Here are a few stories about Nikki Haley, and at the end, I’ll tell you who should vote for her.

First one, this is new from this week, reported in the Washington Examiner:

Many Republicans envisioned Haley as a viable alternative to the current front-runner, former President Donald Trump, for voters in the Republican primary. Yet such hopes could be dashed after an absolute clunker of an appearance by Haley on Fox News on Tuesday. The former South Carolina governor declared her support for eliminating anonymous accounts and unverified users on social media platforms. And, without stating where such power would actually come from, Haley also announced, as one of her first acts as president, she would force all users to be verified.

“When I get into office, the first thing we have to do, social media accounts, social media companies, they have to show America their algorithms. Let us see why they’re pushing what they’re pushing,” Haley said during an appearance on Fox News. “The second thing is every person on social media should be verified by their name.”

[…]@NikkiHaley comments on Fox News on Tuesday should raise red flags for all Republicans. One cannot be the party of freedom & all things good in the country but declare an intent to eliminate anonymous political commentary.

This one is also new, from yesterday, reported in The Daily Caller:

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley met with several Wall Street executives in a series of events Tuesday in her bid to be the Republican nominee for president, according to the Financial Times.

Haley attended a small meet-and-greet breakfast in New York where CEO of BlackRock Larry Fink was in attendance, followed by a fundraiser later in the day co-hosted by Gary Cohn, former president of Goldman Sachs, according to the FT. BlackRock has been criticized by conservatives in recent years for its adoption and promotion of Environment, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) policies, which aim to invest in companies based on their commitment to social and environmental causes.

“Let’s call ESG what it really is: corporate socialism,” Haley’s campaign said in a previous statement to The Hill. “What we need is capitalism and not businesses caving to the left. When they do, everyone loses.”

Republican-led states, like Florida and Texas, in opposition to BlackRock’s use of “woke” ESG investment, have pulled their money from the investment firm. Altogether, Republican-led states pulled almost $4.5 billion from the company in 2022.

This one from the far-left Washington Post:

“I saw something on the internet that said you gave China thousands of acres of land in South Carolina. Why would you do that?”
— audience member asking a question at a Haley for President town hall in Boone, Iowa, Oct. 9

“Don’t believe what you read on the internet. … We didn’t sell any land to the Chinese. But, yes, I recruited a fiberglass company.”

— former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R), in response

In her campaign for president, Haley has warned repeatedly about Chinese investments, including land purchases, in the United States. Yet as governor from January 2011 to January 2017, she recruited Chinese companies to her state. Chinese capital investment in South Carolina more than doubled from $308 million in 2011 to nearly $670 million in 2015.

The audience member asked whether she “gave China thousands of acres of land.” She answered that “we didn’t sell any land to the Chinese,” specifically mentioning a fiberglass company.

This is political sleight of hand — denying something that was not asked.

The fiberglass deal did not involve the sale of land — but that’s because the company received almost 200 acres of county-owned land free of charge if promised investments were made. By our count, Chinese companies received about 1,500 acres while Haley was governor, much of it through land sales, despite her denial at the town hall.

Another one, from The Iowa Standard talks about her tweet about George Floyd, who is now known to have died from a drug overdose, and who had a long, long criminal record.

Nikki tweeted:

“WE SPENT THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS CELEBRATING OUR SON’S GRADUATION. TONIGHT I TURNED ON THE NEWS AND AM HEARTBROKEN. IT’S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD WAS PERSONAL AND PAINFUL FOR MANY. IN ORDER TO HEAL, IT NEEDS TO BE PERSONAL AND PAINFUL FOR EVERYONE.”

More from the article:

Tucker took exception to Haley’s declaration that it needs to be “personal and painful for everyone” in order for healing to happen.

“Really, why’s that,” Carlson said. “And of course, what happened next was personal and painful for everyone. Our cities burned down. A lot of people died. And I thought, ‘Why should what happened between a cop and George Floyd outside a convenience store in Minneapolis be personal and painful to anybody else? What are you even talking about? Oh, you have no idea what you’re talking about. You’re trying to please the people whose opinions you actually care about at The New York Times.’”

Another one, from the Washington Examiner:

[…][B]ack in 2020… it was initially reported that someone had tried to racially intimidate NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace by allegedly “placing a noose” in a garage Wallace was assigned to before a race in South Carolina. Quicker than one could say, “Start your engines,” Haley rushed to condemn the supposed act of hate even while the incident was under investigation before anyone had all the facts.

‪“We should all stand with @BubbaWallace today against the cowards who secretly put the noose in his garage stall,” Haley posted on Instagram. “Watch your back cowards. Bubba has a bigger army than you do. #HateWontWin #WeStandWithBubba.” ‬

But there weren’t any cowards. No army was needed. The story was bogus and not a hate crime. No one “secretly put the noose in his garage stall.” It was just a regular garage pull that had been there long before Bubba Wallace was assigned the garage. Haley didn’t have to make such a statement. She could have waited until all the facts were known.

[…]At a time when she could have shown the country how principled, strong, and tough she was, Haley bought the Left’s narrative, caved, and rushed to do her best CNN or MSNBC anchor impression.

Who should vote for Nikki Haley? Anyone who would also vote for Hillary Clinton. She is the Hillary Clinton of the Republican party. Always putting her foot in her mouth trying to pretend to be something she’s not, and never apologizing for any of it.