Trump seems to be resorting to old tactics against his political opponents, and it might backfire. Business Insider reports the former president and the frontrunner for the Republican Party went after former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. Veuer’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.
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00:00 Donald Trump seems to be resorting to old tactics against his political opponents, and it might backfire.
00:05 Business Insider reports the former president and the frontrunner for the Republican nomination
00:10 went after former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley.
00:13 Trump referred to her as "Nimbra," playing on her birth name, Nimroda Nikki Rondawa.
00:18 The former president has a history of racially charged name-calling against rivals,
00:23 with a pattern of deliberate mispronunciations and mocking.
00:26 While some argue that such tactics work, citing these code words distract people's attention,
00:32 studies suggest they may backfire, impacting how voters view the attacker rather than the target.
00:38 While Trump maintains a more than comfortable lead against his GOP rivals,
00:42 Haley is running a close second in New Hampshire.