Nikki Haley lays into Trump and Biden’s ages again after disastrous night in Nevada

Despite a disastrous result in the Nevada primary where she was beaten by “None of these candidates” in a race in which Donald Trump did not participate, Nikki Haley continues to lay into the former president and current occupant of the Oval Office, Joe Biden, over their respective ages.

The former UN ambassador is focusing all of her energy on her home state of South Carolina where she served as governor for two terms, and has vowed to stay in the race for the Republican Party presidential nomination even after Tuesday’s embarrassing outcome in the Silver State.

Her campaign pitch against both Mr Trump and President Biden is that they are both too old to lead the country, aged 77 and 81 respectively, and that it is time for generational change. Ms Haley is 52.

On Tuesday evening she posted on X: “We all know 80-year-olds who can run circles around us…and then we know Trump and Biden. We need a president who has the focus and stamina to deal with all the challenges facing our country.”

Alongside the post, she shared a video clip from CNN in which she calls for mental competency tests for politicians over the age of 75.

The clip also includes a reference to a previous remark the former ambassador made in which she referred to Mr Trump and Mr Biden as “grumpy old men”.

Ms Haley’s loss in Nevada is a little more complex than her previous defeats to the former president in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primaries.

Thanks to a disagreement over Nevada’s switch from a caucus system to primaries after 2020 (which ended in a court battle), the Nevada Republican Party is holding two contests in 2024.

The first was a state-sanctioned primary, which Ms Haley was projected by The AP and other outlets to lose to “none of these