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Haley Chastises Senate Candidate Over Abortion Comment: ‘Are You Trying To Lose?’

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Former UN Ambassador and 2024 GOP presidential contender Nikki Haley tore into an Ohio Senate Republican candidate on Tuesday over remarks he made late last week about women and abortion.

Bernie Moreno, who is trying to unseat incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, told a town hall on Friday that suburban women are overly focused on abortion while wondering aloud why older women even care about the issue.

“You know, the left has a lot of single-issue voters,” Moreno said in a clip played by Ohio NBC4 News.

“Sadly, by the way, there’s a lot of suburban women, a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘Listen, abortion is it. If I can’t have an abortion in this country whenever I want, I will vote for anybody else.’ … OK. It’s a little crazy by the way, but — especially for women that are like past 50 — I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t think that’s an issue for you,’” Moreno, who is supported by former President Donald Trump, said.

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In response, Haley, a former two-term governor of South Carolina, wrote on the X platform: “Are you trying to lose?” in a post that contained Moreno’s full quote.

She also referenced former CNN host Don Lemon, who said of Haley earlier this year, “She says people, you know, politicians are suddenly not in their prime. Nikki Haley isn’t in her prime. Sorry, When a woman is in their prime in 20s and 30s and maybe 40s…”

The comment offended his two female co-hosts and began his steep decline at the network and eventual firing.

Haley announced last week that she’s launching a radio talk show that debuted this week on SiriusXM. The show will air once a week and run at least through the inauguration of a new president in January 2025.

“She’ll do interviews, take listener calls, and talk politics on the show, which will be carried on Wednesdays from 8 to 9 a.m. ET on the satellite radio system’s Triumph channel. Expect some talk mixed in about Clemson football, her passion for running and music — maybe even Taylor Swift,” the Associated Press reported.

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Haley stated that while she won’t keep her personal political views a secret, she did wish to escape some of the media’s “predominant tribalism.”

“My kids, they don’t watch the news, because they think both sides are crazy,” she told The Associated Press. “And they’re not wrong about that. I think we have to take the craziness out. I think we have to take the noise out and I think we have to break things down in a way that people feel empowered.”

“I think that’s what Americans are tired of,” Haley said. “They don’t want to go on and watch a news show and know exactly which candidate they’re pushing and exactly what politics are pushing. They want to know the issues. They want to know exactly how it’s going to affect their family. I want to take all of the politics out and really break it down on a policy level.”

The former Trump UN ambassador took to X, formerly known as Twitter, and posted: “We spoke hard truths on the campaign trail. It’s time to speak hard truths about the future of America. No spin. Just facts and straight talk in a way that everyone can understand. We have a country to save. Let’s do this.”

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