation or rising prices” was the most important issue. The other issue that broke double-digits was illegal immigration, with 27% of respondents saying it was the most important. 
“As far as public policy issues, Republican primary voters are mainly concerned about inflation and the situation at the border,” said Conor Maguire, Principal and Managing Director of WPA. 
Other issues that resonated with some Republican primary voters included government reform or corruption (8%), crime, gangs and drugs (5%), jobs and unemployment (3%), election security (3%), healthcare and prescription drugs (3%), and abortion (3%). 
Far fewer respondents were concerned with other issues that were presented to them, including individual religious freedom (1%), Big Tech and social media abuses (1%), and second amendment rights (1%). Furthermore, fewer than 1% of respondents said Critical Race Theory was the most important issue, and 5% of respondents said something else was most important. 
The poll, conducted between February 13 and 16, had a 3.1% margin of error and comes as candidates begin to emerge in the Republican presidential field. Former President Donald Trump has declared, as has former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley and ex-biotech executive Vivek Ramaswamy.
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Speculation is swirling that other high-profile Republicans, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and former Vice President Mike Pence, will run in 2024 as well. All have recently released, or will be releasing, memoirs, which are typically seen as precursors to a presidential bid for those with aspirations. 
The first Republican presidential debate will be held in Milwaukee in August.

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Inflation, Immigration Most Important Issues For GOP Primary Voters: Poll

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CNN anchor Jake Tapper admitted during a Tuesday broadcast that former Governor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/try-to-at-least-look-act-sorry-megyn-kelly-offers-sensitivity-training-syllabus-for-don-lemon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nikki Haley</a> (R-SC) brought out a &#8220;very ugly side of the Left&#8221; after announcing her run for office.
Tapper discussed the issue with Democratic strategist Paul Begala and National Review’s Ramesh Ponnuru — focusing on a number of <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/alpha-karen-with-brown-skin-msnbc-guest-ratchets-up-the-racism-to-insult-nikki-haley/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">racially charged attacks</a> that have been aimed at the former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations since she declared her run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
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Trump embraces Nikki Haley&#39;s call for &quot;mental competency tests&quot; for presidential candidates <a href="https://twitter.com/RameshPonnuru?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RameshPonnuru</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulBegala?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PaulBegala</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/HeidiReports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HeidiReports</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/alaynatreene?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@alaynatreene</a> discuss with <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jaketapper</a> <a href="https://t.co/I8OdJ5z5qd">pic.twitter.com/I8OdJ5z5qd</a>
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Tapper shared video of MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan and guest Wajahat Ali, who discussed Haley&#8217;s bid for the White House over the weekend — and honed in on the segment in which Ali had called Haley an &#8220;alpha-Karen with brown skin&#8221; and had accused her of using her race to &#8220;to launder white supremacist talking points.&#8221;
&#8220;The reason why I feel sad is because no matter what she does, Mehdi, it will never be enough. They’ll never love her,&#8221; Ali continued, suggesting that the rest of the Republican Party was too racist to ever accept her.
Ponnuru responded to the clip by saying that such attacks would probably help to boost Haley in Republican circles, and Begala complained that Democrats should not be stooping to that kind of rhetoric.
&#8220;I think the fact she got to be the governor of South Carolina with brown skin is a very impressive accomplishment,&#8221; Begala remarked. &#8220;I don’t think it’s something people should be ridiculing her about. I think it’s a terrible thing to say about her.&#8221;
&#8220;There is a very ugly side of the Left that comes out when Nikki Haley runs for office,&#8221; Tapper agreed, noting that a number of critics had pointed out the fact that Haley goes by her middle name rather than her first name — Nimarata — and had <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/sunny-hostin-says-nikki-haley-ditched-ethnic-name-to-pass-but-she-ditched-asuncion-because-americans-are-stupid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">falsely accused her</a> of doing so in an effort to shed her ethnicity when it was convenient.
&#8220;It&#8217;s been a pretty good week for her, I have to say,&#8221; Tapper concluded, noting that Haley&#8217;s campaign had done a good job of staying on top of the attacks and delivering quick responses. &#8220;In terms of the attacks on her and in terms of, like, she&#8217;s been in the press a lot.&#8221;
The attack that went unmentioned during the panel discussion came from Tapper&#8217;s own colleague, &#8220;CNN This Morning&#8221; host Don Lemon, 56 — who <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/don-lemon-will-be-back-on-cnn-after-class-on-not-making-sexist-comments/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sparked outrage</a> when he claimed during a recent broadcast that Haley, 51, was &#8220;past her prime.&#8221;

