Did everyone forget Nikki Haley fell for the Bubba Wallace hoax?
Christopher Tremoglie
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Nikki Haley likes to show that she is an assertive politician. She gained favor with many voters because she wasn’t afraid to voice her opinions and give terse and snarky responses during the recent GOP debates. Haley’s supporters have said such tactics show that she is a “fighter” and won’t back down on political topics. However, as the saying goes, “actions speak louder than words,” and Haley’s actions don’t reinforce her wannabe tough, fighter persona.
When the going gets tough, Nikki Haley gets going. At least that is what happened back in 2020 when it was initially reported that someone had tried to racially intimidate NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace by allegedly “placing a noose” in a garage Wallace was assigned to before a race in South Carolina. Quicker than one could say, “Start your engines,” Haley rushed to condemn the supposed act of hate even while the incident was under investigation before anyone had all the facts.
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“We should all stand with @BubbaWallace today against the cowards who secretly put the noose in his garage stall,” Haley posted on Instagram. “Watch your back cowards. Bubba has a bigger army than you do. #HateWontWin #WeStandWithBubba.”
But there weren’t any cowards. No army was needed. The story was bogus and not a hate crime. No one “secretly put the noose in his garage stall.” It was just a regular garage pull that had been there long before Bubba Wallace was assigned the garage. Haley didn’t have to make such a statement. She could have waited until all the facts were known. She could have encouraged patience until all the facts were known, given the frequency of the media getting the facts wrong in cases such as these. She decided not to do so.
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As such, no one should forget Haley’s response to that incident. It was the kind of weak reply, succumbing to a left-wing narrative that many Republican voters have grown tired of over the years. At a time when she could have shown the country how principled, strong, and tough she was, Haley bought the Left’s narrative, caved, and rushed to do her best CNN or MSNBC anchor impression.
Republican voters want a candidate who will not surrender to the Left on cultural topics. There had been a string of relatively recent hate crime hoaxes at the time (i.e., Jussie Smollett, Covington Catholic, etc.), and the fact she didn’t have the courage or common sense to avoid a rush to judgment should raise many red flags for voters. It showed that, under pressure, Haley seems to be little more than a performative politician. And, more often than not, on cultural topics, when push comes to shove, Nikki Haley will kneel to Democrats instead of standing for Republicans.