Nikki Haley has lashed out at a “completely unhinged” Donald Trump and blamed him for chaos at the US’s southern border, saying he had deliberately scuttled bipartisan efforts in Congress to crack down on migration.
Speaking at a rally in the Houston suburb of Spring, Texas, Haley said Trump had allowed millions of migrants into the country during his presidency — and had blocked a recent congressional deal on the border so he could use migration as a weapon in the 2024 White House race.
“Donald Trump went and told them not to pass anything until after November because it would hurt him in the general election,” Haley told a crowd of supporters at the Sawyer Park Icehouse bar on Monday.