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Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley responded on Thursday to Donald Trump spreading birther conspiracies and launching racist attacks against her, calling him \u201cthreatened\u201d and \u201cinsecure.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know President Trump well. That\u2019s what he does when he feels threatened, that\u2019s what he does when he feels insecure,\u201d she told CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper, during a town hall event.<\/p>\n
Tapper asked Haley for her response to two recent attacks made against her by her former boss and current GOP presidential frontrunner: First, Trump spreading an article saying Haley is ineligible to run for president because her parents were not U.S. citizens when Haley was born; and second, his reference to Haley by her given name, Nimarata, which he misspelled in his Truth Social post<\/a> attacking her. (Haley\u2019s middle name is Nikki).<\/p>\n \u201cWell, first, I am the proud daughter of Bamberg, South Carolina, so I love my sweet town and I\u2019m proud to say I\u2019m from there. So, that\u2019s the first question, we can throw that out the window,\u201d Haley told Tapper, who acknowledged that Haley is eligible to run for president.<\/p>\n Expounding upon Trump\u2019s post, the former U.N. ambassador said Trump\u2019s race-baiting broadside \u201cdoesn\u2019t bother me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI know that I am a threat. I know that\u2019s why he\u2019s doing that,\u201d she said. \u201cSo it\u2019s not going to waste any energy from me. I\u2019m going to continue to focus on the things that people want to talk about and not get into the name-calling back with him.\u201d<\/p>\n