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Trump was speaking about the crowd size at his Concord, New Hampshire rally on Friday when he claimed that the press does not report on Haley’s smaller crowds.
He then switched to the Capitol riot and bizarrely blamed Haley for security lapses on the day.
“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, because of lots of things,” Trump said.
“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.”
As he made the blunder, the crowd appeared to go silent.
President Joe Biden’s campaign wasted no time jabbing Trump on X for the name-jumble.
“A deeply confused Trump confuses Nancy Pelosi and Nikki Haley multiple times: Nikki Haley was in charge on January 6. They don’t want to talk about that.”
A deeply confused Trump confuses Nancy Pelosi and Nikki Haley multiple times: Nikki Haley was in charge on January 6. They dont want to talk about that pic.twitter.com/f3lhWgAzUw
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) January 20, 2024
Trump was referencing his long-debunked claim that he requested 10,000 National Guard troops to secure the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
He falsely claimed that Pelosi, who was House Speaker then, declined the offer — a claim with no evidence.
By 2021, Haley had stepped down from her position as ambassador…
