Nikki Haley Stands by Her Shots at Trump: ‘The Angriest Voices Are Not Helpful’

LAUER: “We are joined now by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Governor, good morning.”
HALEY: “Good morning, Matt."
LAUER: “Let talk about the reviews, they are in. Prominent Democrat David Axelrod says this. He tweeted, 'Really effective speech by Nikki Haley, avoided the response to the State of the Union curse.' Paul Ryan, Jeb Bush, both said you hit it out of the park, but as Peter just mentioned some very conservative voices in your party were not so happy. Anne Coulter tweeted Donald Trump should deport you, Laura Ingraham said, 'The country is lit up with a populist fever and the GOP responds by digging in, criticizing dominating the polls?! Not smart.' What's your response?”
HALEY: “Look, I respect all of those people and understand their opinion but, you know, I disagree. I think that a lot of what we’re trying to do is saying the angriest voices are not helpful. If we have citizens who are law-abiding, who love our traditions who do everything to be productive citizens in America, they should feel welcome in this country. I am not saying that I believe in illegal immigration. I don’t. I’ve always sailed that, but I do want us to be more inclusive and understand the reason that this country is so great is because of the fabric of America is made by immigrants.”
LAUER: “But I just want to be clear here, when you were talking about the loudest voices, those angriest voices, in that context, were you referring to Donald Trump, correct?”
HALEY: “He was one of them, yes. He was one. There’s other people in the media. There’s people in my state. I think we’re seeing it across the country, but, yes, Mr. Trump has definitely contributed to what I think is just irresponsible talk.”