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Jake Tapper Admits There Is A ‘Very Ugly Side Of The Left’ That Shows Up When Nikki Haley Runs For Office

Jake Tapper Admits There Is A 'Very Ugly Side Of The Left' That Shows Up When Nikki Haley Runs For Office

MSNBC

Racism

U.S.

Don Lemon returned to his morning show on Wednesday and did not issue an on-air apology following the backlash against him over his comment about Republican presidential hopeful <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-declares-her-candidacy-for-the-presidency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nikki Haley</a> not being &#8220;in her prime.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/don-lemon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">anchor</a> of &#8220;CNN This Morning&#8221; returned after being absent from three broadcasts after dealing with the blowback for his remark about the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-torches-sexist-middle-aged-cnn-anchor-don-lemon-in-viral-post" target="_blank" rel="noopener">51-year-old</a> former United Nations ambassador.
Lemon joined co-anchors Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, and the trio proceeded with business as usual without mentioning the drama.
Before the show, the longtime CNN host <a href="https://twitter.com/donlemon/status/1628342741217189894?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> about his return.
&#8220;I appreciate the opportunity to be back on [CNNThisMorning] today,&#8221; Lemon posted. &#8220;To my network, my colleagues and our incredible audience — I&#8217;m sorry. I&#8217;ve heard you, I&#8217;m learning from you, and I&#8217;m committed to doing better. See you soon.&#8221;
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I appreciate the opportunity to be back on <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNThisMorning?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNNThisMorning</a> today. To my network, my colleagues and our incredible audience — I’m sorry. I’ve heard you, I’m learning from you, and I’m committed to doing better. See you soon.
&mdash; Don Lemon (@donlemon) <a href="https://twitter.com/donlemon/status/1628342741217189894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The absence of some kind of on-air mea culpa from Lemon when he appeared on CNN is not how networks have handled similar backlash in recent years, according to Variety.
In 2017, Bill Maher upset viewers of &#8220;Real Time&#8221; when he used a racial slur in a joke during the program. He issued an apology, and when he returned to the show, he sat down with guests like Ice Cube and Michael Eric Dyson, <a href="https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/real-time-bill-maher-ice-cube-1202461328/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the outlet</a> reported.
In 2018, Megyn Kelly discussed on her NBC show whether people should wear blackface as part of a Halloween costume. She faced a backlash and apologized upon her return, and took part in a panel discussion with Roland Martin and Amy Holmes.
It is unclear just how secure Lemon&#8217;s spot at the network is. <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/22/don-lemon-final-warning-cnn-sexist-comment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TMZ</a> reported that sources with knowledge of the situation claim Lemon&#8217;s been told this was his final warning, one more insult of his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/don-lemon-left-cnn-co-host-kaitlan-collins-rattled-after-he-screamed-at-her-for-interrupting-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">co-hosts</a> or <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11190077/Don-Lemon-branded-misogynist-asking-stuttering-commentator-MOMMY-BRAIN.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">creating a toxic environment,</a> and he&#8217;s out. Past examples have included telling colleague S.E. Cupp that she was having &#8220;mommy brain&#8221; when she forgot her words during a segment.
CNN President Chris Licht told staffers in a letter Monday that Lemon had agreed to &#8220;participate in formal training,&#8221; <a href="https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/cnn-morning-don-lemon-return-drama-1235531766/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> noted.
&#8220;We take this situation very seriously,&#8221; Licht shared. &#8220;It is important to me that CNN balances accountability with fostering a culture in which people can own, learn and grow from their mistakes.&#8221;

