At a South Carolina rally on Saturday, Donald Trump again knocked Republican rival Nikki Haley. As usual with Trump, his criticism was personal. On this occasion, he mocked Haley over the fact her husband rarely joins her on the campaign trail.
“Where’s her husband?” Trump said. “‘Oh, he’s away, he’s away.’ What happened to her husband? What happened to her husband? Where is he? He’s gone.”
Haley’s husband is away on military deployment. He’s an officer with the SC National Guard and is currently deployed with the 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade in Africa.
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“Where is he?!” Donald Trump is a horrible, disgusting person. He mocks Nikki Haley’s husband for not being with her on the campaign trail. Note: Nikki Haley’s husband is in the military and is currently deployed overseas. It should also be noted that Trump’s wife Melania has not… pic.twitter.com/7JxkTWuTcf
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) February 10, 2024
Trump is an “a**hole”
Reaction to Trump’s comment was swift, including from some on the right.
Scott Jennings, a former aide to George W. Bush, appeared on CNN’s State of the Union yesterday.
Yeah, he’s an a**hole,” said Jennings. “It’s not the first time he’s been an a**hole. That won’t be the last time he’s been an a**hole. But that’s what it is now. So people like it. And I know people are going to slough it off as well, ‘This is just a tough political campaign.’”
“The man is serving the United States in uniform overseas. So it’s a below-the-belt shot against someone who is not going to beat him for the nomination,” Jennings added.
Haley herself responded with a tweet. She said, “Michael is deployed serving our country, something you know nothing about. Someone who continually disrespects the sacrifices of military families has no business being commander in chief.”
She used subsequent tweets to highlight other remarks Trump has made that many viewed as disrespectful to those in the military. At a campaign rally, she told Trump to stop saying things behind her back: “Get on a debate stage and say it to my face.”
Either Donald Trump is openly insulting military families, or he got confused again and doesn’t know my husband is deployed. Either way, he isn’t up to the task of leading the greatest fighting force in the world. pic.twitter.com/CQQ9pN9qYZ
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) February 11, 2024
Melania finally spotted
Although Haley concentrated her criticism of Trump on his disrespect to those deployed overseas in service to their country, many on the internet took him to task for another reason. How can he attack someone for their spouse not being on the campaign trail when Melania Trump has all but vanished? Since Trump announced he was running again last year, Melania has not joined her husband at any campaign rally across the US.
Meanwhile Melania is nowhere to be found on the campaign trail and hasn’t been for years
— Ash ✌🏼it’s all happening (@AshleyBK7) February 10, 2024
“Where’s his wife? Oh, she’s away. … What happened to his wife? Where is she? She’s gone,”
— Christopher Brewer ⚗️🧪🥀 (@ChrisBrewski) February 10, 2024
The level of petty I would be if I were Nikki!
Melania right now… pic.twitter.com/KTfCjRqteN
— Just Joe (@Just__Joe_) February 10, 2024
Melania was, coincidentally, spotted on Saturday night. According to several of those present, including chief Trump devotee and failed GOP candidate Laura Loomer, she attended an event at Mar-A-Lago, with her “super star husband”.
For all of the “Where’s Melania” haters, I found her.
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) February 11, 2024
She’s at her house at Mar a Lago looking hot with her husband, who just gave a speech at the Trumpettes event.
She looks amazing too.
A supportive wife supporting her super star husband who crushed it today in SC! pic.twitter.com/CbNHOhZkFK
Again, online, few people seemed convinced by the show of “support”.
So supportive she hasn't been with him on the campaign trail and hasn't been at any of his court cases supporting him.
— caring 💙🇺🇸🌈✌🏻 (@caringguy1957) February 11, 2024
It part of her contract…see you next month Donald
— reds56 (@Reds56Art) February 11, 2024
OH PLEASE. She was in New York and he had to pay her to be there.
— VeeLibMD🦀 (@VeeLibMD) February 11, 2024
Be real. She hates him.
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abfab
This sad excuse for a man is a fuc king lunatic.
dbmcvey
And conservative trolls will be on to say he was taken out of context, as though any context could make it better.
abfab
And we won’t care.
Ronbo
Does Queerty ever focus on issues and policy in their label “politics”?
