Nikki Haley Wants Secret Service Protection, Citing Increase in Threats

Nikki Haley has submitted a request for Secret Service protection amid a rise in threats, the Haley campaign confirmed to The Daily Beast on Monday.

The former United Nations ambassador first revealed the move in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, saying the campaign has had “multiple issues” with security. Several of Haley’s events in New Hampshire were disrupted by protesters, and her campaign security tackled a woman when she tried to rush the stage at an event in Columbia, South Carolina last week.

Aside from her increasingly direct criticisms of former President Donald Trump, Haley’s time at the U.N.—and specifically her adversarial relationship with Iran—could also be a factor, according to the Journal.

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