US Polls: Trump slams rival Nikki Haley for previous help of chopping medicare, social safety

Donald Trump additionally highlighted a 2010 Fox News interview the place Nikki Haley indicated Congress ought to be seeking to minimize Medicaid and social safety.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 16, 2023 14:41 IST

File picture of President Donald Trump talking with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley (Photo: AP/File)

By India Today Web Desk: The race for the US Presidential elections scheduled to be held in 2024 has heaten up with the Indian-origin Republic Nikki Haley launching her presidential bid. Former US President Donald Trump slammed his former United Nations ambassador for her earlier help of chopping Medicare and social safety, reported The Hill.

Trump, who was the primary Republican to launch a 2024 presidential bid, in his marketing campaign put out a press launch titled “The Real Nikki Haley” for previous help for social safety cutes and turning Medicare right into a voucher system.

“Haley praised Ryan’s Medicare proposal at the time and said lawmakers should examine Medicare and Social Security spending to address federal debt,” the discharge learn.

He additionally highlighted a 2010 Fox News interview the place Nikki Haley indicated Congress ought to be seeking to minimize Medicaid and social safety.

In a 2020 tweet highlighting a information article about social safety prices, Haley wrote, “the pandemic is expected to weigh on the financial condition of Social Security” and that it’s “time for Congress to start cutting not spending.”

The pandemic is anticipated to weigh on the monetary situation of Social Security, which is at present projected to pay advantages that exceed its earnings in 2021 for the primary time in almost 40 years.
Time for Congress to start out chopping not spending.https://t.co/Rr3lGOJ4MF
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) April 23, 2020

Trump had warned US House Republicans to go away medicare and social safety cuts out of debt ceiling negotiations. He warned his fellow Republicans to not “destroy” federal retirement and well being advantages as they attempt to actual spending cuts from President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies within the looming debate over the debt ceiling.

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The former US President can be attacking Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has not formally declared his candidacy however is seen as Trump’s fundamental rival for the 2024 GOP nomination.

Republican leaders are dealing with strain from their proper flank to slash federal spending and rein in deficits, the report stated.

On Tuesday, Haley introduced her US Presidential bid. “I’m Nikki Haley and I’m running for president,” Haley stated in a video that her crew despatched out by e mail.

A Sikh born in Bamberg, South Carolina in 1972 to Ajit Singh Randhawa and Raj Kaur Randhawa, Nikki was born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa. Haley transformed to Christianity after her marriage to Michael Haley in 1996.

Nikki Haley, 51, is the two-term Governor of South Carolina and the previous US Ambassador to the United Nations.

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Feb 16, 2023