This is just half-truth red meat propaganda of the DNC trying to move the masses to support endless wars. Where are the stories that 86% of the public thinks that one or both candidates are out of touch with reality? They are both elderly old men who don’t represent very many of us. They represent our oligarchs – not actual voters.
Who wants to go broke providing weapons for wars killing innocent people in Israel and Ukraine? If you or they like the massacres, they are free to go and fight. abfab and dbmcvey should go.
abfab
No. They don’t. Go elsewhere.
Not here. Go elsewhere.
No one wants to go broke.
LumpyPillows
Wow. This story shows a peek into Trump’s deranged mind and screwed up values. Totally appropriate. Scary.
abfab
Melania redefines awkwardness in her new and improved coming out party. ”Golden President”…how strange.
DCFarmboy
Gee, even a sick-o like Trump has (yet) to call the Russian troops invading Ukraine as “innocent people”. Ukraine will fight until every invader leaves or is dead.
Fahd
Ronbo = Russian troll spouting Russian propaganda. You will not destabilize us!
still_onthemark
@Ronbo: Gaza is debatable, but why do you think the U.S. is “providing weapons for wars killing innocent people in” Ukraine? We’re providing weapons to DEFEND innocent people in Ukraine!
dbmcvey
It’s terrible Robo, you should boycott queerty in protest!
dbmcvey
onthemark,
Ronbo doesn’t really care about Israel or the Ukraine, he just wants to virtue signal.
Ronbo
To acknowledge that our politics are somewhat undemocratic is now “Russian” “deranged” and “Russian propaganda”!?!
Democracy used to be voting for the candidate you like, not the candidate that the party chose for you – which is what we used to say about Russia!
96% of Americans think both candidates are too old. Gosh, seems like the people who attack me for supporting voter choice, think just like Russians. My, how propaganda has rotted their thinking.
abfab
Scott Ritter just spent 26 days touring Russia, where — predictably enough — he was asked what he thought of its president.
On Russian television, he aimed his criticisms at the United States.
During an appearance on Russia 1, a prominent state-owned channel, Ritter said the American dream is a fairy tale. He suggested American men can no longer hold a door for a woman without being spat upon; and claimed that even he — a 6-foot-4 former Marine — is afraid to ride the subway in New York City. (I’m so afraid!)
”Vladimir Putin will go down in history as one of the greatest leaders of all time,” Ritter said, waiting patiently for a translator to convey his words. “It’s only because of Vladimir Putin that Russia exists today. But Russia doesn’t just exist — Russia thrives.” (Sure, Jan)
Nobody who has been paying attention to Ritter since the invasion of Ukraine would be surprised by the answer. The former United Nations weapons inspector has emerged as a strident Putin defender who has compared Ukraine to a rabid dog that needs to be put down, and claims Russia’s invasion was an act of preemptive self-defense. (not a very smart person)
dbmcvey
Ronbo repeating himself over and over again, as though it will make any difference.
No one reading this site can change who the Presidential candidates will be so why do you keep whining.
No, I’m not happy with either choice but when you’re looking at who the Republican candidates are (both Trump and Haley) I will vote for Biden in a heartbeat.
Kangol2
Ronbo actually wrote this with a straight face: “Democracy used to be voting for the candidate you like, not the candidate that the party chose for you – which is what we used to say about Russia!”
First, Ronbo should read a little history on US elections going back to the colonial period. Elections were public, not private, until the 1890s in most of the US; only a small portion of the population (male, mostly White, property owning) could vote; and large numbers of people voted for who they were told to vote for, i.e., party bosses chose the candidates and made sure people voted for them. Voting in private did not even become law until the 1890s, and well after that, party bosses in many parts of the US controlled who people voted for.
The US has primarily been a “democracy” in name; we still have a long way to go to fully achieve the full meaning of the term.
abfab
Once again. Thank you, Kangol for explaining things. It’s not easy getting thru to these few (few, thank god it’s only a few) right wing Queers and republican trolls.
Ronbo
I repeat myself because of the ignorance from abfab, Fahd and dbmcvey, Thank you Kangol. We need people like you who ADD to the discussion.
Regarding Scott Ritter, he is an American Marine who was a UN Weapons inspector and Marine Intelligence officer. Abfab doesn’t understand that to understand other perspectives, you must talk with other people. Propaganda, on the other hand, is when you just present one side of a situation.
