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Nikki Haley
stated on January 31, 2024 in a radio interview:

If Texas says, “‘We don’t want to be part of America anymore’ … that’s their decision to make.”

By Sara Swann • February 5, 2024
Nikki Haley
stated on January 17, 2024 in a rally in Rochester, N.H.:

Donald Trump “proposed when he was president” that “he wanted to raise the gas tax up to 25 cents."

By Louis Jacobson • January 19, 2024
Nikki Haley
stated on January 5, 2024 in an Iowa PBS interview:

“We’ve had 8 million” immigrants come to the U.S. illegally under Biden “and they only sent back 142,000.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 11, 2024
Nikki Haley
stated on January 2, 2024 in a town hall in Rye, N.H.:

“Right now, over 70% of federal employees are still working from home three years after COVID."

By Louis Jacobson • January 5, 2024
Nikki Haley
stated on December 14, 2023 in a town hall in Atkinson, New Hampshire:

“We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam wars, combined.”

By Grace Abels • December 19, 2023
Nikki Haley
stated on November 28, 2023 in an event in Derry, N.H.:

China “had the largest naval fleet in the world. They had 370 ships. They'll have 400 ships in two years. We won't even have 350 ships in two decades."

By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2023
Nikki Haley
stated on November 10, 2023 in an interview:

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “did something six months ago” akin to Nikki Haley recruiting Chinese companies to South Carolina.

By Samantha Putterman • November 20, 2023
Nikki Haley
stated on October 12, 2023 in a town hall in Exeter, N.H.:

China is “the largest developer of neuro-strike weapons, weapons engineered to change the brain activity of military commanders and segments of the population.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 1, 2023
Nikki Haley
stated on September 22, 2023 in a speech:

Joe Biden "put 20 million people on Medicaid who aren’t even eligible, then stopped states from taking them off."

By Samantha Putterman • October 6, 2023
Nikki Haley
stated on September 27, 2023 in a GOP presidential primary debate in California:

“Ron DeSantis is against fracking. He is against drilling.”

By Amy Sherman • September 28, 2023
Nikki Haley
stated on June 4, 2023 in a CNN town hall:

Having "biological boys … in their locker rooms” is a reason why “a third of our teenage girls seriously contemplated suicide last year."

By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2023
Nikki Haley
stated on April 21, 2023 in a tweet:

“Buyers with good credit scores will pay even more to cover for those with bad credit."

By Samantha Putterman • May 3, 2023
Nikki Haley
stated on April 10, 2023 in a town hall in Salix, Iowa:

There is “$500 billion of unspent COVID money” that can be rescinded.

By Matthew Crowley • May 1, 2023
Nikki Haley
stated on March 3, 2023 in a speech at CPAC:

Democrats "want to ban gas powered cars and gas stoves.”

By Amy Sherman • March 13, 2023
Nikki Haley
stated on February 14, 2023 in an announcement video:

On running against Donald Trump for president.

By Amy Sherman • February 14, 2023
Nikki Haley
stated on July 4, 2022 in a tweet:

The cost of a Fourth of July cookout in 2022 increased by 67.2% because of inflation.

By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2022
Nikki Haley
stated on June 7, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Americans aren’t required to show IDs to vote.

By Jeff Cercone • June 13, 2022
Nikki Haley
stated on June 28, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“The national debt is now bigger than our economy. That hasn’t happened since World War Two – and we’re in peacetime. Joe Biden is digging a hole America can never fill.”

By Jason Asenso • July 2, 2021
Nikki Haley
stated on October 5, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

Says that Nikita Khrushchev said, “Your children's children will live under communism. You Americans are so gullible. No, you won't accept communism outright; but, we will keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you will finally wake up and find you already have Communism.”

By Madison Czopek • October 9, 2020
Nikki Haley
stated on August 24, 2020 in a Republican convention speech:

Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “want massive tax hikes on working families.”

By Louis Jacobson • August 25, 2020
Nikki Haley
stated on January 6, 2020 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity:

Says the Democratic leadership and presidential candidates "are mourning the loss of (Qassem) Soleimani"

By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2020
Nikki Haley
stated on October 26, 2019 in an email:

Candidates who are supporting the Green New Deal are "promoting abortion in third world countries to control the population!"

By Tom Kertscher • November 1, 2019
Nikki Haley
stated on October 15, 2017 in comments on ABC:

"And I think that his engagement with Congress is something that never happened under President Obama. They were never allowed to debate it. They were never allowed to discuss it. So, now Congress is going to be fully engaged on the threats of Iran."

By Allison Colburn • October 19, 2017
Nikki Haley
stated on January 18, 2017 in a Senate confirmation hearing:

"Some countries are contributing (peacekeeping) troops because they're making money off of them."

By Jon Greenberg • January 24, 2017
Nikki Haley
stated on May 17, 2016 in a forum.:

"More people today are leaving Virginia than moving in."

By Warren Fiske • May 31, 2016
Nikki Haley
stated on January 12, 2016 in the Republican response to the State of the Union address:

The economy is "too weak to raise income levels."

By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016
Nikki Haley
stated on August 26, 2013 in an event to launch her reelection bid:

South Carolina has "the fastest-growing economy in the Southeast."

By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2013
Nikki Haley
stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican convention:

Says "President Obama and his National Labor Relations Board" sued Boeing over its decision to open a plant in South Carolina.

By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2012