'Just stop!': Nikki Haley buried by Morning Joe for ducking Trump rape questions

Watching former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) claiming she is in the dark about Donald Trump's ongoing trial in New York for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll after he was found guilty in an earlier trial of sexually assaulting her, the entire "Morning Joe" panel reacted with disgust on Thursday morning.

In a CNN clip from a Haley campaign stop in New Hampshire, the aspiring GOP presidential nominee was asked by CNN's Dana Bash, "How do you feel about your party’s front-runner being held liable for sexual abuse?”

"First of all, I haven’t paid attention to his cases, and I’m not a lawyer,” Haley offered. “All I know is that he’s innocent until proven guilty, and when he’s proven guilty, and he’s sitting in a courtroom—that’s exactly what I’m talking about. You’ve got investigations on Trump and Biden.”

She later added, "Every one of these cases, they need to be heard out, he needs to defend himself. If he’s found guilty, he’s gonna pay the price. If he’s not found guilty, then we move forward. What I will tell you is that I’m focused on the economy, the border, and education, and getting our country back on track.”

As the clip ended, "Morning Joe" co-host Wille Geist stated, "It's hard to watch," as Mika Brzezinski exclaimed, "Just stop!" while another panelist muttered "Pathetic" in the cross-talk.

"'I haven't been following it,'" co-host Scarborough repeated. "You haven't been following the fact that a woman has been raped, according to a judge and a jury found him liable of sexual assault, found him liable for defaming the woman— the judge said Donald Trump raped?"

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"After that defamation verdict came down, he continued to defame the woman, the woman the judge said he raped," he continued before disgustedly adding. "Even in court and on Truth Social, he continues to defame the woman the judge says he raped. Nikki Haley says she can't comment on it because she hasn't really followed the case, and she's not a lawyer."

"This is somebody who wants to be president of the United States? Sounds like this is somebody who wants to be vice president of the United States," he pointed out.

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