Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie on Monday likened Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley to ousted Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney – each of whom are considered war hawks.
Cheney, perhaps the most outspoken of all Republican Trump critics, and who lost 2022 reelection has long advocated for an interventionist American foreign policy.
Haley, also a former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., has throughout her presidential campaign focused largely on foreign policy and espoused support for Israel and Ukraine amid the ongoing conflicts in both nations.
Massie said Monday that “Nikki Haley is a brunette Liz Cheney. She hates free speech as much as she loves war and foreign aid.”
The Kentucky lawmaker is an advocate for general American non-intervention in foreign conflicts and has been a sharp critic of Republican resolutions declaring support for Jerusalem and attempts to redefine antisemitism to include anti-Zionism.
She lost her primary last year decisively to the Trump-backed Harriet Hageman.