Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley returned home to South Carolina as she shifted her focus to the state’s primary, telling a crowd her GOP rival Donald Trump “pitched a fit” in his New Hampshire victory speech.
She added that the former president should feel threatened.
"We got out there, we did our thing and we said what we had to say, and then Donald Trump got out there and just threw a temper tantrum. He pitched a fit. He was insulting. He was doing what he does, but I know that's what he does when he's insecure. I know that's what he does when he is threatened, and he should feel threatened without a doubt,” she said.
The former South Carolina governor fired back at Trump in the first two minutes of her remarks on Wednesday, again highlighting Trump’s gaffe in which he confused Haley for Nancy Pelosi.
Doubling down on calls for Trump to participate in GOP primary debates, Haley said if Trump insists he’d beat her in a cognitive test, he should be willing to confront her one-on-one.
“Bring it, Donald, show me what you got,” Haley said.