This is a great profile but notwithstanding the quote from Haley that she "is a policy girl," it says virtually nothing about her past or future policies &, notably, quotes her saying of Trump, "On his policy, I agree with everything that he’s done." /1 https://www.politico.com/interactives/2021/magazine-nikki-haleys-choice/
Remarkably, it doesn't mention her most consequential (and disastrous) policy decision as SC Governor: turning down the ACA Medicaid expansion, which would have provided health insurance to thousands of Carolinians and saved hundreds of lives./2 https://www.thestate.com/latest-news/article14419064.html
Apparently, Haley and her staff “burst into laughter” when Ted Cruz told her, “I want to be remembered as the president who repealed every word of Obamacare.” I'm not sure why they laughed, given her cruel denial of health care to some of the state's neediest citizens. /3
Nor does it mention her defense of the Confederate Flag in the 2014 Gubernatorial campaign, when her rival, the Democrat Vincent Sheheen, called for it to be moved from the Statehouse grounds. /4 https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/nikki-haley-confederate-flag-ceos
Given her agreement with Trump's policy, I wish she had fleshed out her claim that, "I think what we need to do is take the good that he built, leave the bad that he did, and get back to a place where we can be a good, valuable, effective party." /5
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