Attacks Nikki Haley and embraces "mantle of anger"

After South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley used her State of the Union response to warn against "the siren call of the angriest voices," Trump attacked her as "weak on illegal immigration" and suggested she was hypocritical for soliciting campaign contributions from him. During the January 14 Republican debate, he embraced her criticism, declaring "I will gladly accept the mantle of anger" because the country is "being run horribly." He added, "I am very angry because I hate what's happening to our country," effectively turning a call for civility into a validation of his campaign's grievance-based rhetoric.

"I will gladly accept the mantle of anger." — Republican primary debate in North Charleston, South Carolina