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&#8220;CNN This Morning&#8221; co-host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/youre-not-a-new-generation-whoopi-goldberg-swipes-the-nikki-haley-attack-right-out-of-don-lemons-mouth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Don Lemon</a> will be back in his regular chair on Wednesday, network CEO Chris Licht told employees in an email sent on Monday — but he will undergo &#8220;formal training&#8221; after comments he made late last week sparked a firestorm of outrage on both sides of the aisle.
&#8220;I sat down with Don and had a frank and meaningful conversation,&#8221; Licht said in a statement that was published in an <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/20/media/don-lemon-cnn-this-morning/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> by CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy. &#8220;He has agreed to participate in formal training, as well as continuing to listen and learn. We take this situation very seriously.&#8221;
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">&#8220;It is important to me that CNN balances accountability with … fostering a culture in which people can own, learn and grow from their mistakes. To that end, Don will return to &#8216;CNN This Morning&#8217; on Wednesday,&#8221; he concluded.
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">Lemon, 56, sparked outrage — first from his co-hosts, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, and then from a host of others on either side of the political aisle — when he claimed that former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) was no longer &#8220;in her prime&#8221; at 51 years old.
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">Haley, who announced her bid last week for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, suggested that many American politicians were not &#8220;in their prime&#8221; and proposed a cognitive test for those who were over 75 years old when they ran for office — and <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/don-lemons-sexist-slam-of-nikki-haley-draws-sharp-rebuke-from-cnn-co-host/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lemon said</a> that the idea of bringing age into the conversation made him uncomfortable.
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">&#8220;This whole talk about age makes me uncomfortable,&#8221; Lemon said. &#8220;I think it’s the wrong road to go down. She says people, you know, politicians are suddenly not in their prime. Nikki Haley isn’t in her prime,&#8221; Lemon said during the <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/things-get-awkward-after-don-lemon-dings-nikki-haley-by-insisting-women-are-in-their-prime-in-their-20s-30s-and-40s/">broadcast</a>. &#8220;Sorry, when a woman is in their prime [is] in [their] 20s and 30s and maybe 40s…&#8221;
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">Harlow and Collins were visibly taken aback by the comments, and both objected even as he doubled down.
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">&#8220;Don’t shoot the messenger, I’m just saying what the facts are. Google it. Everybody at home, when is a woman in her prime? It says 20s, 30s, and 40s,&#8221; Lemon continued. &#8220;I’m just saying Nikki Haley should be careful about saying that politicians are not in their prime, and they need to be in their prime when they serve. She would not be in her prime according to Google or whatever it is.&#8221;
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">Haley was unfazed by the attack, responding, &#8220;I have always made the liberals&#8217; heads explode. They can&#8217;t stand the fact that a minority, conservative, female would not be on the Democratic side.&#8221;
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Nikki Haley responding to Don Lemon&#39;s comments about her on CNN:
&quot;I have always made the liberals&#39; heads explode. They can&#39;t stand the fact that a minority, conservative, female would not be on the Democratic side.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/p8FY7eqOgT">pic.twitter.com/p8FY7eqOgT</a>
&mdash; Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href="https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1626600374856450048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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MSNBC guest Wajahat Ali ratcheted up the racism on Sunday evening to attack former Governor Nikki Haley, who is the daughter of Indian immigrants, claiming that she was essentially using her &#8220;brown skin to launder white supremacist talking points.&#8221;
Ali was responding to Haley&#8217;s <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/the-view-goes-wild-when-republican-host-defends-nikki-haley-the-smartest-in-the-room/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">campaign launch</a> — she announced last week that she planned to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024 — and he joined MSNBC anchor Mehdi Hasan to discuss the latest developments.
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“I see her and I feel sad because she uses her brown skin to launder white supremacist talking points,” <a href="https://twitter.com/WajahatAli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WajahatAli</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MehdiRHasan</a> about Nikki Haley’s presidential bid strategy and how it falls short. <a href="https://t.co/MYNhZfz3ea">pic.twitter.com/MYNhZfz3ea</a>
&mdash; The Mehdi Hasan Show (@MehdiHasanShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/MehdiHasanShow/status/1627492368180998144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;To quote Zora Neale Hurston, &#8216;not all skin-folk are kinfolk.&#8217; Nikki Haley instead is the Dinesh D’Souza of Candace Owens. She’s the alpha-Karen with brown skin. And for white supremacists and racists, she is a perfect Manchurian candidate,&#8221; Ali began, his comments only getting more racially charged from that point on.
&#8220;I’m just disgusted by people like Nikki Haley who know better,&#8221; Ali continued, suggesting — like &#8220;The View&#8221; host Sunny Hostin did — that Haley only really embraced her ethnicity when it would benefit her politically.
&#8220;What does she do? Like all these model minorities, which by the way, is the strategy of white supremacy — to use Asians in particular — as a cudgel against black folks,&#8221; Ali kept at it, claiming that Haley was part of a concerted effort by racists and white supremacists to use certain other minorities to continue to oppress black people.
&#8220;Instead of pulling us up from the bootstraps, and pulling others from the bootstrap, we’re told to take our boot and put it on the neck of poor browns, immigrants, refugees, and black folks. That’s what she did in her ad. I see her, and I feel sad because she uses her brown skin as a weapon against poor black folks and poor brown folks, and she uses her brown skin to launder white supremacist talking points,&#8221; he claimed.
&#8220;It will never be enough. They will never love her,&#8221; Ali concluded.
Haley responded Monday to a number of attacks, telling Fox News host Martha MacCallum that she was &#8220;unfazed&#8221; by all of it. Recalling that State Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D-SC) had once <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/24/us/politics/south-carolina-governor-nikki-r-haley-points-to-personal-reasons-not-politics-for-shift-on-confederate-flag.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">referred to her</a> as not a minority but a &#8220;nice conservative woman with a tan,&#8221; Haley pushed back on critics who couldn&#8217;t think of anything more substantive than her age or ethnicity to attack.
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‘Alpha-Karen With Brown Skin’: MSNBC Guest Ratchets Up The Racism To Insult Nikki Haley

