Haley spars with Fox hosts: ‘I don’t care how much y’all want to coronate Donald Trump’

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley took a shot at Fox News and accused its hosts of trying to boost former President Trump, who she is challenging for the Republican nomination for president.

“I’m going to fight no matter what. I don’t care how much you all want to coronate Donald Trump. At the end of the day, that’s not what Americans want. Americans want a choice and we’re going to give them one,” Haley said during an appearance Tuesday morning on Fox and Friends.

“You keep saying coronate, lie, not tell the truth, what you are saying on the couch. I’m really wondering why you think we’re the enemy?” Brian Kilmeade, a longtime host on the show shot back.

“Because I’ve looked at the media, look at the media, saying, oh, this is Donald Trump’s to have, look at the political class all coalescing and saying everybody needs to get out,” Haley responded. “That’s not democracy. That’s not who we are.”

Haley is Trump’s only GOP primary challenger following his victory by a wide margin in last week’s Iowa caucuses.

Haley trails Trump by double digits in most polls and will face increased pressure to drop out of the race if she does not earn enough support among Republican voters in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary election.

Trump has also leveled a steady stream of criticism at Fox for months over what he says is favorable coverage of Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, another GOP rival who dropped out of the presidential primary over the weekend following the Iowa caucuses.