Watch Scott Ritter on YouTube: our corporate media rarely provides such perspective. Ignorance of perspectives can only be called propaganda. Knowledge is power, abfab, try it sometime.
abfab
Watch Scott Ridder on youtube. You can throw away the sleep sedatives…I’m serious.
abfab
POWER. Right.
Mister P
Unfortunately more innocent lives will be lost by not supporting Ukraine and Israel than by supporting them with arms.
I know how right wing nuts love hyperbole more than facts.
abfab
Right wing nuts seem to think they have solutions. They don’t. War and military production brings the big bucks and they love it.
Ronbo
There was a negotiated peace agreement that was on the table and agreed to by both parties. Boris Johnson and Joe Biden stepped in to stop it from being finalized. How did that work out for Ukraine and our budget? We need to stop the oligarchy. Research YouTube for weapons inspector Scott Ritter. Being informed is important.
abfab
Yes, we all must be informed about Scott Ridder. Creep.
Gay Thomas
Hey Ronbo, is it always your place to elevate pedophiles? Maybe we should have the FBI check in on your internet history. I’m sure you just love children. Creepy scu mbag.
decrans
Trumpy McAbs elevates Harvey Milk, a man who also had sex with a 16 year old.
Ronbo
Gay Thomas seems to be projecting his own behaviors.
abfab is great at third-grade name calling; but, short on substance.
Did either of you research the peace accord that was negotiated prior to the Ukrainian war? Ignorance is not bliss; it’s usually propaganda.
abfab
Thomas and I cut school that day. Sorry Ronbo. Can’t help ya there.
Mr. Stadnick
The Fuhrer wanna be just gets pettier and pettier pandering to his low brow base.
abfab
They enjoy dumb. It elevates them…somehow.
Jim
Haley’s husband is serving our country.
Trump’s wife is serving herself
abfab
Hush! You’ll get the MAGA perverts all excitied!
Fahd
Not really following the Republican primaries, such as they are (lol). And I miss neither Melania nor Haley’s husband, although I do wish him well as he’s serving his country.
Ronbo
Become informed rather than blissfully ignorant. Scott Ritter, marine intelligence officer and UN weapons inspector, can bring you up to speed.
abfab
And let;s just keep this between the two of us, shall we Ronbo….
He was charged in June 2001 with trying to set up a meeting with an undercover police officer posing as a 16-year-old girl. He was charged with a misdemeanor crime of “attempted endangerment of the welfare of a child”. The charge was dismissed and the record was sealed after he completed six months of pre-trial probation.
The next month, Ritter waived his right to a preliminary hearing and was released on $25,000 unsecured bail. Charges included “unlawful contact with a minor, criminal use of a communications facility, corruption of minors, indecent exposure, possessing instruments of crime, criminal attempt and criminal solicitation”. Ritter rejected a plea bargain and was found guilty of all but the criminal attempt count in a courtroom in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, on April 14, 2011.
Sounds like a Barron Wiseman kinda guy
abfab
There’s more. There’s always more:
Ritter, a former United Nations weapons inspector, announced that “for personal reasons” he will no longer be speaking at the “Rage Against the War Machine” rally at the Lincoln Memorial on Feb. 19. (2023)
Ritter’s withdrawal caps a tumultuous behind-the-scenes debate over whether he should appear at the rally. Libertarian Party leaders asked Ritter to withdraw from the event last week after a report about his criminal past. Ritter was detained twice in 2001 after he arranged meetings with undercover police officers posing as a 14-year-old girl and 15-year-old girl. He was sentenced to prison in 2011 after he masturbated online in front of an undercover cop posing as a 15-year-old girl. (ewww)
Ritter was reinstated to the event after outcry from some of his fellow speakers. Andrew Napolitano, a former Fox News analyst, rallied to Ritter’s defense. (no surprise there)
Libertarians called on Ritter again to drop out earlier this week, citing both his sex offender status as well as his comments that Ukraine was akin to a “rabid dog” that needed to be put down by Russia. (how special of him)
abfab
And here’s the kicker!
