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Donald Trump appeared to confuse his GOPpresidential primary rival Nikki Haley with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday, as he lashed out at Haley and said he would ‘probably’ not select her as a running mate
Speaking at a rally in Concord, New Hampshire ahead of the state’s key primary election set for Tuesday, Trump repeatedly referred to Haley being responsible for security during the US Capitol riot on January 6, 2021
‘By the way, they never report the crowd on January 6. You know Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley, you know, they — do you know they destroyed all of the information, all of the evidence, everything, deleted and destroyed all of it. All of it,’ Trump claimed, without substantiation.
‘Because of lots of things, like Nikki Haley is in charge of security — we offered her 10,000 people, soldiers, National Guards, whatever they want. They turned it down. They don’t want to talk about that. These are very dishonest people.’
President Joe Biden‘s reelection campaign pounced on the gaffe, posting a clip of Trump’s comment on X and remarking: ‘A deeply confused Trump confuses Nancy Pelosi and Nikki Haley multiple times.’
Trump has long blamed Pelosi, a top Democrat, for the events of January 6, when a mob of his supporters breached the Capitol and attempted to stop the certification of Biden’s election win.
Pelosi’s office has denied those claims, saying that she had no more responsibility for Capitol security than did then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican…
