After Barack Obama gave his last State of the Union address as president, Nikki Haley responded on behalf of the entire Republican party. “As he did when he first ran for office, tonight, President Obama spoke eloquently about grand things,” she began. “He’s at his best when he does that. Unfortunately, the president’s record has often fallen far short of his soaring words” (via C-Span).
The then-governor of South Carolina blamed Obama for the poor economy, the healthcare crisis, and the threat of ISIS. She also accused him of being either incompetent or simply uninterested in these key issues. Months later, Haley attacked him again, after the Obama-appointed Department of Homeland Security restricted South Carolina from using E-verify to control immigration.
At the time, she railed, “It is absolutely ludicrous that we are now fighting the fact that we can’t even enforce our own illegal immigration laws,” (via The Post and Courier). Haley also promised to be relentless until she got what she felt her state needed.
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