Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said she did not like that former Vice President Mike Pence told a crowd in Florida last week that former President Donald Trump was “wrong” about his ability to overturn the 2020 election.
When Fox’s Bret Baier asked Haley about the former vice president’s comments, she told him she is not a fan of Republicans attacking one another.
“I’m not a fan of Republicans going against Republicans,” Haley said. “The only ones that win when that happens are the Democrats and the media.”
Haley said she believes Pence is a good and honest man and that “he did what he thought was right.”
Baier asked Haley if she believed the 2020 election results were legitimate.
“Do I think Joe Biden is the legitimate president?” she responded. “Yes. He’s a bad one at that.”
She did note that election fraud should be looked at, however.
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“At the end of the day, I don’t want to see federalized elections. I want them to continue to be managed by the states,” Haley said. “We have seen fraud in elections time and time and again, and when that happens, it is up to the governors and the state legislatures to make sure we hold them to account. That’s through voter ID, that’s through making sure that elections are decided on Election Day, that’s making sure we verify signatures.”
On Jan. 30, Trump faulted Pence for not trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. While at a Federalist Society event in Florida on Feb. 4, Pence responded.
“President Trump is wrong,” Pence said. “I had no right to overturn the election. The presidency belongs to the American people and the American people alone. And frankly, there is no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the American president.”
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Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, asserted that Republicans should not look backward but focus on the midterm elections of 2022.
“We have to keep our eyes on 2022,” Haley added. “We’ve gotta get the majority back in the House, we’ve gotta get it in the Senate, and we’ve got a lot of governor’s races to win.”