'Alpha-Karen With Brown Skin': MSNBC Guest Ratchets Up The Racism To Insult Nikki Haley

Actress and talk show host Whoopi Goldberg attacked former Governor Nikki Haley on Monday, using the exact same insult that had numerous critics calling for CNN anchor Don Lemon to lose his job.
Goldberg played a clip of <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-declares-her-candidacy-for-the-presidency/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Haley&#8217;s campaign ad</a> — released along with the official announcement that she intended to seek the 2024 Republican presidential nomination — and apparently took issue with the former ambassador to the United Nations&#8217; claim that she would bring a &#8220;new generation&#8221; of leadership into Washington.
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Whoopi Goldberg echoes her pal Don Lemon&#39;s &quot;past her prime&quot; attack on Nikki Haley. &quot;You&#39;re not a new generation! You&#39;re 51! What are you talking about?!&quot; she sneered. Adding: &quot;She may be younger .. [but] he&#39;s saying the same BS.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/3UXGSbIodz">pic.twitter.com/3UXGSbIodz</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1627702148262756352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Haley, noting that most American politicians were &#8220;past their prime,&#8221; said in her ad, &#8220;It&#8217;s time for a new generation of leadership.&#8221;
Goldberg stopped the clip, interrupting, &#8220;You&#8217;re not a new generation. You&#8217;re 51! What are you talking about?&#8221;
Republican cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin pushed back, arguing that compared to much of Washington, D.C., Haley certainly was a different generation. At 51, for example, she is 29 years younger than President Joe Biden and 38 years younger than retiring Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).
&#8220;But it&#8217;s not a new generation,&#8221; Goldberg insisted, suggesting that Haley didn&#8217;t count as a &#8220;new generation&#8221; because she still held Republican ideals. &#8220;She may be younger than most of those people but her rhetoric is the same. She&#8217;s saying the same beats and I love the young kid, but you know what? The only way you&#8217;re going to get younger people to run, dude, is if you&#8217;re out there talking to people and saying, &#8216;Run!'&#8221;
Goldberg&#8217;s complaint came on the heels of an awkward CNN segment in which anchor Don Lemon, 56, claimed that Haley — at 51 — was &#8220;not in her prime.&#8221;
Over the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/don-lemons-sexist-slam-of-nikki-haley-draws-sharp-rebuke-from-cnn-co-host/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">objections</a> of his two female co-hosts, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, Lemon continued to insist it was common knowledge that a woman&#8217;s &#8220;prime&#8221; was her 20s, 30s, and maybe her 40s — and then directed anyone who did not believe his assertion to &#8220;Google it.&#8221;
In the wake of Lemon&#8217;s comments, <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/were-just-getting-started-janice-dean-blows-up-don-lemon-over-sexist-dig-at-nikki-haley/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">critics</a> have called for the former primetime anchor to be ousted from the network altogether. Lemon spent the weekend away — missing Monday&#8217;s broadcast — but CNN denied reports that his vacation had anything to do with the backlash to his comments.

