It is reported that entering the year 2024, the Republican Party and the Democratic Party in the United States are determining the first candidate and starting to prepare campaign speeches. The US media said that one side of the Democratic camp is almost "certain" that Biden will be the candidate, and the current party members also support re-election, and there are no other contenders. On the Republican side, the situation is much more chaotic, with Trump, who has the highest approval rating, still fighting a lawsuit because he has been "barred" by a multi-state court, and he has two strong contenders, Florida Governor DeSantis and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, the latter of whom has soared in Republican polls and has become Trump's number one rival.
According to sources, polls show that in New Hampshire, Haley's support is only a single digit behind Trump; And some important figures in the Republican Party have also begun to turn to support her, and there were rumors that Trump was going to take Haley as his running mate. However, according to some sources, the Trump team's attempt to win over Haley did not come true, and the latter did not want to work with the former **. Including the people around Trump, they also "look down" on Haley and feel that their positions are not the same. So in the event that the cooperation fails, Trump and Haley can only be adversaries.
On the 9th, Trump suddenly launched a social offensive against Haley, reprimanding Haley for not being a candidate because her parents were not U.S. citizens when she was born. He said that Haley was born in 1972, when her parents were not U.S. citizens, so according to the rules, Haley could not be a candidate for the United States. According to the data, Haley was born in South Carolina in 1972 and automatically became a U.S. citizen under U.S. law; At that time, her parents were "born in the Punjab region of India" and did not obtain citizenship, which means that Haley was likely born to her parents during the period of illegal immigration, taking advantage of the "loopholes" in American law to create American identity for their daughter.
Analysts pointed out that Trump's tactic against Haley was very "vicious", because the Republican Party in the United States took the bottom line, and some supporters were in the group with "maga" as the tradition, and they attached great importance to the so-called origin and race issues. Mr. Trump has suggested that Ms. Haley is in fact an illegal immigrant, and that support for her would be a "betrayal" if it is inconsistent with the Republican Party's consistent anti-immigrant doctrine. Previously, Trump had called for an end to the "birthright of citizenship" stipulated in the U.S. Constitution, and demanded that the U.S. law be amended to "illegal immigrants have children or illegal immigrants"; This initiative has been welcomed by many white supremacists.
It is also worth mentioning that the US media that reported on this matter added a note by the way: The US Constitution stipulates that ** candidates only need to be at least 35 years old, be a "naturally born" US citizen, and have lived in the United States for at least 14 years. So Haley is very much in line with the conditions of the first candidate, and Trump's behavior is more about inciting popular emotions. One commented: "Given Trump's large number of supporters, Trump's move adds an extra layer of credibility to this conspiracy theory; Will the Republican Party really allow a 'person of an alien race' to run for the ** race? This seemed almost impossible before. ”