Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has applied for Secret Service protection because of increasing threats she received during the campaign, Haley’s team confirmed to Fox News on Monday.
The former two-term South Carolina governor who later served as UN ambassador in former President Donald Trump’s administration is Trump’s last remaining challenger for the 2024 GOP nomination.
Haley discussed the protection request in an interview Monday afternoon with The Wall Street Journal.
“We have multiple issues,” the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador said after a campaign event in Aiken, South Carolina. “It’s not going to stop me from doing what I have to do.”
Haley was asked at a press conference in Columbia, SC late last week about increased security at her event.
“When you do something like this, you get threats,” he told reporters. “It’s just reality.”
Haley mentioned the need to “put some more bodies around us,” but it didn’t hurt her campaign.
“At the end of the day, we’re going to go out there and touch every hand, we’re going to answer every question, we’re going to make sure we’re there and do everything we need to,” he added.
Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign rally. AP
Hours after Haley spoke to reporters, a detractor was removed from her campaign event in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Once a long shot for the nomination, Haley enjoyed momentum in the polls in the late summer and fall, thanks in part to well-received performances in the first three GOP presidential primary debates.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dropped out of the race last month, two days before New Hampshire’s Jan. 23 primary, turning the nomination race into a two-candidate battle between Haley and Trump, who is the front-runner as he runs for a third consecutive term. White House.
Haley has requested Secret Service protection because of the growing threat. AP
Haley won 43% of the vote in New Hampshire, trailing Trump by 11 points.
The next major contest on the Republican schedule is Haley’s home state, which holds the GOP primary on February 24. Recent public opinion polls show the former president with a large double-digit lead over Haley.
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