| | '''Nimrata "Nikki" Haley''' (née '''Randhawa''', born January 20, 1972, in Lexington, South Carolina, age {{age|1972|1|20}}) is the United States Ambassador to the [[United Nations]], serving in the [[Trump Administration]] since 2017. She served as the [[Republican]] governor of [[South Carolina]] from 2011 until 2017. Previously, from 2004 to 2010, she served as a member of the [[South Carolina]] House of Representatives. She was endorsed for governor by the former Alaska Governor [[Sarah Palin]] and won a difficult election. | | '''Nimrata "Nikki" Haley''' (née '''Randhawa''', born January 20, 1972, in Lexington, South Carolina, age {{age|1972|1|20}}) is the United States Ambassador to the [[United Nations]], serving in the [[Trump Administration]] since 2017. She served as the [[Republican]] governor of [[South Carolina]] from 2011 until 2017. Previously, from 2004 to 2010, she served as a member of the [[South Carolina]] House of Representatives. She was endorsed for governor by the former Alaska Governor [[Sarah Palin]] and won a difficult election. |
| − | Haley, one of the strongest fiscal conservatives in state government, 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. | + | Haley was one of the strongest fiscal [[conservative]]s in state government. 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.<ref>Shaw, Adam (October 9, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nikki-haley-resigns-as-un-ambassador-stays-mum-on-next-move Nikki Haley resigns as UN ambassador, stays mum on next move]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 9, 2018.</ref><ref>Caplan, Joshua (October 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/10/09/report-nikki-haley-resigning-from-trump-administration/ President Trump: Nikki Haley Leaving UN Post at Year’s end]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 9, 2018.</ref><ref>Murphy, James (October 9, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/30284-nikki-haley-resigns-as-ambassador-to-the-un Nikki Haley Resigns as Ambassador to the UN]. ''The New American''. Retrieved October 9, 2018.</ref> During the [[Republican National Convention]] in 2020 she expressed interest in rejoining the Trump administration assuming he wins re-election.<ref>Fordham, Evie (August 25, 2020). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nikki-haley-rnc-trump-administration-return Nikki Haley after RNC speech says she is open to rejoining Trump administration]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 25, 2020.</ref> | + | In October 2018, Haley announced she would resign from the [[Trump Administration]] in the coming months, which she then did.<ref>Shaw, Adam (October 9, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nikki-haley-resigns-as-un-ambassador-stays-mum-on-next-move Nikki Haley resigns as UN ambassador, stays mum on next move]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 9, 2018.</ref><ref>Caplan, Joshua (October 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/10/09/report-nikki-haley-resigning-from-trump-administration/ President Trump: Nikki Haley Leaving UN Post at Year’s end]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 9, 2018.</ref><ref>Murphy, James (October 9, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/30284-nikki-haley-resigns-as-ambassador-to-the-un Nikki Haley Resigns as Ambassador to the UN]. ''The New American''. Retrieved October 9, 2018.</ref> During the [[Republican National Convention]] in 2020 she expressed interest in rejoining the Trump administration assuming he wins re-election.<ref>Fordham, Evie (August 25, 2020). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nikki-haley-rnc-trump-administration-return Nikki Haley after RNC speech says she is open to rejoining Trump administration]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 25, 2020.</ref> |
| | + | Haley turned against Trump in the aftermath of the [[United States Presidential Election, 2020|2020 presidential election]], however. She joined [[liberal]]s in unfairly criticizing Trump's exercise of his [[First Amendment]] [[free speech]] rights, and his strong stance against [[electoral fraud]]. |