Scott Ritter last month during his book tour through Russia supporting his new release, “Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika.” “I went to prison for three years for what I believe in,” Ritter said at one point during this appearance — a reference to his 2011 conviction in Pennsylvania for unlawful contact with a minor, which he has alleged was the result of a government scheme to silence him.
Courtesy Russian Media Monitor
decrans
We know Trumpy McAbs copied and pasted. How do we do know? No misspelled words, improper hick-like grammar or random word vomits from “Liza with a Z.”
dbmcvey
We know decraps wrote his own post because it’s all nonsense.
dbmcvey
Also “trumpy mcabs?” You’re the one who is so much a Trump supporter you lived with the sole member of “Latinos for Trump.”
decrans
Uh huh. She’s an anarchist who subscribes to the Susan Sarandon school of thought. And considering your do-nothing neoliberalism, I sort of agree with her. But continue to defend Trumpy McAbs and his misogyny while whining about the same thing with Trump, Dickvaney.
decrans
And secondly, Dickvaney, I realize it pains you that Donald Trump is siphoning voters of color than any other Republican candidate in recent history. That falls on your deeply shitty party. Ain’t my problem. It’s yours.
decrans
Lastly, you know this as a person who voted for Zero Percent of the Black vote, Mayo Pete. You just like to whine. That’s okay. Cry about it. This country is a poophole, Democratic or Republican.
Ronbo
Abfab, the only thing I want between us is your gaining perspective, education and understanding of issues. Ignorance, propaganda and name calling does NOT advance thinking or solutions.
Ritter’s “victim” was a 28 year old police woman who, according to the video, suggested that they “fantasize” about being 16 year olds. If masturbating with an ADULT on camera, is illegal, many people are guilty. Just don’t fantasize about your youth.
abfab
Ritter’s vacations in Russia trump everything you just put forth about Scotty. You did it again. Don’t ever become a defense attorney. You’d last a day.
Gay Thomas
It’s always projection with the Convicted Rapist Fraud. And Melanie is nothing more than a hooker/porn star/golddigger. Nothing classy or elegant about that vile tramp.
abfab
A whore in the truest sence of the word. A COMPLICIT whore with very bad taste and judgement in men.
Ronbo
Shaming women as a “whore” and “hooker/pornstar/golddigger” and “tramp” seems quite sexist. Who is this “Melanie” you degrade? Does Gay Thomas confuse her with vile tRump’s wife, Melinia?
abfab
Ronbo….whore is a big concept. We get that you are having trouble with that. But take for instance, your promotion of Scott Ridder. You’re a whore.
decrans
And you’re a whore for supporting Gavin Newsom, whose wife has used public utilities monies to fatten her non-profit and further her Hollywood nepotism career. Hell, she slept with Harvey Weinstein over it. Open wide for Donald’s mushroom head, Little Trumpy. Gobble, gobble.
decrans
Here’s the thing, Trumpy McAbs. Capitalism and our political system is built on being whores. Your misogyny is rather meaningless. You’re a whore. I’m a whore. Our entire country is. You direct it against women you dislike while railing about abortion, which makes you look like an idiot to Queerty commenters not in your sock puppet accounts. Based on your word vomits and butchered syntax, you already look like an idiot. It only underlines the case.
Kinkslola
Melania ain’t doing squat for free. Remember she comes from a “pay to play” business. She works hard for the money….
Ronbo
Can anyone blame her? Could any woman withstand tRump for free?
You can only guess from her ever-present scowl that she married for wealth and security. She hardly can hold hands with the scumbag.
Do you always equate being a model with “pay to play”? What do you think of Cameron Diaz, Halle Berry, Mila Javovich, Charlize Theron, Ashton Kutcher and Channing Tatum? Melania skipped the play and went straight to the pay. Maybe she is just untalented.
abfab
Yes, Ronbo RIdder, that’s what we always do.
Ronbo
Your silly attempts to bully show that you have serious mental issues. Seek professional help so that you don’t project your beliefs on others.
But, you could search out Breaking Points on YouTube, to provide balance. Do you ever wonder why Graham Gremore presented multiple false sexually-oriented stories against a progressive gay man on Queerty to promote the very, very conservative candidate? Ask your boss, if you can’t figure it out yourself.
abfab
Take your own advice. I think RIdder is doing self-help videos for suckers such as yourself. F off.