Nikki Haley has broken up with her ex-husband. President Trump’s She did not comment on her stance regarding IVF treatment, but still said she is on “standby” to campaign for the Republican candidate.
Haley, who was the last Republican presidential candidate to drop out of the G.O.P. race before Trump became the nominee, said during an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday that she spoke to Trump in June and “he knows I’m ready to campaign for him if he ever needs me.”
With this choice, Haley said“There’s a lot at stake” as two administrations seek re-election. He says his main concerns are his children, the cost of living and housing is too high, the cost of commodities has gone up 20%, immigration and security “with foreign entities coming in and posing threats to us,” and energy.
“And so there’s a lot going on,” Haley told CBS host Margaret Brennan. “For me, it’s the stark differences between the Trump and Harris administrations that pushed me to say, yes, I need to, you know, I’m going to vote with Trump, and I’m going to speak at the convention. And so that’s what I did.”
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Nikki Haley said she is “on standby” to campaign for former rival Trump. (Daniel Seng/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Haley said Trump’s team has not asked her to campaign, and that she is not advising him on debate preparation.
“You know, he can do whatever he decides to do with his campaign. But when I called him back in June, I told him I support him. I think the teams have talked to each other a little bit, but there hasn’t been any requests yet. But you know, if he asks, I’d be happy to help.”
While expressing her overall support for Trump, Haley said she disagreed with Trump’s recent pledge that either the government or insurance companies would pay for in vitro fertilization, or IVF, treatments for women.
“This is not a policy that I support, nor is it Kamala Harris’ policy to eliminate private health insurance or Medicare for All,” Haley said.
Brennan interjected to say Trump is the head of the Republican Party, but Haley retorted that “you also have to talk about the head of the Democratic Party.”
“When you talk About Medicare for All“When you talk about removing private health insurance, you could be just like Canada. You could even be looking at socialist health care,” Healey said. “We don’t ever want to get to that point, because when it gets to that point, you’re not going to be able to get IVF or something, cancer drugs or something.”
Haley said both of her children are the result of fertility treatments.
Former President Donald Trump departs a campaign event held at the Central Wisconsin Airport on September 7, 2024 in Mosinee, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
“We want that option to be available to everyone. But the way you do that is you don’t mandate coverage. Instead, you go and make sure that coverage is accessible, and you make sure that you’re doing everything you can to make it affordable. That comes with regulation,” Haley said. “Kamala has — she and Biden have put a lot of regulation on a lot of things. Trump has removed that regulation so we need to have a more substantive policy conversation than soundbites. And I think this election has become about soundbites, and I think we have to get to the essence of it.”
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Brennan cited CBS polling indicating that support among women voters has grown to a double-digit lead for Vice President Harris over Trump since Biden exited the race, clearing the way for her to become the Democratic presidential nominee. He asked Haley if Trump’s vice presidential nominee, Senator J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, The divisions have grown further after her comments resurfaced last week that the head of the country’s most powerful teachers’ union has no children of her own.
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, speaks in front of the border wall with Mexico on September 6, 2024 in San Diego, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Vance’s criticism focused on American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, who is running for Senate, during a forum hosted by the Center for Christian Virtue in October 2021. In the resurfaced clip, Vance said that “if she wants to brainwash and destroy children, she should have some kids herself and leave our kids alone.”
“He’s constantly saying things that are obviously derogatory to women,” Brennan told Haley on Sunday. “That’s going to hurt women voters, isn’t it?”
Haley responded, “That’s not helpful. That’s not helpful.” “Look, you can either look at the style, or you can look at the substance. I choose as a voter to look at the substance,” she added.
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“The gist of it is cutting taxes, making housing more affordable, immigration, national security, that’s the gist,” Haley elaborated. “The style is — no, it’s not helpful to talk about whether women have children or not. It’s not helpful to say things are personality-driven or some other thing. I’ve said that, and I’ll continue to say to Republicans, ‘Knock it off.’ It’s not helpful. You know, if you want to talk about things, stick with policy. Americans are smart. They don’t need this kind of noise to distract them.”
