Former South Carolina governor and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley told Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin on the “TODAY” show that Republicans should not spend the day after the midterms “whining, complaining or pointing fingers.”
She said the GOP can’t blame “the media, academia or Hollywood,” which she said have been against them for years, “and we’ve won.”
Republicans “didn’t listen to the American people,” whom she said were telling them that groceries, gas and health care are too expensive, while Washington was focused on what she called “self-dealing and corruption.”
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Asked whether this was the beginning of the end of the Trump era, Ms. Haley responded, “It depends on if the Trump administration suddenly realizes, Okay, we better start talking about what the American people are suffering from, instead of focusing on what buildings we’re gonna build in D.C., what else we’re gonna do to help pad our pockets.”
She said Republicans haven’t acted like fiscal conservatives over the last two years, saying, “I don’t think Democrats won. I think Republicans lost,” calling Republicans “tone deaf” and pointing to losses in South Carolina and the Texas governorship.
Ms. Haley also warned Democrats to “be careful what you wish for,” saying they had elected a handful of “Democrat socialist” candidates whom she said want to “eliminate law enforcement, prisons and private insurance” and asked whether the Democratic Party would pursue impeachments or listen to voters.
Ms. Haley concluded that both parties need to reflect because “a lot can change” in two years.
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