10 Things To Know About Republican Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley

Aug 24, 2023

By: Sunayna Kanjilal

1. Nikki Haley had these conditions when Trump asked her to be his Ambassador to the United Nations

Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina and US ambassador to the United Nations, announced she was running for president on February 14, 2023. She is the first woman of color to become a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination.

2. Her response to George Floyd's killing

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3. Nikki Haley's stand for immigrants

She said that as she had already been a governor she was not going to work for anybody else but Trump himself. She also called herself the "policy girl" and said that she needed to be in the room when national security decisions were made, that she w...

4. She takes being called "ambitious" as a compliment

Nikki Haley said that it, "needs to be personal and painful for everyone." Tucker Carlson objected to this and said, "Why is some politician telling me I’m required to be upset about it?" “What Nikki Haley does best is moral blackmail,&...

5. Haley's response to Obama

"We spent the last couple of days celebrating our son’s graduation. Tonight I turned on the news and am heartbroken. It’s important to understand that the death of George Floyd was personal and painful for many. In order to heal, it needs to be personal a...

6. The reason she actually ran for office is because of Hillary Clinton

In November 2022, she suggested that Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock should be deported. "I am the daughter of Indian immigrants," she said. "Legal immigrants are more patriotic than the leftists these days. They knew they worked to come to Amer...

7. Her parents wanted her to marry an Indian

Nikki Haley was tagged as the "most ambitious" person by Mick Mulvaney, who is the former Congressman from South Carolina and Trump's White House chief of staff. She responded, saying, "If being ambitious is good at your job, then fine, you...

8. She had no foreign policy experience or expertise

Haley gave a GOP-styled response to Obama's final State of the Union speech back in January 2016. "During anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. We must resist that temptation." She added, "No one...

9. Margaret Thatcher and Joan Jett are  her role models

Nikki Haley once told the New York Times how everybody would only give her reasons why she would not run. "I was too young, I had small children, I should start at the school board level, they said."

10. Nikki Haley insisted the Confederate flag be removed in the aftermath of Dylann Roof’s massacre

"I went to Birmingham University, and Hillary Clinton was the keynote speaker on a leadership institute, and she said that when it comes to women running for office, there will be everybody that tells you why you shouldn’t, but that’s all the reasons why ...