Nikki Haley’s likability among voters is one of her main assets, but speaking on background, multiple state Republican operatives told a story of Haley’s rise to power as a tale of her stepping on toes, upsetting the party establishment, and in many cases never making amends.
When Republican operatives and officials in the state speak on the record to talk about Haley, you can see the subtle hints of tension between Haley and the rest of the party edifice. In a recent Washington Post article, some colleagues of her and Sen. Tim Scott compared the two: “She was not afraid to rock the boat when necessary,” said Garry Smith, a former state representative who served with Haley.
Her story starts with a voice vote to raise lawmakers’ pay and the subsequent refusal of a single lawmaker to admit he voted to raise his own pay. For that, she was punished, Haley tells. “My first year in office, I was chairman [of] the freshman class. Second year, majority whip. Third year, I was on a powerful business committee. Fourth year, I was subcommittee chair of banking.”
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