Haley Campaign Press Release - Haley on Fox News Sunday: Our Enemies Respond to Strength

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Following another commanding debate performance, Nikki Haley joined Fox News Sunday's Shannon Bream to discuss her unequivocal support for Israel, how to stop Iran, and her surge in the polls.

On the Israel-Hamas war...

"We should have three priorities; One, to help Israel eliminate Hamas. Two, support Israel with everything they need, no questions asked. And three, to make sure we do everything we can to bring the hostages home. This is a tough situation, but this is not just an Israel issue, this is an American issue. 33 Americans were murdered. They have American hostages right now. Israel is the tip of the spear when it comes to terrorism, and we have to remember, Iran is the number one state sponsor of terrorism. And when they say, 'death to Israel,' they say 'death to America.' This war affects us as well."

On stopping Iran...

"A strong America doesn't start wars. A strong America prevents wars. What we're trying to do is prevent further war. And I dealt with Iran every day at the United Nations. What they do is they lie, they exaggerate, and every dollar they get goes to terrorism. The focus we need to have is right now you've had almost 100 strikes on our men and women in the military in Iraq and Syria. That's unforgivable. My husband's at one of those bases around the world. We don't ever want them in any harm whatsoever. But the thing is, you don't play the tit-for-tat with Iran... Remember, when we hit Soleimani, it flat-footed Iran. They respond to strength. Iran has always backed off when they realize America is serious."

On supporting our allies...

"The number one job of a president is to protect Americans... So this is about priorities. We need to one, secure the border. We need to make sure we have the backs of Ukraine and we need to have the backs of Israel. But focus on who's supporting who. It is interesting that the Taiwanese want the West to help Ukraine. Why? Because they know if Ukraine wins, then China won't invade Taiwan and we won't have to deal with that. There's a reason that you know the Ukrainians want us supporting Israel. Why? Because they know if Iran wins, Russia wins, and they don't want to do that."

On Haley's surge in the polls ...

"We are surging in the polls. Not only are we surging in the polls, if you look in the swing states, it shows that we beat Biden by 10 to 13 points. We are now second place in Iowa, second place in New Hampshire, second place in South Carolina... We have plenty of money that we're going to be on TV with, and you're going to see that we're going to be strong not just in Iowa... we're going to be strong in New Hampshire, we're going to be strong in South Carolina, because we spent our money well. We've got great ground games in every one of those states and we're going to keep surging. You've got Trump that's flat-lined, you've got DeSantis that's falling in the polls, and we continue to go up and we've had a great, last debate. We had, we raised a million dollars in 24 hours past the debate, and we're going to work hard to earn every Iowan, every Granite Stater, and every South Carolinian vote because we have a country to save."