Before reading this article, I disliked Haley simply because she’s a republican. After reading it, I’m wondering if she’s exactly what we need:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/05/politics/nikki-haley-social-security-medicare-reform/index.html
She wants to reform SS and medicare, for the good, and “A March CNN/SSRS poll of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, for instance, found that 59% said it was “essential” that the GOP nominee for president “pledges to maintain Social Security and Medicare as they are.””
I also like her thoughts on this:
One clear theme of Nikki Haley’s presidential announcement is unity. Over and over, her Tuesday announcement video references bringing people together.
One example she uses to emphasize that is her state’s response to hate.
In 2015, a white supremacist killed nine Black parishioners at Mother Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. Haley, who was governor at the time, led the state through the tragedy.
“We turned away from fear toward God and the values that still make our country the freest and greatest in the world,” she said, over video of herself and fellow leaders joining hands in the wake of that crime.”
In the wake of the Charleston shooting, Haley famously signed the law removing the Confederate flag from the state capital complex grounds.
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/15/1157122486/nikki-haley-confederate-flag-race-president-2024