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Nikki Haley

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Nikki Haley is an American politician and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from January 2017 to December 2018. She was the first female governor of South Carolina, holding office from January 2011 to January 2017. As governor, Haley focused on economic development, education reform, and job creation, and she gained national attention for her leadership during the aftermath of the Charleston church shooting in 2015, where she called for the removal of the Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds.

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August 25, 2026

This is not something you inherit. And it's critical in the U.S. Senate.

— Nikki Haley

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  1. We can't have someone who sits there and mocks our men and women who are trying to protect America. There is no way that the American people are going to vote for a convicted criminal. They're not.2 sources2024transcripts.cnn.com
Aug 13, 2026

The truth is, it is something far deeper. Ralph and I have always shared the same core belief that power belongs to the people, and government derives its authority from them alone.

washingtonexaminer.com
Aug 13, 2026

For more than two decades I have watched Ralph make difficult decisions, keep his commitments, and stay true to his principles.

washingtonexaminer.com
Jun 18, 2026

Hitting Iran’s nuclear and missile sites was the right move.

foxnews.com
Nov 29, 2025

His best friend, Steve Witkoff, came to our house in South Carolina, spoke to me and my husband, and basically wanted a truce between me and Donald Trump.

npr.org
Aug 23, 2025

Biden was wrong to subsidize the private sector with the Chips Act using our tax dollars. The counter to Biden is not to lean in and have govt own part of Intel.

thehill.com
Jun 3, 2025

That is a backhanded slap to all of our allies.

thehill.com
Jun 3, 2025

It is ludicrous to think we would allow Putin to be chief negotiator between the US and Iran on the Iran deal.

thehill.com
Jun 3, 2025

Russia has been receiving drones and ballistic missiles from Iran to use in its kidnapping of Ukraine.

thehill.com
Mar 31, 2025

Iran should not have a nuclear program, period.

thehill.com
Mar 31, 2025

Iran has violated every agreement they have ever been a part of. We can’t trust them to have any amount of nuclear production.

thehill.com
Feb 21, 2025

These are classic Russian talking points. Exactly what Putin wants.

nbcnews.com
Feb 19, 2025

These are classic Russian talking points exactly what Putin wants.

transcripts.cnn.com
Feb 19, 2025

The president’s comments describing Zelenskyy as 'a dictator' are 'classic Russian talking points.'

msnbc.com
Feb 19, 2025

Exactly what Putin wants.

msnbc.com
Feb 19, 2025

The president’s comments describing Zelenskyy as “a dictator” are “classic Russian talking points.”

msnbc.com
Feb 11, 2025

We must remove the Confederate battle flag.

slate.com
Feb 11, 2025

The removal of a Confederate battle flag that had flown on the Statehouse grounds since 1962.

slate.com
Feb 11, 2025

We voted to remove the flag once and for all.

slate.com
Feb 11, 2025

Called for the removal of a Confederate battle flag.

slate.com
Jan 29, 2025

This is not a place for a Russian, Iranian, Syrian, Chinese sympathiser.

bbc.com
Nov 19, 2024

This is not a place for a Russian, Iranian, Syrian, Chinese sympathizer.

transcripts.cnn.com
Nov 10, 2024

Chaos follows him and we can't have a country in disarray and a world on fire and go through four more years of chaos. We won't survive it.

transcripts.cnn.com
Sep 8, 2024

We need to be a friend to Ukraine, not make them beg.

cbsnews.com

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