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The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington in New York

Nikki Haley: Trump spends more time ‘ranting’ than fighting for American people

Woman wearing white turtleneck and plaid trousers holds a microphone and gestures to the left as people stand behind her holding signs.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley campaigns in South Carolina, on Friday. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Nikki Haley pressed her case on Sunday to become the Republican presidential nominee by launching a sharp attack on her rival Donald Trump as a candidate who is set to spend more time in court than on the campaign trail this year and is intent on ranting about his own supposed victimhood rather than fighting for the American people.

With less than three weeks to go before the Republican primary in her home state of South Carolina, which many observers see as the former governor and UN ambassador’s last stand, Haley attacked Trump for being more concerned with himself than with the future of the country. She told CNN’s State of the Union Sunday morning TV show that his multiple court cases, in which he faces 91 charges across four criminal cases, amounted to a “real issue”.

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