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‘You’re Not A New Generation’: Whoopi Goldberg Swipes The Nikki Haley Attack Right Out Of Don Lemon’s Mouth

Whoopi Goldberg Swipes The Nikki Haley Attack Right Out Of Don Lemon's Mouth

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Legacy media anchor Don Lemon won&#8217;t appear on &#8220;CNN This Morning&#8221; on Monday after saying that 51-year-old Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley wasn&#8217;t &#8220;in her prime&#8221; following her 2024 White House bid last week.
Lemon had initially appeared on the schedule to anchor the show with co-hosts Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins. However, according to a copy of the CNN anchor schedule obtained and reviewed by <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/don-lemon-cut-from-monday-lineup-of-cnns-this-morning-insiders-say?ref=home">Confider</a>, officials at the network appear to have benched Lemon. Instead, they will have Sara Snider anchoring with Harlow in New York and Collins in Poland.
A source familiar with the matter told the news outlet that Lemon&#8217;s future on the show is being discussed in &#8220;ongoing conversations.&#8221;
&#8220;He is a constant distraction,&#8221; the source told Confider.
A CNN spokesperson denied the reporting to <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/new-cnn-denies-report-don-lemon-benched-over-sexist-comments-but-he-wont-be-on-air-monday/">Mediaite</a>, saying Lemon was &#8220;taking the holiday&#8221; due to paparazzi harassment — although they did not specifically deny he would be out on Monday.
&#8220;He is taking the holiday. He’s been chased by paparazzi all weekend,&#8221; the spokesperson said. &#8220;He’s been under attack. He’s not ready to go back on air.”
During the CNN morning show on Thursday, Lemon said, &#8220;Nikki Haley isn&#8217;t in her prime. Sorry, when a woman is in their prime [is] in [her] 20s and 30s and maybe 40s.&#8221;
Lemon&#8217;s co-host Poppy Harlow knew the comment would create a stir and asked him to clarify. &#8220;What are you talking — Wait … prime for what?&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s not according to me,&#8221; Lemon responded. &#8220;It depends. It&#8217;s just like, prime. If you look it up,&#8221; Lemon added. &#8220;If you Google when is a woman in her prime, it&#8217;ll say 20s, 30s, 40s.&#8221;
The CNN anchor later tweeted that his comments about Haley were &#8220;inartful and irrelevant.&#8221;
&#8220;The reference I made to a woman&#8217;s &#8216;prime&#8217; this morning was inartful and irrelevant, as colleagues and loved ones have pointed out, and I regret it,&#8221; Lemon&#8217;s tweet read. &#8220;A woman&#8217;s age doesn&#8217;t define her either personally or professionally. I have countless women in my life who prove that every day.&#8221;
Haley responded to the CNN anchor&#8217;s tweet.
&#8220;To be clear, I am NOT calling for competency tests for Sexist middle-aged CNN anchors; only for people who make our laws and are 75+,&#8221; Haley tweeted.
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To be clear, I am NOT calling for competency tests for Sexist middle-aged CNN anchors; only for people who make our laws and are 75+. <a href="https://t.co/wvUNCcNdVt">https://t.co/wvUNCcNdVt</a>
&mdash; Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1626316021215666176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2023</a></blockquote>
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In another tweet with a clip of the video segment, Haley said, &#8220;It&#8217;s always the liberals who are the most sexist.&#8221;
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Liberals can&#39;t stand the idea of having competency tests for older politicians to make sure they can do the job.
BTW it&#39;s always the liberals who are the most sexist. <a href="https://t.co/PzpniQFLff">pic.twitter.com/PzpniQFLff</a>
&mdash; Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1626260460264620032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2023</a></blockquote>
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CNN CEO Chris Licht reportedly said during an editorial call on Friday morning that Lemon&#8217;s comments about Haley &#8220;disappointed&#8221; him.
&#8220;His remarks were upsetting, unacceptable, and unfair to his co-hosts, and ultimately a huge distraction to the great work of this organization,&#8221; Licht said to his staffers, according to a readout of the call obtained by Confider.
Lemon offered an apology on the same call.
&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry,&#8221; Lemon said. I didn&#8217;t mean to hurt anyone. I did not mean to offend anyone.&#8221;
DailyMail.com <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11769993/Don-Lemon-cut-CNNs-Monday-breakfast-sexist-Nikki-Haley-remarks.html">reported</a> last week that inside sources described Lemon as &#8220;rude, self-righteous and clearly sexist&#8221; to the news outlet, adding that &#8220;his apology meant nothing.&#8221;
&#8220;Don has been skating on thin ice for so long, and many wanted him fired in December when he freaked out on Kaitlin Collins for no reason,&#8221; the sources said. &#8220;She was in tears, and it was so inappropriate.&#8221;
Lemon reportedly left Collins &#8220;rattled&#8221; on the set of &#8220;This Morning&#8221; on December 8 after he allegedly blew up at her once the show was over because she had interrupted him on air.
Confider reported that Lemon&#8217;s agent Jay Sures, also the Vice Chairman of United Talent Agency, hung up on the outlet when staff reached out to ask why Lemon would not be appearing on &#8220;This Morning&#8221; on Monday.
&#8220;I am now blocking your number,&#8221; Sures said in a follow-up text to the outlet, according to Confider.
The Daily Mail reported ratings for CNN&#8217;s &#8220;This Morning&#8221; had experienced record lows since its launch, with averages of just over 330,000 viewers.
Katie Jerkovich contributed to this report.

