Nikki Haley

Hostin called Haley to lean into being a “woman of color.”

[something to say](https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1572273070299029507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1572273070299029507%7Ctwgr%5Eaf5663a71d548e2b96bac72c22d1111f6d1a9587%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalreview.com%2Fnews%2Fthe-views-asuncion-sunny-hostin-falsely-accuses-nikki-haley-of-not-using-her-real-name%2F) about that right there. [conservatives](https://www.theroot.com/prison-officers-suspected-of-making-an-instagram-page-w-1849536854) like Haley and Rep. Continuing to hammer the former governor, Hostin then called on Haley to “lean into” being a woman of color. Haley then clapped back calling Hostin “ [racist](https://www.theroot.com/the-callout-little-mermaid-1849559772)” and noted that Hostin also changed her name from its original form. Hostin then [took a jab](https://www.theroot.com/byu-finds-no-evidence-of-racist-heckling-toward-black-v-1849468136) at the two. (Haley’s given birth name is Nimrata Nikki Randhawa.

The conversation came up when co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said she would like to see Haley, who is the former governor of South Carolina, run for president, to ...

However, the politician wasn’t the first to point that out. It’s racist of you to judge my name,” she began. “Nikki is an Indian name and is on my birth certificate — and I’m proud of that.”

American television host Sunny Hostin was slammed by South Carolina politician Nikki Haley for being "racist" about the latter's name.

"Most Americans can't pronounce Asunción because of the under-education in our country. This led to Hostin changing her name, a decision she says she regrets as it doesn't mirror her Latino heritage. Hostin continued to take a dig at Haley and asked her what her real name was. "I think if she leaned into being someone of color, this would be different. Nikki This was during a discussion about potential presidential candidates against current US President Joe Biden in the 2024 elections.

Nikki Haley was called a "chameleon" by Sunny Hostin for apparently not using her Indian name. American diplomat Nikki Haley slammed “The View” co-host Sunny ...

Calling Hostin "racist", Haley clarified that Nikki is an Indian name and is also on her birth certificate and pointed out that Hostin doesn't user her birth name. Many on Twitter slammed Hostin for being “racist” and calling her out for not using her own given name. American diplomat Nikki Haley slammed “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin for branding her a chameleon as she apparently doesn’t use her Indian name.

Describing her as a “chameleon”, Hostin took a potshot at Ms Haley when political commentator Alyssa Farah Griffin said she was an “incredibly effective ...

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Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley highlighted the left's double standard after 'The View' co-host Sunny Hostin accused her of trying to hide her Indian ...

[Nikki is my name](https://www.foxnews.com/media/nikki-haley-fires-back-sunny-hostin-over-racist-comment-view-thanks-concern). "You're not going to see her fired from that show," she continued. [‘THE VIEW’ CO-HOST WHOOPI GOLDBERG: IMMIGRATION IS A ‘PROBLEM’ BECAUSE IT'S ‘MADE INTO A BROWN PEOPLE ISSUE’](https://www.foxnews.com/media/the-view-co-host-whoopi-goldberg-immigration-problem-because-made-into-brown-people-issue) "We're not even going to see an apology from that show because they let liberals say that about conservative Republican minorities all the time, but yet nothing is done. " whatever way," Haley told

Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley fired back at Sunny Hostin's claims she shields her Indian heritage by using her middle name.

"@TheView, an on air apology would be a good place to start." By the way, last I checked, Sunny isn't your birth name." "What's sad is the left's hypocrisy towards conservative minorities. [RadarOnline.com](https://radaronline.com/) has learned that Haley was brought up on the show when Alyssa Farah Griffin sounded off about who she thought would be a solid GOP candidate for the 2024 presidential election. "I think we've got some if they're willing to challenge Trump," she said. Hostin voiced her disapproval of U.N.

Indian-origin former Governor of South Carolina and an important member of the Trump government Nikki Haley called ABC's The View host, Sunny Hostin ...

The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). She is responsible for determining whether she shortened Nimrata Nikki to "Nikki" to appeal to the conservative public. Hostin rebuked, "Nikki Haley the chameleon and [Liz Cheney](/topic/liz-cheney)the savior." [Haley](/topic/haley)responded by labeling Hostin a "racist" and pointing out that Hostin had altered her name from its original form. [Alyssa Farah Griffin](/topic/alyssa-farah-griffin)urged on Tuesday that Republicans should abandon Trump and favor other conservatives such as Haley and Representative Liz Cheney. Griffin stated that Haley decided because she was an Indian woman from South Carolina who wanted to avoid discrimination.

Former US Ambassador to the UN and White House hopeful Nikki Haley endorsed Republican Michael Henry for New York state attorney.

Nikki is an Indian name and is on my birth certificate—and I’m proud of that. “I’m proud to receive the endorsement of Ambassador Nikki Haley. She knows that I will root out this corruption and brazen political attacks that have no place in such an esteemed office,” Henry said.

'The Voice' show's co-host Sunny Hostin said that Nikki Haley acts like a 'chameleon' and shields her Indian heritage behind a fake name.

"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin has a lengthy history of personal attacks towards conservatives that continued this week with her broadside at Nikki Haley.

"Yet 50% of America saw all of that and looked the other way to their brothers and their sisters and said, ‘I’m going to vote for him anyway.’ And that is really disheartening because for me, that means you are selfish." "I think that really speaks to where our country is," Hostin said in November 2021. So if you don't want your kids to feel like oppressors, or you don't want your kids to feel bad, what are you teaching them?" I would go nuts, I would go nuts." was "used" by the GOP to give the rebuttal to Biden's first address to Congress and that he "knows" he was being taken advantage of because of his race. "You know, I just think it’s interesting that we’re talking every week, feels like practically every day, about Cuomo, and asking him to step down and asking him to resign without truly due process, without investigations, which are ongoing, having been held," Hostin said at the time. I do think people need to be held accountable for their actions, and I don't think it's reminiscent of McCarthyism at all." "If that were my kid there, I don’t know what I would do. "And so that being said, maybe these protests, and maybe this outcry, gives Chief Justice Roberts some leverage for a more moderate approach because we saw during the hearing that he was looking for a way, a moderate way, to handle this case." "While I think it is terrible that a justice would have to go into hiding, I think it is really clear to the justices now that… "I don't understand either of you," Hostin told Granger and Navarro. "I think that if she leaned into being someone of color, it's different," Hostin told Griffin.