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<p>After the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/alexei-navalny-sacrificed-himself-to-show-russia-that-putin-is-a-monster?ref=home?ref=home">death</a> of imprisoned Russian opposition leader <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/alexei-navalny">Alexei Navalny</a>, a voice in the Republican wilderness is demonstrating moral clarity; she is condemning both <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/vladimir-putin">Vladimir Putin</a> <em>and</em> <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/donald-j-trump">Donald Trump</a> (for coddling said strongman). And her name is <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/nikki-haley">Nikki Haley</a>.</p>
<p>Responding to Navalny’s death, <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1758487870916935920">Haley tweeted</a>: “Putin did this. The same Putin who Donald Trump praises and defends. The same Trump who said: ‘In all fairness to Putin, you’re saying he killed people. I haven’t seen that.’”</p>
<p>She followed that statement with <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1758534258367369556">another message</a>: “Putin murdered his political opponent and Trump hasn’t said a word after he said he would encourage Putin to invade our allies”—a reference to <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/marco-rubio-unbothered-by-trumps-indifference-to-a-russia-attack-on-nato">Trump’s recent comments inviting Russia to attack NATO allies</a> who haven’t paid up.</p>
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After the death of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a voice in the Republican wilderness is demonstrating moral clarity; she is condemning both Vladimir PutinandDonald Trump (for coddling said strongman). And her name is Nikki Haley.
Responding to Navalny’s death, Haley tweeted: “Putin did this. The same Putin who Donald Trump praises and defends. The same Trump who said: ‘In all fairness to Putin, you’re saying he killed people. I haven’t seen that.’”