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CNN's Don Lemon Won't Appear On Monday's 'This Morning' Breakfast Show After Nikki Haley Remarks

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Sunday that Nikki Haley calling for competency tests for office was &#8220;absurd&#8221; and ageist.
Haley, 51, made the call when announcing her presidential bid in South Carolina last week. But Sanders, an 81-year-old former presidential candidate himself, told CBS News on Sunday that voters could determine a candidate&#8217;s competency by looking at them, and should focus on ideas over age.
&#8220;You know, we are fighting racism, we&#8217;re fighting sexism, we&#8217;re fighting homophobia, I think we should also be fighting ageism,&#8221; Sanders said. &#8220;Trust people, look at people and say, you know, this person is competent, this person is not competent. There are a lot of 40-year-olds out there who ain&#8217;t particularly competent.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenSanders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenSanders</a> says 2024 GOP presidential candidate <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NikkiHaley</a>’s proposal for a mandatory mental competency test for politicians older than 75 is “absurd.”
 “We are fighting racism, we&#39;re fighting sexism, we&#39;re fighting homophobia, I think we should also be fighting ageism.” <a href="https://t.co/MsRDL71VCA">pic.twitter.com/MsRDL71VCA</a>
&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1627335202862166020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2023</a></blockquote>
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During her first rally in Charleston, SC on Wednesday, Haley decried career politicians and the gerontocracy in American politics. “In the America I see, the permanent politician will finally retire,” <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3859468-haley-calls-for-mental-competency-tests-for-politicians-over-75/">Haley said</a>. “We’ll have term limits for Congress and mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over 75 years old.”
Haley has centered her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-declares-her-candidacy-for-the-presidency">campaign</a> on ushering in a “new generation” of younger conservative leaders.
Haley’s comment previously drew an offensive rebuke from CNN’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/don-lemons-sexist-slam-of-nikki-haley-draws-sharp-rebuke-from-cnn-co-host">Don Lemon</a>, who said accused women in their mid-to-late 40s of being past their prime. Lemon quickly apologized and backtracked, but Haley <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-torches-sexist-middle-aged-cnn-anchor-don-lemon-in-viral-post">fired back</a> on Twitter.
“To be clear, I am NOT calling for competency tests for Sexist middle-aged CNN anchors; only for people who make our laws and are 75+,” Haley tweeted Thursday.
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Bernie Sanders Says Nikki Haley Calling For Mental Competency Tests Is ‘Absurd,’ Ageist

