Fourth GOP Debate: Internet backs Nikki Haley as she declines to respond to Vivek Ramaswamy's handwritten sign calling her ‘corrupt’

TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA: Vivek Ramaswamy went after Nikki Haley time and again at every opportunity he received during the fourth GOP Debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

After embarrassing Haley in a conversation about Ukraine, Ramaswamy held up a handwritten sign during a heated verbal onslaught, calling the former Governor of South Carolina “corrupt.”

Ramaswamy reminded everyone in the audience that Haley said he has a “woman problem” during the third debate. However, this time, he shot back at Haley, telling everyone that she has a “corruption problem.”

After Ramaswamy completed his statement, the hosts asked Haley whether she wanted to respond but she “refused” to do it. Many netizens later applauded Haley for taking this stand.

Vivek Ramaswamy goes after Nikki Haley at the fourth GOP Debate

During the early half of the debate, Ramaswamy slammed Haley’s military policies and said, “Nikki Haley can’t name a single province in eastern Ukraine.”

However, Ramaswamy went on and reminded the audience about Haley’s statements in the previous debates.

“At the first debate, she said that only a woman can get this job done. After the third debate when I criticized Ronna McDaniel after five failed years of leadership of this party and criticized Nikki for her corrupt foreign dealings as a military contractor, she said I have a woman problem.”

Ramaswamy then charged at Haley and said, “Nikki I don’t have a woman problem. You have a corruption problem.”

He held up a handwritten sign which said, “Nikki = Corrupt”, and shouted, “And that’s what people need to know: Nikki is corrupt.” He further accused, “This is a woman who will send your kids to die so she can buy a bigger house.”

After Ramaswamy was done ranting, host Eliana Johnson turned to Haley and asked, “Governor Haley, would you like to respond?”

Haley immediately put her hand up and said, “No. It’s not worth my time to respond to him.”

Although many praised Ramaswamy as he slammed Haley, many others also applauded Hailey for standing her ground and responding with grace.

Internet backs Nikki Hailey after she refuses to respond to Vivek Ramaswamy’s ‘corruption’ remark

As a clip of the moment surfaced on X, one person noted, “It was smart not to respond. She wanted to cry and had nothing to add at that point. She had a ROUGH night. I thought she did fairly well in the first three debates so I'm not just hating on her.”

A second person wrote, “Ramaswamy is going off the deep end again. Just when you thought he couldn't get more obnoxious, he plunged to a new nadir. Nikki Haley was right not to respond. #GOPDebate”

Another comment said, “Probably her best moment tonight” 

A fourth user praised Haley and added, “Aside from being a burn, "No, it's not worth my time to respond to him" signals that Nikki Haley is the adult in the room. Our @BLFF_org research shows that when it comes to contrasting with opponents, voters expect women to rise above the fray.”

A fan of Haley's wrote, "Asked whether she would respond to the continued borage of misogynistic word-vomit from Vivek Ramaswamy at the #RNCDebate: “It’s not worth my time”, @NikkiHaley. YES. That’s taking the high road and Vivek continues to put the nails in his own coffin. #TeamHaley.”

A sixth agreed, “That was definitely not worth our time to respond. @NikkiHaley did the right thing. #GOPDebate”