Nikki Haley, the Republican Party’s candidate in the 2024 United States presidential election, delivers a speech during a campaign rally at the Lowcountry Town Hall in Bluffton, SC, USA on November 27, 2023.
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NBC News confirmed Monday that former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley requested a U.S. Secret Service protection officer, saying threats against her had increased.
Haley is the only major candidate still running against Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary.
“If you do something like that, you get threats. That’s just reality,” Haley said in South Carolina last week.
“Part of running for public life is having to deal with the threats that exist. That won’t deter me. Does that mean we need to have a few more people around us? Yes, that’s fine,” she said during a campaign stop in Colombia.
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Trump and his supporters have called on Haley to drop out of the race and support his campaign. But Haley has so far refused.
On Monday, Haley said the increasing threats “will not stop me from doing what I need to do,” according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the request for protective details.
Requests for secret service protection from presidential candidates are not approved by the US Secret Service itself. Rather, they are approved by the Secretary of Homeland Security, who, after consultation with a joint congressional advisory committee, decides whether or not to grant the request.
A Department of Homeland Security spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Haley’s request.
Despite losing to Trump in the first two nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire and trailing in the polls, Haley has vowed to stay in the race.
Spokespeople for the Trump and Haley campaigns did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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