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Donald Trump questions on Nikki Haley’s candidacy over parents’ citizenship status
Donald Trump has targeted Haley over her immigrant parents
Donald Trump claims Nikki Haley is not eligible to be President or Vice President of the US / (Whitehouse.gov/Instagram/@nikkihaley)
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump has questioned Nikki Haley’s eligibility to become the President of the United States.
This comes days ahead of the ‘first in the nation’ Primary election, scheduled to take place on January 23 in New Hampshire where Haley’s campaign has recorded a significant boost.
Around 26 percent GOP voters support Haley, compared to 46 percent voters in Trump’s support. While Trump still holds a 20-point lead, there has been a significant shift in this trend, considering he had a 30-point lead over Haley in the Granite state in October 2023.
Trump questioned Haley’s eligibility in the wake of a report published by far-right publication The Gateway Pundit (TGP) that alleged the GOP frontrunner’s parents were not U.S. citizens at the time of her birth. As per the 12th Amendment, this factor disqualifies Haley from presidential or vice-presidential candidacy. Trump also shared a screenshot of the report on his Truth Social profile.
In addition, TGP posted the claim, linking it to the report on X. Responding to the report, a contributor said, “Ambassador Haley is eligible to be President, based on the constitutional requirements laid out: “No Person except a natural born Citizen…shall be eligible to the Office of President….”
“She was born in South Carolina, automatically making her a U.S. citizen by birth,” the contributor added, dismissing TGP’s report as well as the claims made within.
Now, is the claim true or false? TGP’s allegations that Haley’s parents were not American citizens when she was born are true. However, this doesn’t change Haley’s eligibility criteria.
According to data on Haley’s official website when she became the 116th governor of South Carolina in 2010, she was born in Bamberg, S.C., to Indian immigrant parents. It makes her a natural-born American, which is one of the three requirements to hold the Presidential office. She is also over the age of 35 and has been a resident of the country for 14 years.
Similar claims about reigning Vice President Kamala Harris not being eligible to hold the position were floated in 2020, which were successfully dismissed.
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