Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley brushed off a quip she made Wednesday that the New Hampshire primary voters would “correct” the results of the Iowa caucuses.
“We have done 150 plus town halls, you got to have some fun, too. So we’re at this town hall, we had 700 people in New Hampshire, we’re cuttin’ up, and yes, I said that. But keep in mind, I’m from an early state,” she said during a CNN town hall in Des Moines, Iowa. “South Carolina always knew that Iowa’s going to be the first caucus, New Hampshire’s going to be first in the nation and South Carolina wanted to be first in the South. It was a pact.”
“We banter against each other on different things,” Haley said.
“New Hampshire makes fun of Iowa. I will make fun of South Carolina. It’s what we do. So I mean, I think the problem in politics now is it’s just like too serious and too dramatic. I don’t live, eat and breathe politics all the time. I like to have fun, too,” she added.
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Haley was responding to comments she made a day earlier in New Hampshire, in which she said the Granite State would “correct” Iowa.
“We have an opportunity to get this right. And I know we’ll get it right, and I trust you. I trust every single one of you. You know how to do this. You know Iowa starts it. You know that you correct it,” Haley said at the time.
Asked by CNN’s Erin Burnett whether her comments were signaling a lack of confidence over how she would perform in the Hawkeye State, where she largely trails former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the state, Haley dismissed the idea.
“I would not sit here and in the cold ‘cause it’s cold here,” she quipped. “I have been coming here for months, going to every part of Iowa, shaking every hand, answering every question, being the last person to leave at every one of these town halls. You are going to see me fight until the very end on the last day in Iowa. And I’m not playing in one state. I’m fighting in every state because I think everybody’s worth fighting for.”
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A prelicensed therapist who had been practicing in Bow, N.H., was arrested Monday based on an allegation that he sexually assaulted a patient during an in-office visit, police said.
Daniel Thibeault, who faces two counts of felonious sexual assault and one count of aggravated felonious sexual assault, is being held at the Merrimack County jail pending his arraignment, according to a statement from the Bow Police Department.
Daniel Thibeault, a New Hampshire therapist arrested for alleged sexual assault of a patient.Courtesy of Bow Police Department
Thibeault had been a candidate for licensure who was subject to a supervisory agreement since May 2024, according to state records. His arrest comes after the presiding officer of the New Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice suspended his privileges to practice in the state in late December, citing the alleged assault.
Bow police had notified the state’s Office of Professional Licensure and Certification in early December that Thibeault was accused of sexually assaulting the patient despite her “audible demands to stop,” according to an order signed by an administrative law judge.
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The incident was reported to Bow police in August, prompting an investigation by Detective Sergeant Tyler Coady that led to a warrant being issued for Thibeault‘s arrest, police said.
Efforts to reach Thibeault for comment were unsuccessful Monday. It was not immediately clear whether he has an attorney.
Police said the investigation is considered active and ongoing. Anyone with additional information is encouraged to contact Coady at 603-223-3956 or tcoady@bownhpd.gov.
Steven Porter can be reached at steven.porter@globe.com. Follow him @reporterporter.
