Democrats shared picture confirming Nikki Haley to be a Punjabi Indian with real name as Nimrata Randhawa.
Former President Barack Obama voiced criticism of GOP presidential hopefuls Tim Scott and Nikki Haley, accusing them of being part of a “long history” of Black or minority Republicans downplaying racism.
THE FACTS: Haley announced her run for president last week, making the former South Carolina governor the first major challenger to former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination.
In the days following her announcement, social media users amplified a long-circulating falsehood that Haley “changed” her name in order to appeal to Republican voters. “Nikki Haley changed her name from Nimrata Randhawa because racism doesn’t exist in the GOP,” reads one popular meme shared on Twitter and TikTok.
Other posts claimed that Nimarata Randhawa was her “real name,” suggesting Nikki Haley was not.
“The rhetoric of, ‘Can’t we all get along,'” should be accompanied by an “honest accounting of our past and our present,” Obama said.
As Axios points out, Scott responded to Obama’s comments on Friday, saying, “The Left wants you to believe faith in America is a fraud and progress in our nation is a myth.
Obama made the comments while speaking on CNN’s “The Axe Files” podcast Thursday.
“I think there’s a long history of African American or other minority candidates within the Republican Party who will validate Americans saying, ‘Everything’s great, and we can make it,” Obama said.
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