Presidential candidate Nikki Haley said on Thursday that, if elected president, she would pardon former President Trump, arguing it would be “in the best interest of the country.”
“I would pardon Trump,” Haley said at a campaign event, according to a video captured by NBC News.
“If he is found guilty, a leader needs to think about what’s in the best interest of the country,” Haley said. “What’s in the best interest of the country is not to have an 80-year-old man sitting in jail, that continues to divide our country.”
“What’s in the best interest of the country would be to pardon him, so that we can move on as a country and no longer talk about him,” she added.
Haley has recently enjoyed a bump in her polling numbers, but still, former President Trump leads the pack of GOP candidates by more than 50 points.
Trump faces four criminal cases, for a total of 91 criminal counts for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Nice 2 know
Notice the rest of her comment, “it is not in the best interest of our country to have an 80 year old man in jail.” We’re talking TRUMP – not some old man who walks into walls! Well put, Nikki! (sarc)
????? Really