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“The R.N.C. is no longer the identical R.N.C.,” Ms. Haley stated. “Now it’s Trump’s daughter-in-law.”
The closest Ms. Haley got here to explicitly disavowing the pledge was when she stated, “I’ll make what determination I wish to make.” But she rapidly added: “That’s not one thing I’m fascinated with. And I feel that whereas y’all take into consideration that, I’m the truth that we had 1000’s of individuals in Virginia, we’re headed to North Carolina, we’re going to proceed to go to Vermont and Maine and all these states to go and present folks that there’s a path ahead.”
She didn’t maintain again on criticizing Mr. Trump, saying, for instance, that she didn’t need a president who “calls his opponents ‘vermin,’” as Mr. Trump has, echoing rhetoric utilized by Hitler and Mussolini. When requested whether or not she believed Mr. Trump “would observe the Constitution,” she stated: “I don’t know. I imply, you at all times wish to assume somebody will. But I don’t know.”
Ms. Haley, who misplaced a collection of main contests over the weekend, stated that Mr. Trump had “condoned” and did not “do something to cease lawlessness” when his supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, however wouldn’t say immediately whether or not she thought-about him answerable for the assault.
“When he had the chance to cease it, you’ve got everyone from Fox News anchors to mates to household begging him to say one thing to get them to cease, together with his vp, and he was silent,” she stated. She added, “Anytime there’s lawlessness, and also you condone lawlessness, and also you don’t do something to cease lawlessness, he’s going to must reply for that.”
But when requested whether or not Mr. Trump was “virtually and morally accountable” for the assault — as Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican chief, stated shortly after it occurred — Ms. Haley stated she wasn’t a lawyer and couldn’t make a authorized judgment, at the same time as Ms. Welker specified that she wasn’t asking for a authorized judgment.
