Can. Welcome to columbia, South Carolina, we have a crowd, arent primary is less than a week away, 50 delegates cup are grabs, winnertakeall. Evening, former South Carolina governor and former u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations nikki haley is with us. First, a look at some of the headlines that were following. Former President Trump slamming a new york judge for fining him more than 350 million in his civil fraud if trial and banning him from Running Companies in the state for three years. The former president denied overvaluing his properties on financial statements. He says that the ruling will make businesses leave new york. Listen here. The decision yesterday in new york, you may have read about it, crooked judge, crooked judge. [background sounds] hes a crooked judge. By a radical leftwing judge was a lawless and unsal a atrocity. Its a sham case. There were no vix, no defaults, no damages, no complaints, no nothing. There was nothing. John President Biden apparently mixing up ukraine and nato as he was making the case for more military aid to that country. Watch here. So its about time we make sure that Congress Come home, pass the legislation funding nato. John and A Positionman For Russian OppositionActivist Alexei Naval is demanding the Government Hand over his body, Accusing Moscow of lying about how he died. The Prison Service says navalny felt sick and passed out after taking a walk. A spokesman calls it murder. Alexei navalny was just 47 years old. All right, lets bring in the former South Carolina governor and u. N. Ambassador, nikki haley. [cheers and applause] governor its good to spend time on with you oneonone. Youve been in the studio on occasion, but its good to spend a good amount of time with you. Thank you. Its a great day in South Carolina. Welcome. Wouldnt john always enjoy South Carolina. [applause] weve got a number of questioners who are going to ask questions, some of them have already decided to vote for you, some of them havent is. Some of them are on the fence including this young man, asa forest, hes from greenville. Hes a senior in high school. Hes leaning toward voting for you, so well see if you can close that deal. His first time voting, by the way, folks. He turned 18 just in september. [applause] asa, take it away. Hey. What message do you plan on sending to putin and other World Leaders when you get into office about the United States position in World Affairs . I think the first thing you need to know is were so proud of you that youre going to be voting. This is going to be the first time youve really shown the power of your voice at the ballot box, so thats a great moment for you. The second thing ill say is, look, when you look at what putin has done, we have to remember russia is not our friend. If putins mouth is open, he is lying. And if we need to be aware of that. And i think thats why it was so damaging when trump said that he would choose putin and actually encourage putin to invade nato allies instead of standing with our allies that stood with us at 9 11. Putin knows exactly what he did with navalny. You look at that situation, this is what he always does. He murders his political opponent, he a arrests american journalists and holds them hostage, and he has made no bones about the fact that he wants to destroy america. And so the best thing we can do with russia is let them know were on to them and make sure they know well hold them to account on anything they do, and that the includes are hurting our allies. Thank you. [applause] john [inaudible] you have been very critical of what former President Trump said about nato. A number of years ago when he was trying to encourage countries and really trying to twist their arms and get them to spend 2 of their gdp if on defense. In terms of his comments about i would let russia do whatever the hell hay wanted to you, the secretarygeneral, jens stoltenberg, of nato was asked about that last week and he said, quote the criticism that we hear is not primarily about nato, its about nato allies not pending enough on nato. Thats a salad point, and its a point on valid point, and its been conveyed by successive u. S. Administrations. The european allies and canada have to spend more because we havent seen burdensharing in the alliance. I remember there was a lot of Pearl Clutching and handwringing back then when president was leaning on other countries. Jens stoltenberg was quite happy because suddenly billions of dollars was coming over to help fund its defense. Well, and ill say that i will absolutely put the hammer on our nato countries that they do have to carry their weight. But you do that behind closed doors. You let them know that the United States is not going to carry the burden. You dont do it in the eyes of our enemies. Right now nato has been a 75year success story. We havent had war in the region because theyve stood so strong. Russias actually very intimidated by nato. Chinas intimidated by nato. But the one thing we dont do is we dont leave our Brothers And Sisters who make us strong. With we dont separate ourselves from our friends In The Name Of trying to appease an enemy. Thats what the europeans did, and thats whats gotten them into this situation in the first place, is they tried to appease russia. Instead we should be strong about russia, we should make sure we tell our partners its in their best interests and the alliances best interests to pull their own weight, and we should make them do that. Theres a way to do it the right way and theres a way to do it the wrong way. And the way trump did it, by saying he was going to encourage putin to invade our allies, thats the wrong way, and it makes the situation much more dangerous. John youve said in recent days that the former president is siding with a thug. However, in an interview with cbs, may 6th, 2018, you said this of the former president i dont think that people are fair if to what the president has done because, first of all, russia a has been a tough friend to have. Hes given Military Equipment to ukraine. He basically expelled 60 russian spies which no other country has done. He beefed up our military, beefed up our energy system, all of which russia doesnt want. He keeps kicking them constantly. Thats a very different description of donald trump than youve been giving in the last few days. But the point is this is not personal about donald trump. This is the about whats right for the United States. And when you look, there were a lot of things that donald trump did well. Putting sanctions on them was a good thing. We wanted to make sure we gave missiles and equipment to ukraine so they could defend themselves. Those were all good. There were things that he did pg wrong. His Press Conferences in helsinki when he was trying to buddy up with pilot, i called him out for that. I explain that deeply in my book with, how he was completely wrong because every time he was in the same room with him, he got weak in the knees. We cant have a president that gets weak in the knees with putin. We have to have a thats going to be strong with putin in every sense of the word. And so what we saw was inconsistencies. And whats worse is i was really proud of trump when he gave that equipment to ukraine to defend themselves. I am crind by disappointed in trump that now hes walked all of that a back