Bernie Sanders Says Nikki Haley Calling For Mental Competency Tests Is 'Absurd,' Ageist

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Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley went viral Thursday after she torched &#8220;sexist middle-aged CNN&#8221; anchor Don Lemon for saying she wasn&#8217;t &#8220;in her prime&#8221; following her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-declares-her-candidacy-for-the-presidency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcement</a> that she&#8217;s running for president in 2024.
In a tweet, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nikki-haley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">51-year-old</a> former United Nations Ambassador called out <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/don-lemons-sexist-slam-of-nikki-haley-draws-sharp-rebuke-from-cnn-co-host" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lemon</a> for making the comment after she called on Americans to reject leaders &#8220;past&#8221; their &#8220;prime.&#8221;
&#8220;To be clear, I am NOT calling for competency tests for Sexist middle-aged CNN anchors; only for people who make our laws and are 75+,&#8221; Haley tweeted.
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To be clear, I am NOT calling for competency tests for Sexist middle-aged CNN anchors; only for people who make our laws and are 75+. <a href="https://t.co/wvUNCcNdVt">https://t.co/wvUNCcNdVt</a>
&mdash; Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1626316021215666176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2023</a></blockquote>
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During the CNN morning show Thursday, Lemon said &#8220;Nikki Haley isn&#8217;t in her prime. Sorry, when a woman is in their prime [is] in [her] 20s and 30s and maybe 40s.&#8221;
Lemon&#8217;s co-host Poppy Harlow knew the comment would create a stir and asked him to clarify. &#8220;What are you talking — Wait … prime for what?&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s not according to me,&#8221; Lemon responded. &#8220;It depends. It’s just like, prime. If you look it up. If you Google when is a woman in her prime, it&#8217;ll say 20s, 30s, 40s.&#8221;
The CNN anchor later tweeted that his comments about Haley were &#8220;inartful and irrelevant.&#8221;
&#8220;The reference I made to a woman&#8217;s &#8216;prime&#8217; this morning was inartfiul and irrelevant, as colleagues and loved ones have point out, and I regret it,&#8221; Lemon&#8217;s tweet read. &#8220;A woman&#8217;s age doesn&#8217;t define her either personally or professionally. I have countless women in my life who prove that every day.&#8221;
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The reference I made to a woman’s “prime” this morning was inartful and irrelevant, as colleagues and loved ones have pointed out, and I regret it. A woman’s age doesn&#39;t define her either personally or professionally. I have countless women in my life who prove that every day.
&mdash; Don Lemon (@donlemon) <a href="https://twitter.com/donlemon/status/1626288396636225538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The former governor later doubled-down on her comments and told <a href="https://twitter.com/AmericaNewsroom/status/1626601857010348032?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> &#8220;Look, he [Lemon] made that comment, I wasn&#8217;t sitting there saying sexist, middle-aged, CNN anchors need to have mental competency tests, although he may have just proven that point.&#8221;
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LEMON&#39;S SEXIST &#39;WOMEN&#39;S PRIME&#39; REMARKS REBUTTAL FROM <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NIKKIHALEY</a>: &quot;Look, he made that comment, I wasn&#39;t sitting there saying sexist, middle-aged, CNN anchors need to have mental competency tests, although he may have just proven that point&#8230;&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/BillHemmer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BillHemmer</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SandraSmithFox?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SandraSmithFox</a> <a href="https://t.co/6Xx5Vc7bQO">pic.twitter.com/6Xx5Vc7bQO</a>
&mdash; America&#39;s Newsroom (@AmericaNewsroom) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmericaNewsroom/status/1626601857010348032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;What I was saying is, we need to be transparent,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Those elected officials that are making key decisions for us Americans on national security and keeping our kids safe and the debt, yes we need to know exactly that we&#8217;re sending someone competent to do that. &#8221;
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Should you vote for Nikki Haley in the 2024 GOP presidential primary? This author will not be. 
