{"id":5285,"date":"2023-08-31T15:12:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T20:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=5285"},"modified":"2023-08-31T15:12:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T20:12:29","slug":"haley-ramaswamys-feud-intensifies-after-she-compares-his-israel-policies-to-aoc-and-far-left-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=5285","title":{"rendered":"Haley, Ramaswamy\u2019s feud intensifies after she compares his Israel policies to AOC and far-left \u2018squad\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-169.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-5286\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"931\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-169.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-169.png 931w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-169-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-169-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-169-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-169-390x219.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former U.N. ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley slammed her 2024 GOP rival entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy as weak on foreign policy towards Iran and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican presidential candidate&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/nikki-haley\">Nikki Haley<\/a>&nbsp;slammed her 2024 rival Vivek Ramaswamy on Thursday, calling out comments he made opposing U.S. military intervention against Iran to defend Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur and political newcomer, on Monday told Israel Hayom in an interview that he would \u201cremain supportive of Israel\u201d but would not \u201cput our own men and women on the line in a war with Iran.\u201d The outlet noted that his rejection of a U.S. strike on Iran is a departure from past presidential administrations, which have used the explicit and implicit threat of military force to defend Israel from Iranian aggression.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haley, a former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., suggested Ramaswamy\u2019s position was disqualifying for a presidential candidate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVivek must have missed that the fanatical Islamic terrorist regime in Iran regularly calls for \u2018Death to America.\u2019\u00a0If he doesn\u2019t see a nuclear Iran as a threat to American security, then he should take his place beside AOC and the Squad and get nowhere near the White House,\u201d Haley said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reached for a response, Ramaswamy accused Haley of misrepresenting his views.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnother flagrant distortion by the neocons,\u201d he said in a statement to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News Digital.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cWatch the actual video. I said we would fully support Israel, including militarily, but that we should *not* want U.S. men and women dying in a war between Israel and Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf [Former Vice President Mike] Pence, Haley, [Former New Jersey Gov. Chris] Christie, and [Karl] Rove feel differently, they should have the spine to say how many Americans they\u2019d be prepared to see die in that conflict. I\u2019ll wait,\u201d he added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This back and forth is the latest escalation of a feud between Haley and Ramaswamy that started at last week\u2019s first Republican presidential debate on Fox News.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A highlight of the debate was when Haley confronted Ramaswamy over his foreign policy positions, specifically on Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnder your watch, you will make America less safe. You have no foreign policy experience, and it shows. It shows,\u201d she told Ramaswamy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramaswamy pushed back, saying America\u2019s relationship with Israel \u201cwill never be stronger than by the end of my first term\u201d and that it should be a \u201cfriendship\u201d instead of a \u201cclient relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd you know what friends do? Friends help each other stand on their own two feet. So I will lead Abraham Accords 2.0. I will partner with Israel to make sure Iran never is nuclear armed,\u201d Ramaswamy said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He continued, \u201cBut you know what I love that Israel \u2014 and I\u2019ve been there probably in the last ten years more than most people on this stage \u2014 you know what I love about them? I love their border policies. I love their tough-on-crime policies. I love that they have a national identity and an Iron Dome to protect their homeland. And so, yes, I want to learn from the friends that we\u2019re supporting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo, you want to cut the aid off,\u201d Haley interjected. \u201cAnd let me tell you, it\u2019s not that Israel needs America. America needs Israel. They are the front-line defense to Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rivalry continued over the weekend when Haley characterized Ramaswamy\u2019s debate performance as \u201cnarcissism\u201d and \u201carrogance\u201d and said he doesn\u2019t understand the U.S.-Israeli relationship.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramaswamy fired back: \u201cBy the end of my first term, the US-Israel relationship will be deeper and stronger than ever because it won\u2019t be a client relationship, it will be a true friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His campaign communications director Tricia McLaughlin added: \u201cShe is intentionally misleading people<strong><u>,<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp;and it should be called out for what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While both candidates continue to distinguish themselves on foreign policy, they remain backbenchers in the GOP presidential primary. According to the RealClearPolitics average, the entrepreneur is polling third in the GOP primary with just over seven percent support, while the former U.N. ambassador is placing in fifth with 3.7%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former President\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0holds a commanding lead in the race, averaging a dominant 55% support among likely primary voters.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/conservativemodern.com\/haley-ramaswamys-feud-intensifies-after-she-compares-his-israel-policies-to-aoc-and-far-left-squad\/\">https:\/\/conservativemodern.com\/haley-ramaswamys-feud-intensifies-after-she-compares-his-israel-policies-to-aoc-and-far-left-squad\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former U.N. ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley slammed her 2024 GOP rival entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy as weak on foreign policy towards Iran and Israel. Republican presidential candidate&nbsp;Nikki Haley&nbsp;slammed her 2024 rival Vivek Ramaswamy on Thursday, calling out comments he made opposing U.S. military intervention against Iran to defend Israel. Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur and political newcomer, on Monday told Israel Hayom in an interview that he would \u201cremain supportive of Israel\u201d but would not \u201cput our own men and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-democrats"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5287,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5285\/revisions\/5287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}