and now hes actually putting the ukraine in harms way which is putting the United States in harms way. Lets not forget, putin said once he takes ukraine, poland and the baltics are next. If that happens, those are nato countries, that puts america at war. That is what were trying to prevent. We have to prevent war. John all right. Another question from one of our esteemed audience member, janet from columbia. He says that she is voting for you. Shes retired, shes 64 years old. Janet, take it away. John roberts, did you have to tell my age . [laughter] hi, janet. John i apologize. No worries. Welcome back to columbia, governor. Thank you. Goo good to see you again good to see you again. My question is regarding our borders. Right now they are wide open, and taxpayers are forced to pay for all the living and social services for people that have illegally entered our country. How will you stop and then reverse all the illegal immigration . Thank you for that question. You know, our borders right now is a Huge National security threat, and i think that lets go back to what we did together in South Carolina. When i was governor, we passed the toughest illegal Immigration Law in the country. President obama if sued us other it, and we won. We need to take what we did in South Carolina and go national with it. 8. 5 million Illegal Immigrants have crossed that border. Weve had nor fentanyl across the border that would kill every single american. Number one cause of death for adults 1845, or fentanyl. And dont think for a second china doesnt know what theyre doing when they send it over. So we would do a national everify program that would require every business to prove that the people they hire are in this country legally. We will defund Sanctuary Cities once and for all. No more safe havens in america. Well put 25,000 Border Patrol and i. C. E. Agents on the ground and let them do their job. We will go back to the remain in mexico policy so so that no with one even steps foot in the u. S. And instead of cash and catch and release, well go to catch and deport. That is what will happen at the border. But, john, lets talk about what didnt happen last week. Here was an opportunity for congress to go and pass something that would have secured our border. Now, the bill that was, that came forward was not perfect. The thing it did right, it strengthened asylum laws. We have to do that. 3 million Illegal Immigrants came urn trumps watch because our asylum laws werent strong enough. The thing that was weak is it didnt have the remain in mexico policy, and it had a 5,000person threshold. We cant allow a 1person threshold. But the problem is that Congress Needs to go in there and stay in d. C. Until they figure it out and get it right. We cant wait one more day to secure that border. But the other side is President Trump [applause] but the other side is President Trump went and told the republicans, dont pass anything until the general election. We cant wait on that. Americas acting like its september 10th. We better remember what September 12th felt like. It only takes one person for a 9 11 moment. And instead, congress has left, they have gone on break for two weeks, and that is wrong on everyones part. Congress needs to get in a room and figure it out and do it the right way, and President Trump needs to stay out of it and let us secure our border. [cheers and applause] john if i could, governor, on that point, President Trump said in michigan yesterday to workers that the biggest threat that they face not necessarily from china, not necessarily from putin, but from people coming across the southern border who will take their jobs. And a lot of people are wondering, what would you do to stop people from coming across the border illegally . And further porks what would you do with the some 16. 8 Million People who currently are in this country illegally . I remember debating this back in 2012 when there were half that number. I think the first thing is exactly what i just said in terms of closing off the border. Thats hugely important. The second thing is understanding that we dont have to choose between supporting ukraine and israel and securing the border. Securing the borders priority number one, but we can do both of those at the same time, and thats really important that people understand that as well. But ill also say that goes to the heart of you should see the commercials donald trump is running in South Carolina. If hes saying that im not for securing the border. Well, first of all, if we pass the toughest illegal Immigration Law in the country when i was governor of South Carolina, we absolutely want to secure the border. And if you want to protect peoples jobs, the first thing you do is dont let them cut the line. But if hes going to lie about a me, im going to tell the truth about a him. [laughter] [applause] donald trump needs to answer whether he thinks putin is responsible for navalny. Donald trump needs to answer to the fact that why hid did he propose an 18centpergallon gas increase in 2018 when he was president . Why is he saying hes not going to touch Social Security so by the time he leaves everybodys going to get a 24 cut . Those are legitimate questions that we should be asking. We all deserve that right. Why is he saying now hes going to tax every American Family by increasing tariffs on all the goods from anything on anything from Baby Stroarls to appliances . Theyre going to cost every American Family more than 2800 a year. Those are the questions we need to answer. I would ask him myself but he wont debate me. [laughter] [applause] john governor, we will talk about Social Security and the plans that you have to reform if it coming up. 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[cheers and applause] john welcome back to our South Carolina town hall with republican president ial candidate nikki haley. All right, we are on now to talk about the campaign and and some of your opponent as a well. Next up weve got becky. Shes from here in columbia, South Carolina. She says that shes voting for governor haley. She is a former teacher and a current sales associate. Becky, go ahead. Thank you. Governor haley, were so proud if to have you back in our state for a while. Thank you. Ive always thought that running for office is a right and not a privilege. What would you say to the naysayers who have made such negative comment regarding your continuing this president ial race . Its interesting because, you know, i look at where we started. There were 14 candidates in the race. Weve defeated a dozen of the fell a las. I just have one more fella to catch up. To. [cheers and applause] and through it all there have been naysayers, and thats okay. Im used to being an underdog. I was an underdog when i ran for office the first time and defeated the longest serving legislator in a primary. I was the underdog when i was one of five candidates that a ran a for governor. Im okay being the underdog now. But the issue is if you look at the fact that we started at 2 , in iowa we got 20 , then we went to New Hampshire and we got 43 of the vote. But the night that we got 43 of the vote 43 of the vote, President Trump literally became unhinged and went on a temper tantrum. And all he did was talk about revenge. And then the next day he said anybody who supported me was barred perman