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Trump’s Beginning to Acknowledge Nikki Haley as a Threat?
The former President is targeting Haley in New Hampshire.
With Iowa caucus’ out of the way, the GOP candidates have of course focused their attention and resources onto New Hampshire. While former President Donald Trump might not think enough of his opponents to actually bother participating in a debate against them, he’s certainly taken notice and decided which ones he has to account for and attack.
Right now, it’s Nikki Haley.
Eric Bradner and Kristen Holmes with CNN write:
“Donald Trump is seeking to deliver a knockout blow to Nikki Haley in New Hampshire’s Republican primary, deploying racist dog whistles against the onetime South Carolina governor as the former president ramps up his campaign schedule and hammers his rival on the airwaves.
For weeks, Trump’s campaign has treated Haley as a serious threat in New Hampshire — and the candidate himself made that clear starting Tuesday with a series of attacks on social media and at a rally in the state.
He went after Haley while referring to her first name, Nimarata, in a post on his social media platform Truth Social (though he misspelled Nimarata as Nimrada). Haley, the daughter of Indian immigrants, was born Nimarata Nikki…
