Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, who is running for president, touched on a number of topics recently in a "Conversation with the Candidate" town hall event.Watch the full conversation in the video player above or the links below. Included is a 30-minute, online-only portion of the conversation:Watch Part 1: Haley calls for cognitive test for presidentWatch Part 2: Haley shares how she'd tackle health care costsWatch online exclusive: Haley, on debt, says kids 'won't forgive us'Conversation with the Candidate is a town hall-style program. It is intended to allow the candidate to convey their points of view on a wide range of topics. During the program, the moderator may challenge the candidates바카라 게임 웹사이트 assertions, but every fact may not be checked in real time. Hearst Television is committed to holding the candidates accountable on their claims throughout the election cycle. Learn more about Nikki Haley's backgroundHaley was first elected to office in the South Carolina State House in 2004 by edging out a 30-year Republican incumbent.From there, she would become the state's first female governor and the nation's youngest state executive.In 2015, Haley led South Carolina through one of its darkest moments: the deadly shooting at Charleston's Emanuel AME Church. She signed a bill ordering the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the State House grounds.Haley stepped down in her second term to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Trump administration.She said her presidential campaign is about moving "past stale ideas and faded names" to lead a new generation into the future of the country.An accountant by training, Haley graduated from Clemson University.Born in Bamberg, South Carolina, she is the daughter of Indian immigrants.Haley and her husband Michael, a captain in the Army National Guard, have two children. See the full "Conversation with the Candidate" event through the following links:Watch Part 1: Haley calls for cognitive test for presidentWatch Part 2: Haley shares how she'd tackle health care costsWatch online exclusive: Haley, on debt, says kids 'won't forgive us'Amid fentanyl crisis, Haley calls for sanctions of China, sending special forces to take out drug cartelsWhen asked how to give specific steps to tackle the opioid crisis, Haley highlighted the importance of securing the country's borders before turning her attention to China. "And don't think for a second China doesn't know what they're doing when they send it over. This is all part of the bigger plan. So, how do we deal with it?" Haley said. "First of all, you acknowledge to China that we know they're doing it."Haley called for sanctions to deal with China in regard to the opioid crisis."There's nothing China hates worse than us hitting them in the wallet, and you sanction them until they stop the flow of fentanyl," Haley said. "They're sending it over to these cartels."According to the U.S. Justice Department, companies in China spawn fentanyl precursor chemicals. Chinese officials in April denied they were trafficking fentanyl to Mexico, instead blaming the U.S. for the problem. Haley said her focus would also be on the cartels. "Treat those cartels for the terrorists that they are. We send in our special operation units, and we take them out, just like took out Al-Qaida. And you stop all of that manufacturing that's happening there on the side of Mexico.""When we do that, that's when we'll actually start saving Americans again," Haley said.Haley says 'woke ideology' in schools has been 'massive distraction' to educating children"As a mom, I really do worry about what's happening in education, and the problem is, people need to be honest about what's happened," Haley said.Haley said the country's education problem came before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. She cited statistics that showed a lack of proficiency with reading, math, history and civics among the nation's eighth-graders, and that the situation worsened over the first two years of the pandemic.Haley then brought up her issues with critical race theory, which the Associated Press referred to as "a way of thinking about America바카라 게임 웹사이트s history through the lens of racism," and transgender girls participating in girls' sports, something Haley referred to as "the women's issue of our time." The former South Carolina governor then brought up Dylan Mulvaney-Bud Light controversy. "Make no mistake. That is a guy, dressed up like a girl mocking women," Haley said. See more from Haley on this topic in the video player below:See the full "Conversation with the Candidate" event through the following links:Watch Part 1: Haley calls for cognitive test for presidentWatch Part 2: Haley shares how she'd tackle health care costsWatch online exclusive: Haley, on debt, says kids 'won't forgive us'Other "Conversation with the Candidate" events will be held throughout the campaign season. The full list of candidates who participate will be updated here.
- Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, who is running for president, touched on a number of topics recently in a "Conversation with the Candidate" town hall event.
Watch the full conversation in the video player above or the links below. Included is a 30-minute, online-only portion of the conversation:
- Watch Part 1:
- Watch Part 2:
- Watch online exclusive:
Conversation with the Candidate is a town hall-style program. It is intended to allow the candidate to convey their points of view on a wide range of topics. During the program, the moderator may challenge the candidates바카라 게임 웹사이트 assertions, but every fact may not be checked in real time. Hearst Television is committed to holding the candidates accountable on their claims throughout the election cycle.
Learn more about Nikki Haley's background
Haley was first elected to office in the South Carolina State House in 2004 by edging out a 30-year Republican incumbent.
From there, she would become the state's first female governor and the nation's youngest state executive.
In 2015, Haley led South Carolina through one of its darkest moments: the deadly shooting at Charleston's Emanuel AME Church. She signed a bill ordering the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the State House grounds.
Haley stepped down in her second term to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Trump administration.
She said her presidential campaign is about moving "past stale ideas and faded names" to lead a new generation into the future of the country.
An accountant by training, Haley graduated from Clemson University.
Born in Bamberg, South Carolina, she is the daughter of Indian immigrants.
Haley and her husband Michael, a captain in the Army National Guard, have two children.
See the full "Conversation with the Candidate" event through the following links:
- Watch Part 1:
- Watch Part 2:
- Watch online exclusive:
Amid fentanyl crisis, Haley calls for sanctions of China, sending special forces to take out drug cartels
When asked how to give specific steps to tackle the opioid crisis, Haley highlighted the importance of securing the country's borders before turning her attention to China.
"And don't think for a second China doesn't know what they're doing when they send it over. This is all part of the bigger plan. So, how do we deal with it?" Haley said. "First of all, you acknowledge to China that we know they're doing it."
Haley called for sanctions to deal with China in regard to the opioid crisis.
"There's nothing China hates worse than us hitting them in the wallet, and you sanction them until they stop the flow of fentanyl," Haley said. "They're sending it over to these cartels."
According to the U.S. Justice Department, . Chinese officials in April to Mexico, instead blaming the U.S. for the problem.
Haley said her focus would also be on the cartels.
"Treat those cartels for the terrorists that they are. We send in our special operation units, and we take them out, just like took out Al-Qaida. And you stop all of that manufacturing that's happening there on the side of Mexico."
"When we do that, that's when we'll actually start saving Americans again," Haley said.
Haley says 'woke ideology' in schools has been 'massive distraction' to educating children
"As a mom, I really do worry about what's happening in education, and the problem is, people need to be honest about what's happened," Haley said.
Haley said the country's education problem came before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
She cited statistics that showed a lack of proficiency with reading, math, history and civics among the nation's eighth-graders, and that the situation worsened over the first two years of the pandemic.
Haley then brought up her issues with critical race theory, "a way of thinking about America바카라 게임 웹사이트s history through the lens of racism," and transgender girls participating in girls' sports, something Haley referred to as "the women's issue of our time."
The former South Carolina governor then brought up Dylan Mulvaney-Bud Light controversy.
"Make no mistake. That is a guy, dressed up like a girl mocking women," Haley said.
See more from Haley on this topic in the video player below:
See the full "Conversation with the Candidate" event through the following links:
- Watch Part 1:
- Watch Part 2:
- Watch online exclusive:
Other "Conversation with the Candidate" events will be held throughout the campaign season. The full list of candidates who participate .
