For months, former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley questioned President Joe Biden’s ability to serve in office.
And while Haley was certainly no glowing fan of former President Donald Trump, she was one of the first to say that Biden was unfit to serve as president… despite pushback and backlash she received from mainstream media pundits months ago.
In the aftermath of Biden’s lackluster debate performance last week, Haley is reminding everyone what she called months ago…
Including a brutal four-word message to ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos.
During an interview last August on “Good Morning America,” Haley repeated her assertion that “a vote for Joe Biden is a vote for Kamala Harris.”
“There’s no way Joe Biden is gonna finish his term,” Haley said, “I think Kamala Harris is gonna be the next president and that should send a chill up every American spine. But also think the fact that we have a primary.”
“Excuse me, excuse me,” Stephanopoulos interrupted with a scowl on his face. “How do you know Joe Biden’s not gonna finish his term? What is that based on?”
The back-and-forth tense exchange continued.
“Ask Americans, do you think he’s gonna finish his term? Do you think that he’s actually gonna finish what he started?” Haley responded.
“We look at the decline he’s had over the last few years. You have to be honest with the American people, George. There’s no way that Joe Biden is gonna finish out a next term. We can’t have an 81-year-old president. We have to have a new generational leader. The Senate has become the most privileged nursing home in the country. We’ve got to start making sure we have a new generation. Everybody feels that- Republicans, Democrats and independents feel that, and it’s time that the media acknowledge that.”
Like Haley or not, Americans on both side of the aisle now have to admit she has a point.
“You all want to talk about Joe Biden and Donald Trump, we want to talk about the future of this country. That’s what we have to start doing,” she added.
“Again, you didn’t answer the question,” Stephanopoulos pushed back. “What evidence you have that he’s not gonna finish the term? What Americans feel has no basis on whether he’s gonna finish his term or not.”
“I mean, if you look at the decline… every person should be able to tell what country they were in the week before. He couldn’t do that,” Haley told the ABC News anchor straight. “Every person should be able to tell how many grandkids they have. It’s the reason I’ve asked for mental competency tests for anyone over the age of 75.”
“I don’t care if we do it for over the age of 50! But we need to understand that the people in DC, they’re making decisions on our national security. They’re making decisions on the future of our children’s economic policy. We need to make sure we’ve got someone at the top of their game,” she said.
“Joe Biden is not at the top of his game. You know it. I know it. The American people know it.”
On July 2, Haley took to social media to remind her doubters.
“Believe me now, George?” Haley taunted the liberal anchor over X (formally Twitter).
Believe me now, George? https://t.co/gy7aS6Mq3Y
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) July 2, 2024
Haley recently said that she will be voting for Donald Trump in the general election, despite their often personal rivalry during the Republican primary earlier this year.
“I will be voting for Trump,” Haley, Trump’s former U.N. ambassador, said during an event at the Hudson Institute in Washington.
“Having said that, I stand by what I said in my suspension speech,” Haley added. “Trump would be smart to reach out to the millions of people who voted for me and continue to support me and not assume that they’re just going to be with him. And I genuinely hope he does that.”