Haley made the remarks in response to MSNBC Joy Reid's statement on whether Haley could win the Republican Party nomination
Reid had accused Republicans of being an "anti-immigrant" party and that's why she "can't picture" Haley becoming the GOP nominee in 2024, Fox News reported
In an interview with Fox News, Haley suggested Reid "lives in a different America than I do." She said, "I mean, yes, I'm a brown girl who grew up in a small rural town in South Carolina who became the first female minority governor in history, who became a UN ambassador and who is now running for president. If that's not the American dream, I don't know what is"
When asked by "Fox & Friends" host Brian Kilmeade if the Republican Party is racist, Nikki Haley said, "No we are not." She further said, "We're not a racist country. We've never been a racist country. Our goal is to make sure that today is better than yesterday. Are we perfect? No, but our goal is to always make sure we try and be more perfect every day that we can"
Speaking about her experience growing up in the US, Haley said, "I know I faced racism when I was growing up, but I can tell you today is a lot better than it was then. Our goal is to lift up everybody, not go and divide people on race or gender or party or anything else. We've had enough of that in America"
"That's why I'm so passionate about doing this. I don't want my kids growing up where they're sitting there thinking that they're disadvantaged because of colour or gender. I want them to know that if they work hard, they can do and be anything they want to be in America," she added
Despite ending up third in the Iowa caucuses, Haley said her campaign remains focused on maximising her performance in the New Hampshire primary next week, Fox News reported
Former US President Donald Trump secured win in the Iowa caucuses on Monday night (local time). He received more than 50 per cent of the vote. Ron DeSantis secured second spot with 21.2 per cent pf votes while Nikki Haley was in third place with 19.1 per cent of votes
Another Indian-American Republican Leader Vivek Ramaswamy came at fourth position with 7.7 per cent of the vote. He ultimately dropped out of the race and endorsed Donald Trump
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