Some Lesser Known Facts About Nikki Haley She was born in an Indian Sikh family in Bamberg, South Carolina, United States. At the age of 5, she was disqualified from the Little Miss Bamberg pageant, along with her sister; as they didn’t fit in “white” or “black” categories. Her ...
Haley was born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa to Punjabi Sikh parents who emigrated from India in the 1960s. She has said that early on she adopted her middle name, which means "little one" in Punjabi, as her first name and later took on her husband's last name as ...
She graduated from Clemson University in South Carolina with a degree in accounting and finance, and worked with FCR Corporation as Accounts Manager for its seven subsidiaries. Haley met her husband Michael while at Clemson and the couple has two children. She later joined the family business as ...
Haley is the second politician to enter the GOP race, joining former president Donald Trump, who announced his bid in November. Despite criticizing Trump throughout his 2016 run, Haley was appointed U.S. ambassador to the U.N. under his administration, a post she left suddenly after 18 mont...
CNN’s Don Lemon regrets saying Nikki Haley is past her ‘prime’ Don Lemon startled some colleagues on CNN’s morning show Thursday with his implication that Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, at age 51, was past her prime. The LION Lunch Hour crews discusses the comments and how...
Nikki Haley just gave her standard stump speech to a packed out brewery in4-degree weatherin Cedar Falls. Iowans are braving still-dicey road conditions today to take advantage of their final chances to see the candidates before Monday’s caucuses. ...
Haley denied the allegations, saying that she had been faithful to her husband, Michael. In an interview with Columbia’s WVOC radio on June 4, 2010, Haley said that if she were elected governor and the claims against her were validated, she would resign. Around the same time those affair...
“I am unapologetically pro-life, not because the Republican Party tells me, but because my husband was adopted, and I live with that blessing every day,” she told a New Hampshire audience in May. Haley is gaining attention in the GOP race withher calls for “consensus” around abortion,...
Haley denied the allegations, saying that she had been faithful to her husband, Michael. In an interview with Columbia’s WVOC radio on June 4, 2010, Haley said that if she were elected governor and the claims against her were validated, she would resign. Around the same time those affair...
Michael Haley, who is currently deployed to Africa with the South Carolina Army National Guard. "Where's her husband? Oh, he's away. He's away. What happened to her husband? What happened to her husband?" Trump said on Saturday, appearing to insinuate something questionable about Maj. ...