On <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-96-why-i-won-t-be-voting-for-nikki-haley-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">today’s show</a>, I thought it would be best to let the Candace Owens audience know why that is — and how some behind-the-scenes interactions with Haley and her team helped craft my decision. The goal is not to sway you one way or the other, but to provide you with details that can help guide your decision-making process.
The former United Nations ambassador announced her candidacy for the presidency on Tuesday. Her first campaign video can be seen here:
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Get excited! Time for a new generation. 
Let’s do this! 👊 🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/BD5k4WY1CP">pic.twitter.com/BD5k4WY1CP</a>
&mdash; Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1625461899218280448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The conservative choices thus far are former President Donald J. Trump and Haley. It is a strong likelihood that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will also enter the race, although he has not officially made an announcement.
Haley will not be getting my vote. I want to make clear, it has nothing to do with any sort of personal grievance. I met her once, and she was very nice to me. However, as part of my job, I am often privy to having a more intimate look at politicians and those working on their campaigns. Whenever possible, I try to share those experiences on my podcast for your benefit.
Haley <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/30/ex-un-ambassador-nikki-haley-charging-200000-per-speaking-gig.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> charged as high as $200,000 for a speaker’s fee after she left the Trump administration. Those who dealt with her have expressed their frustration that she never had any flexibility with that large sum of money.
A few years ago, I was invited to a dinner where Nikki Haley was the keynote speaker. This was a high-dollar donor event. Depending on how much you paid, attendees could partake in privileges such as asking Haley a question or posing for a photo with her. The more you paid, the more up close and private it was supposed to be.
What I saw during Haley’s speech was a polished professional speaker — who stuck to her script verbatim. It almost seemed a little too rehearsed, not authentic. The donors in attendance, however, loved it.
When audience members asked her questions, she had specific answers that seemed pre-written, almost as if she knew the questions in advance. Well, a gentleman sitting at my dinner table, who happened to be hosting the event, confirmed my suspicions. Indeed, Haley’s staff required all questions be submitted far in advance. Donors were not allowed to go off script.
Instantly, it was apparent that something was bothering the gentleman sitting next to me. He explained how it took a lot of money to bring Haley to the event and how her team had strict requirements, including dictating what questions could be asked.
It turns out the last question this gentleman asked — a question relevant to a story about Trump and NATO which broke that day — was not on Haley’s radar. Her team swooped in afterwards and completely undressed him for going off script. Keep in mind, this was a man who helped coordinate the event.
That confirmed my intuition — she was not being authentic with her donors. It seemed evident she was preparing for a presidential run. My predictions were proven true this week when she made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-declares-her-candidacy-for-the-presidency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">her announcement</a>.
Personally, a polished politician is not the candidate I would like to support. I like unscripted politicians who are comfortable speaking their minds and engaging in real conversations with reporters, their colleagues, and the public. In fact, that is what I always loved about Trump.
When I interviewed him, his team never told me what questions to ask or avoid. Whether you love him or hate him, you cannot deny he was authentically Trump. It was refreshing because that&#8217;s a character trait so many politicians seem to lack.
Unfortunately, it has turned me into a cynic about politics. You can never be entirely sure when a politician is giving you a straight answer.
Now, these are my gut instincts and my own personal experiences with Haley. You should not necessarily let this column determine whether you will cast your vote for Haley or not. You might completely disagree with my stance. My job is, in part, to provide you with as much knowledge as I can about these candidates so that you can make an informed decision at the ballot box.

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