The presidential candidate for the Republican Party in the United States doubted Nikki Haley The mental competency of her rival, the former president Donald Trump After he accused her in a slip of the tongue of failing to stop the attack on a building Congress 3 years ago.
Haley denied that she had taken charge of security in the Congress building at the time, and explained that she was not in her current position at the time. She said in front of a rally in New Hampshire: “They say he was confused, and he was talking about something else.”
The former US ambassador to… United nations And the governor of South Carolina: “My concern is that I’m not saying anything offensive, but when you’re dealing with the pressures of the presidency, we can’t have another person to question whether they’re mentally competent to do that.”
During a campaign event in New Hampshire last Friday, Trump confused Nikki Haley with the Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi When he touched on responsibility for events Capitolsaying that Haley rejected an offer of help while the building was under siege.
The House of Representatives committee that investigated the events of January 6, 2021 said that it found no evidence that he made such an offer.
Trump and other Republicans have repeatedly raised questions about whether Pres joe biden The 81-year-old has the mental competency necessary for a second term.
But Haley’s comments, who turned 52 on Saturday, were the most direct from a Republican Party official about the mental competency of the 77-year-old Trump.
Critics say Trump is increasingly showing signs of aging. When asked earlier this week about the matter, the former president repeated the story of how he “excelled” a visual acuity test by correctly identifying animals such as a giraffe, a tiger and a whale from a distance.
Despite these and other criticisms, Trump remains the most likely candidate among Republicans so far.
