Attacking Harris on basis of gender or race is not helpful, says Nikki Haley

Attacking Vice President Kamala Harris the presumptive nominee of the Democratic party is not helpful Republican leader Nikki Haley said on Thursday and insisted that she needs to be criticized based on her policiesldquoIts not helpful Its not helpful I mean were talking about a liberal senator who literally has not accomplished very much and what she was given she didnt do much with You dont need to talk about what she looks like or what gender she is to talk about that The American people are smarter than thatrdquo Haley told CNN in an interviewShe was responding to a question on the attack on Harris based on the colour of her skin and genderldquoTalk about the fact that she doesnt believe in fracking Tell that to the voters in Pennsylvania Talk about the fact that she doesnt want to talk about paying down debt She wants to increase taxes Tell that to the American people Talk about the fact that consumer prices have gone up 19537 since Joe and Kamala were in officerdquo she saidldquoTalk about the fact that shes always sided with the Palestinian protests instead of our friend Israel There are so many issues we can talk about when it comes to Kamala Harris It doesnt matter what she looks like It matters what she said what shes fought for and the lack of results that shes had because of itrdquo Haley saidThe former Republican presidential candidate who lost to Donald Trump in the primary race said she was not surprised when Democratic nominee and incumbent President Joe Biden dropped out of the race paving the way for Harris to be on the partyrsquos ticketldquoI wasnt surprised and I didnt take happiness in it Through the whole campaign I fought for mental competency tests I wasnt doing it to be disrespectful I wasnt doing it to be mean I was doing it because I think its not just Joe Biden There is an issue that we have in DC where people will go into office and they wont let go And then their staffers and their family keep propping them up and its a problem for the American peoplerdquo she saidldquoSo I never thought he would make it to the election I always said a vote for Joe Biden is a vote for Kamala Harris and I think thats whats playing outrdquo she saidHaley the former South Carolina Governor and US Ambassador to the United Nations said the Democrats are very smart to put in a younger candidateldquoI think that thats what America has craved But I think what you look at is they put in the weakest candidate they could put inrdquo she saidldquoYou look at the fact that Kamala she had one job That was to deal with illegal immigration and the border She didnt do it She was the most progressive Senator that we had next to Bernie Sanders You can see it playing out whether its the fact that she didnt show up at Bibis speech yesterday whether its the fact that she pushed for all this government spending whether its the fact that when she was in California the most liberal state there was no tax she didnt propose There was nothing that she didnt want to seerdquo Haley saidldquoAll of her the things shes doing from not wanting fracking to not wanting oil drilling all of these things are incredibly liberal And she is much more progressive than Joe Biden ever was So the fact that they put in Kamala Harris kudos for putting in someone younger The fact that you put in one of the most liberal politicians you probably could have put in its going to be an issuerdquo Haley said PTI LKJ AS ASThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever