Nikki Haley denies calling to raise retirement age seconds before admitting she did

 Independent UK - At a Fox News town hall, 2024 Republican hopeful Nikki Haley defended herself against claims that she called to increase the retirement age — before backtracking. On Monday, Fox News host Bret Baier brought up that her GOP rival, Florida Gov Ron DeSantis, is “hitting you for claiming the retirement age is ‘way, way too low.’” “I have never once said that,” Ms Haley retorted.

But Baier quoted a Bloomberg interview of Ms Haley in August, in which she said, “65 is way too low and we need to increase that.” The former UN ambassador explained, “Anyone who says they’ll leave America bankrupt, Social Security will go bankrupt, Medicare will. So we don’t touch anyone’s retirement. But, go to people like my kids in their 20s and tell them the rules have changed. Change the retirement age to reflect life expectancy.” Ms Haley then admitted, “Yes — for those in their 20s.” She added, “I have never said retirement age is way too low for everyone else,” before accusing Mr DeSantis of “totally misrepresenting the facts.”