Nikki Haley has all credentials to be next U.S. president: eminent Indian Americans

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Several eminent Indian-Americans believe that Republican leader Nikki Haley, who launched her White House bid, has great credentials and leadership skills to be the next president of the U.S.

Ms. Haley, 51, formally launched her 2024 presidential bid on Wednesday, casting herself as a younger and fresher alternative to the 20th century politicians like her one-time boss and former president Donald Trump.

“Nikki Haley comes with great credentials, as governor of South Carolina and with foreign policy experience as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,” M.R. Rangaswami, founder of Indiaspora told PTI.

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Ms. Haley, a former two-term governor of South Carolina, is the third Indian American to have launched a presidential bid. The other two are Bobby Jindal in 2016 and Kamala Harris in 2020. Harris is now the Vice President of the country.

“It is gratifying to see the rise of Indian Americans in the Republican Party, mirroring their prominence on the Democratic side,” Mr. Rangaswami told PTI.

“She [Ms. Haley] represents the majority of the middle. She is not extreme either. The way she ran South Carolina was amazing,” said Raj Vasudeva, from South Columbia who has known her for more than 30 years now.