Speaking in Charleston, amid chants of “Nikki”, Haley sketched a vision for a country that was “strong and proud, not weak and woke” as she sought to capitalize on her experience pursuing Trump’s “America first” agenda on the world stage. Haley leaned heavily on her biography as the “proud daughter of Indian immigrants” raised in a small South Carolina town. Jaime Harrison, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, who is from South Carolina, said Haley’s conservative record and allegiance to Trump should alarm voters. “We need Nikki Haley fighting for all our children the way she fought for Otto,” she said. “When you underestimate Nikki Haley, you’re making a mistake,” Katon Dawson, a former chairman of the Republican party, told the crowd.

Source: The Guardian February 15, 2023 21:54 UTC