Republican Nikki Haley may wish to pretend that racism is a figment of our imaginations, but at least one member of her own party is willing to remind her it’s very much alive and well.
Racism :
Last week during her announcement that she is officially a candidate for President of the United States, former South Carolina governor and former UN Ambassador under Donald Trump made a bold statement: “Racism is over. Just look at me for proof.”
Needless to say, her words didn’t age well.
Conservative commentator Ann Coulter made Nikki Haley eat those words by reminding the Indian-American Republican candidate that not only is racism alive and thriving, but that she would personally prove it.
During an appearance on “The Mark Simone Show” podcast, Coulter lit into Haley with a racist rant that even the KKK may have suggested went a bit too far.
“Why don’t you go back to your own country?” Coulter barked at Nikki Haley, who was born in the US.
The conservative Coulter was just getting warmed up and her fireworks display took off from there.
“Her candidacy did remind me that I need to immigrate to India so I can demand they start taking down parts of their history,” Coulter said of Haley’s act while Governor of South Carolina to remove the Confederate flag and statues within her state. “What’s with the worshipping of the cows? They’re all starving over there. Did you know they have a rat temple, where they worship rats?”
Coulter concluded her xenophobic rant by calling Haley a “bimbo” and a “preposterous creature.” However, she had an encore.
“This is my country, lady. I’m not an American Indian, and I don’t like them taking down all the monuments.”
All this week, embarrassed Republicans (who have been gearing up to convince minority voters that there’s a place for them within the GOP) have gone on the defensive regarding Coulter’s remarks. Other Americans have outright admonished her words.
“I don’t support Nikki Haley, but this is disgusting behavior by Coulter,” MSNBC’s Katie S. Phang tweeted.
“Here we go. The ‘I don’t see color’ party aka @gop‘s ignorant dog whistler @AnnCoulter tells @NikkiHaley to ‘go back to her country,’ insults India & Hindus. Mocking cows while US pardons turkeys. Still wanna be conservative, Desis? This is how they see us,” writer and producer Natash Chandel added.
Here we go. The “I don’t see color” party aka @gop’s ignorant dog whistler @AnnCoulter tells @NikkiHaley to “go back to her country,” insults India & Hindus. Mocking cows while US pardons turkeys. Still wanna be conservative, Desis? This is how they see us https://t.co/evFjzUh9z9
— Natasha Chandel (@Natasha_Chandel) February 17, 2023
Is the Republican Party about to stage their “every fourth-year” show that their party is anti-racist and a welcoming base for all voters regardless of their ethnicity? More importantly, are American voters about to fall for the “every fourth-year” shenanigans as they’ve inexplicably done every single time in the past?
You better believe it!
OK WASSUP! discusses Racism:
Ann Coulter vs. Nikki Haley.
The Meghalayan: A prominent Pakistani-origin writer and public speaker has racially targeted Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley of using her “brown skin to launder white supremacist talking points”. “I see her and I feel sad because she uses her brown skin as a weapon against poor black folks and poor brown folks, and she uses her brown skin to launder white supremacist talking points,” Wajahat Ali, who was a guest speaker on MSNBC’s ‘The Mehdi Hasan Show” said. Haley, 51, the former South Carolina Governor, announced her presidential bid on February 14 in a video message where she proudly talked about her Indian heritage. Born to immigrant parents from India, she said that as a brown girl, growing up in a black-and-white world, she saw the promise of America unfold before her. Ali, who writes for the Daily Beast and The New York Times, said that Haley’s parents benefited from… Read more »