Former President Trump promoted a false conspiracy theory questioning 2024 rival Nikki Haley’s eligibility to serve as president in a social media post as he escalates his attacks on his former United Nations ambassador.
Trump on Monday reposted a report from the right-wing website The Gateway Pundit that suggested Haley was not a U.S. citizen because her parents, who immigrated from India, were not citizens at the time of her birth.
But Haley was born in the U.S. in 1972, and as a result is a U.S. citizen who is eligible to run for president.
While Trump did not add any commentary to the post, it is not the first time he has tried to sow doubt about the legitimacy of a political opponent’s right to serve in the White House.
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Former President Trump promoted a false birther conspiracy theory questioning 2024 rival Nikki Haley’s eligibility to serve as president. https://t.co/SRp15f5eku pic.twitter.com/20uapfPwQv
— The Hill (@thehill) January 10, 2024
The best thing about this idiocy? Trump is calling for courts to disqualify someone from the ballot based on a Constitutional (mis)reading, at the exact time he's arguing in court that disqualifying him from the ballot would be a crime against democracy. https://t.co/D6U6PwUIUP
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) January 9, 2024
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