The only woman on the Republican debate stage debates how to run as a woman.
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is contending with a GOP electorate that does not seem especially interested in electing the first woman president. | Jeff Roberson/AP PhotoWhen Nikki Haley launched her bid for president, the former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador proclaimed it was time to “put a badass woman in the White House” and that kicking back at bullies hurts more “if you are wearing heels.
And with the first presidential debate looming and every candidate not named Trump desperately seeking political oxygen amid the former president’s four indictments, Haley is trying to carve out a lane for herself as a no-nonsense, results-oriented underdog who, yes, happens to be the only woman in the race.
“She’s a really, really, really good person,” said Gary Hamdorf, a retired Republican from Iowa City who said he read Haley’s books and followed her career but isn’t convinced she’s ready for the Oval Office. “I know she was at the U.N. … but this is a whole different deal.” She is also trying to walk a fine line between embracing her womanhood and embracing identity politics. “I don’t play the gender card,” she insisted in the interview, while on the stump she speaks freely about having to balance a political career with the demands of raising a family and frequently repeats a favorite adage: “Strong girls become strong women, strong women become strong leaders.”
In the interview, Haley fingered another trope that has recently emerged — the notion in some quarters that she’s actually running to become someone else’s running mate. One irony that weighs on Haley’s bid is that while gender and other matters of identity have been kept out of the Republican campaign conversation, electability has emerged as a major selling point for Trump’s rivals, who are arguing explicitly or implicitly that he cannot win. But the two issues are closely related — or at least some influentialWhile President Joe Biden’s brain trust thinks he can easily vanquish Trump, DeSantis or even Sen.
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