GILBERT, S.C. (AP) — The race for the Republican nomination got personal Saturday when Donald Trump questioned the absence of Nikki Haley’s husband on the campaign trail. Trump repeatedly asked about her husband, Michael Haley, who is deployed on a yearlong stint in Africa with the National Guard, saying “Where is he? He’s gone.” The Haley family’s response came quickly. “Donald, if you have something to say, don’t say it behind my back. Get on a debate stage and say it to my face,” Haley said. The controversial remarks are not the first time Trump has reportedly disparaged members of the U.S. military. In 2015, he said he likes “people who weren’t captured,” referring to Sen. John McCain’s status as a former prisoner of war.
