Nikki Haley has always felt like an outsider, but a better label would be ‘trailblazer.’ She’s the first Indian American to hold office in South Carolina, the first female governor of the state, the youngest governor in the United States, and only the second governor of Indian descent. Born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa in Bamberg gave her a unique perspective as she battled racism and religious disparity to become the Ambassador to the United Nations. As a presidential hopeful in 2024, Nikki Haley’s platform supports establishing a national 15-week abortion ban with exceptions, cutting expenditures to countries that ‘hate the U.S., ‘ fixing the border crisis without open border policies, cutting taxes, and other conservative issues.