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What Nikki Haley Is Trying to Prove

She’s highly unlikely to win, but she’s looking to send a message.
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Nikki Haley faces terrible odds in her home state of South Carolina and beyond, but she has vowed to keep going. Beyond her own political ambitions, her campaign may be about trying to send a message to the Republican Party.

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