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| − | '''Nimrata Randhawa "Nikki" Haley''', (born January 20, 1972) is the former United States Ambassador to the [[United Nations]], serving in the [[Trump Administration]] from 2017-2018. She served as the [[Republican]] [[Governor]] of [[South Carolina]] from 2011-2017. Previously, from 2004-2010, she served as a member of the [[South Carolina]] House of Representatives. She was endorsed for governor by former [[Alaska]] Governor [[Sarah Palin]], but turned on Palin after winning, saying she would not have returned the favor | + | '''Nimrata Randhawa "Nikki" Haley''', (born January 20, 1972) is the former United States Ambassador to the [[United Nations]], serving in the [[Trump Administration]] from 2017-2018. She served as the [[Republican]] [[Governor]] of [[South Carolina]] from 2011-2017. Previously, from 2004-2010, she served as a member of the [[South Carolina]] House of Representatives. She was endorsed for governor by former [[Alaska]] Governor [[Sarah Palin]], but turned on Palin after winning, saying she would not have returned the favor by endorsing a Palin presidential campaign for the 2012 election<ref>https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-now/2011/02/nikki-haley-i-dont-owe-palin-an-endorsement-in-2012-033763</ref>. |
She was first elected to represent the 87th District in Lexington County in 2004, when, as a virtual unknown, she beat the longest serving state legislator in a Republican primary. In 2008 Representative Haley was sent back to the statehouse with 83 percent of the vote – the highest percentage earned by any lawmaker facing a contested South Carolina election that year. | She was first elected to represent the 87th District in Lexington County in 2004, when, as a virtual unknown, she beat the longest serving state legislator in a Republican primary. In 2008 Representative Haley was sent back to the statehouse with 83 percent of the vote – the highest percentage earned by any lawmaker facing a contested South Carolina election that year. | ||
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| Nikki Haley | |||
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| Former United States Ambassador to The United Nations From: January 25, 2017 – December 31, 2018 | |||
| President | Donald Trump | ||
| Predecessor | Samantha Power | ||
| Successor | Kelly Craft | ||
| Former Governor of South Carolina From: January 12, 2011 – January 24, 2017 | |||
| Lieutenant | Ken Ard Glenn F. McConnell Yancey McGill Henry McMaster | ||
| Predecessor | Mark Sanford | ||
| Successor | Henry McMaster | ||
| Former State Representative from South Carolina's 87th District From: January 11, 2005 – January 11, 2011 | |||
| Predecessor | Larry Koon | ||
| Successor | Todd Atwater | ||
| Information | |||
| Party | Republican | ||
| Spouse(s) | Michael Haley | ||
| Religion | United Methodist | ||
Nimrata Randhawa "Nikki" Haley, (born January 20, 1972) is the former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, serving in the Trump Administration from 2017-2018. She served as the Republican Governor of South Carolina from 2011-2017. Previously, from 2004-2010, she served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives. She was endorsed for governor by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, but turned on Palin after winning, saying she would not have returned the favor by endorsing a Palin presidential campaign for the 2012 election[1].
She was first elected to represent the 87th District in Lexington County in 2004, when, as a virtual unknown, she beat the longest serving state legislator in a Republican primary. In 2008 Representative Haley was sent back to the statehouse with 83 percent of the vote – the highest percentage earned by any lawmaker facing a contested South Carolina election that year.
In October 2018, Haley announced she would resign from the Trump Administration in the coming months, which she then did[2][3][4]. During the Republican National Convention in 2020 she expressed interest in rejoining the Trump administration assuming he would win re-election[5], but then turned against Trump after the 2020 election. She joined liberals in unfairly criticizing Trump's exercise of his First Amendment free speech rights, and his strong stance against electoral fraud[6]. In an interview published by Politico on February 12, 2021, Haley turned completely against Trump, speaking about him in terms of untrue "bad that he did" and falsely claiming that "he’s fallen so far."[7]
Political positions
Despite claiming to be conservative, Haley holds many liberal positions, and has strong neocon leanings. As South Carolina governor, she bowed to liberal pressure and political correctness in removing the Confederate flag from the state capitol flagpole, despite having previously defended the flag. She was against Donald Trump for most of his 2016 presidential campaign, supporting Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, until Trump won the GOP nomination in a landslide, when she said that while she would vote for him, she was "not a fan" [8]. Haley tepidly supported Trump as an employee of his administration, but turned against him after the 2020 presidential election. She is liberal on immigration.[9][10]
As UN ambassador, Haley nominated a gubernatorial predecessor, David Beasley, as the executive director of the World Food Programme. Beasley left the governorship in 1999 and assumed the WFP position in April 2017.[11]
References
- ↑ https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-now/2011/02/nikki-haley-i-dont-owe-palin-an-endorsement-in-2012-033763
- ↑ Shaw, Adam (October 9, 2018). Nikki Haley resigns as UN ambassador, stays mum on next move. Fox News. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
- ↑ Caplan, Joshua (October 9, 2018). President Trump: Nikki Haley Leaving UN Post at Year’s end. Breitbart News. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
- ↑ Murphy, James (October 9, 2018). Nikki Haley Resigns as Ambassador to the UN. The New American. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
- ↑ Fordham, Evie (August 25, 2020). Nikki Haley after RNC speech says she is open to rejoining Trump administration. Fox News. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ↑ In calling out Trump, Nikki Haley warns of a more sinister threat. The Hill.
- ↑ Nikki Haley’s Time for Choosing. Politico. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
- ↑ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/11/23/5-things-know-trumps-united-nations-pick-sc-gov-nikki-haley/94333682/
- ↑ Binder, John (July 24, 2018). Nikki Haley Pushes Multiculturalism: ‘Fabric of America’ Is ‘Multiple Cultures, Multiple Populations’. Breitbart News. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ↑ Munro, Neil (May 9, 2019). Nikki Haley: Immigration ‘Makes Us Great’. Breitbart News. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ↑ Schuyler Kropf (February 28, 2017). Nikki Haley nominates former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley for U.N. food post. The Charleston Post and Courier. Retrieved on October 5, 2021.
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