A “frantic” Haley caused voters to “gasp” during a live interview challenging the integrity of the “Fox & Friends” hosts.
“I’m really wondering why you think we’re the enemy.”
(Video: Fox News)
By most indicators, a path to the nomination has proven unlikely for former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley heading into the first in the nation New Hampshire primary. That didn’t stop the last woman standing against former President Donald Trump from treating the co-hosts on the curvy couch as whipping boys over allegedly biased coverage.
Joining Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade for “Fox & Friends” live in the Granite State, the lengthy sit down included a number of direct barbs as the candidate was confronted with facts about the campaign.
“If you don’t win today, do you go on to South Carolina?” asked Earhardt at one point, even expressing favor for the Palmetto State’s former executive. “You don’t want to go into your state and lose that state if you stay in the race, ’cause we’d love to see you in some other capacity down the road. What is your response to that? Do you get out if you lose today?”
“No,” began the testy response from Haley, “I don’t get out if I lose today. First of all, again, I’m gonna say this: we’ve had 56,000 people vote for Donald Trump and you’re gonna say that’s what the country wants. That’s not what the country wants. We’re gonna have New Hampshire vote today. They deserve to have the power of their voice.”
Backing up his co-host, Kilmeade interjected, “But do you worry the Iowa polls were right? Right now you’re down double digits in probably the last three major polls. And in South Carolina, I think you’re down 40 or 50 points. So do you think those polls are that dramatically wrong, and you can make up that difference?”
As the ambassador negated the freshness of the polls and argued about her past successes against popular candidates in South Carolina, Kilmeade added, “So there’s no scenario where it stops tonight?”
“I’m gonna fight no matter what. I don’t care how much y’all want to coronate Donald Trump,” charged Haley during her response. “At the end of the day, that’s not what Americans want. Americans want a choice. And we’re gonna give them that same.”
Harkening back to her repeated jabs throughout the discussion that included her suggesting supporters of Trump weren’t “normal people” because “normal people are saying, ‘we want someone who can go eight years,'” Kilmeade brought up, “You keep saying ‘coronate,’ ‘lie,’ ‘not tell the truth,’ what you said on the couch; I’m really wondering why you think we’re the enemy.”
Continuing to gripe over her failure to win broader support from voters and notable endorsements despite appearing on every debate stage, including a head-to-head matchup with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Haley contended, “Because I’ve looked at the media. Look at the media saying, ‘Oh, this is Donald Trump’s to have,’ look at the political class all coalescing and saying, ‘everybody needs to get out.’ That’s not democracy. That’s not who we are.”
“When have we ever had two people — down to two people in New Hampshire? And you say, oh, it’s over. We don’t do that. South Carolina is an amazing state,” she added.
Following the heated interview, fellow “Fox & Friends” co-host Lawrence Jones joined in from a diner where he said, “There was one point in the middle of the interview where everyone in this diner gasped at her response toward the anchors.”
Letting viewers speak for themselves, one woman expressed, “I think the fact that she has to question whether or not you guys will report accordingly — numbers are numbers. You know, I think that some of her speaking — omissions of truths are lies.”
(Video: Fox News)
“If she doesn’t do well, that’s on her,” the diner added before someone else told Jones, “I had a very similar reaction. I thought she was very accusatory. If I’m running for federal office, or any office for that matter, I’m not gonna accuse you of not telling the truth and lying. I’m gonna put it on me and I’ll be asking for your vote and trying to get you on my side, not accuse you.”
Others weighed in online to criticize Haley’s behavior with one stating, “Nikki Haley is just too frantic. Watching her on Fox and Friends, where she is accusing them of being unfair. Really? She is pumped on the channel all day. Truly she is hard to watch and listen to.”
Nikki Haley is just too frantic. Watching her on Fox and Friends, where she is accusing them of being unfair. Really? She is pumped on the channel all day. Truly she is hard to watch and listen to.
— ResoluteinTX (@mousecrazy55) January 23, 2024
Nikki Haley’s interview on Fox & Friends is absolutely embarrassing.
— Chris Barron (@ChrisRBarron) January 23, 2024
Sounds like she already making excuses for losing.
— US (@yes122412) January 23, 2024
Unashamed or under the impression that all news is good news, the ambassador’s campaign shared the entire interview which can be viewed below via her YouTube channel:
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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