Republican presidential candidate Haley made jibes about Trump’s age and psychological competency on the TV present Saturday Night Live.
United States Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley made a shock look on NBC’s Saturday Night Live and took a swipe at former President Donald Trump over his age, his psychological health and his refusal to debate her.
Haley appeared in a section set in a pretend CNN city corridor assembly in Columbia, South Carolina, the place a pretend Trump – performed by forged member James Austin Johnson – was being requested questions by an viewers.
The former South Carolina governor has been campaigning forward of her residence state’s Republican main on February 24 as she makes an attempt to shut the polling hole with Trump. Last month, Trump secured a decisive victory within the New Hampshire main, beating rival Haley by a considerable margin.
In the sketch, Haley was launched as “someone who describes herself as a concerned South Carolina voter” when known as on to query the candidate.
“My question is why won’t you debate Nikki Haley?” she requested.
Trump, the frontrunner for the nomination, has averted all debates to this point within the marketing campaign.
“Oh my God, it’s her, the woman who was in charge of security on January 6. It’s Nancy Pelosi,” the actor taking part in Trump responded, referring to the day in 2021 when Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol.
During a marketing campaign speech in New Hampshire in January, Trump repeatedly appeared to confuse Haley, who was his ambassador to the United Nations, with Democratic former House speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Trump has accused Pelosi of turning down safety he says his administration provided, however a particular House committee that investigated the siege discovered no proof to assist that declare.
After the city corridor moderators corrected the stand-in Trump, Haley requested, “Are you doing OK Donald? You might need a mental competency test.”
The Trump actor responded to Haley: “You know what I did. I took the test and I aced it, OK? Perfect score. They said I’m 100 percent mental.”
The former president has boasted previously that he has “aced” cognitive checks.
A later joke concerning the film The Sixth Sense prompted the actor taking part in Trump to say: “I see dead people.”
Haley replied: “That’s what voters will say if they see you and Joe [Biden] on the ballot.”
She later posted on X: “Had a blast tonight on SNL! Know it was past Donald’s bedtime so looking forward to the stream of unhinged tweets in the a.m.”
“I see dead people.” That’s precisely what voters will suppose if this race is between Trump and Biden within the fall.
Had a blast tonight on SNL! Know it was previous Donald’s bedtime so wanting ahead to the stream of unhinged tweets within the a.m. pic.twitter.com/W43LlPOoi2
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) February 4, 2024
Haley has positioned herself as a youthful, extra succesful different to Trump and the Democratic frontrunner, President Joe Biden, in addition to the one anti-Trump Republican left within the race.
But if Trump wins in South Carolina, the place Haley served two phrases as governor, she’s going to possible face mounting strain to stop the race.
The remaining query within the skit got here from SNL host Ayo Edebiri, who questioned Haley, now known as ambassador, concerning the root reason for the US Civil War.
The candidate, throughout a city corridor in December in New Hampshire, was requested concerning the cause for the battle, and he or she didn’t point out slavery in her response. She walked again her feedback hours later.
“I was just curious, what would you say was the main cause of the Civil War?” Edebiri requested. “Do you think it starts with an ‘S’ and ends with a ‘lavery’?”
Haley replied: “Yep, I probably should have said that the first time.”
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