GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley visits North Augusta
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley was back in the CSRA on Wednesday as she blitzes the Palmetto State in a final push ahead of the Republican primary.
She visited North Augusta as part of her bus tour, speaking at the Palmetto Terrace of the North Augusta Municipal Building, 100 Georgia Ave.
The message she hit home to North Augusta voters is she’s led before, she will lead again and she’s not backing down.
“We started with 14 people in this race. I defeated a dozen other fellas. I just have one more fella I’ve got to catch up to,” said Haley.
She says the way she will do that is by turning around America the same way she did South Carolina from 2011 to 2017 when she was Governor.
Watch a video of her full speech below.
“We announced jobs in every county in the state. We pay down our debts, we cut taxes, we ed pension reform, we tort reform, but we also acknowledge some truths,” said Haley.
She started it all with illegal immigration.
“When we ed the toughest illegal immigration law in the country in South Carolina, we need to take what we did in South Carolina and go national with it. We need a national e- program that requires every business to prove that the people they hire are in this country legally,” said Haley.
Then she moved to term limits.
“Why are we relying on two candidates in their 80s to be the ones that save us? Don’t you think it’s finally time we had term limits in Washington D.C.?” said Haley.
As we move closer to the primary election day on Saturday, she left voters with one final message.
“We do have a country to save. But if we want to save her, we got to get to work. I will make you this promise like I did the two times when I was your Governor. If you will me in this movement, I promise you I will spend every day trying to prove to you that you made a good decision,” said Haley.
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The stop came a little over a week after she visited her hometown of Bamberg on Feb. 13.
Early voting continues in the primary, with Election Day voting set for Saturday.
As the last major opponent of Donald Trump for the Republican nomination, she’s been crisscrossing South Carolina and sometimes holding rallies outside the state.
Many of her points in North Augusta echoed what she said in Bamberg:
- She touted her accomplishments as governor of the Palmetto State, discussing how she facilitated South Carolina’s dominant automotive industries and how she ed legislation on illegal immigration, voter identification and body cameras for law enforcement.
- She spoke on the various proposals she would enact as president, saying she would reign in fraudulent spending of COVID-19 stimulus dollars, cut taxes on the middle class and force Congress to balance the budget.
- She added that she would advocate for a “catch and deport” legislation concerning illegal immigration and would mandate a verification service for businesses to complete to ensure citizenship for all employees.
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