Trump attacks Haley while referring to her by her first name Nimarata ( www.cnn.com )

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday went after Nikki Haley while referring to her by her first name, Nimarata, in the latest example of Trump using racist dog whistles to attack his GOP presidential rival.

Haley is the daughter of Indian immigrants and was born Nimarata Nikki Randhawa. She took her husband Michael Haley’s last name after they married.

Trump misspelled Nimarata as “Nimrada” as he attacked her in a new post on his social media platform Truth Social.

Miaou ,

So she changed her first name? The wording is rather ambiguous

rdyoung ,

She did what lots of people do and used their middle name as their first. I would bet that it's always been her main name, easier to use Nikki over Nimarata

Pacmanlives ,

Just wait, checks notes ah yes. “I don’t think she is an American with that name and I need to see her birth certificate.” - Trump

Thanks Obama

I have been waiting for this to be used. Same trope that was used before

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    triclops6 ,

    The problem is the intent behind using her Indian name is SPECIFICALLY to delegitimize her in front of her racist voters.

    Trump's playing a dirty game here because he's gone just far enough and has plausible deniability like " what? I just said her real name!"

    But there is literally no other purpose for him using her name but to make her voters like her less because they are that type of people.

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    cupcakezealot ,
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    "the us has never been a racist country", says woman who had to be pushed into taking down the confederate flag at her statehouse only after dylann roof murdered nine people at the oldest black church in south carolina

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    cultsuperstar ,

    It always makes me laugh that he constantly attacks everyone and calls everyone names, but when someone doesn't do something he wants, that person is a "nasty person" and a "anti Trump". He's the meanest bully on this planet.

    btaf45 ,

    that person is a "nasty person"

    Projection. Convicted Sex Offender Treason Trump is well aware that anybody could truthfully call him that.

    Son_of_dad ,

    I'm not an American, didn't even realize she wasn't white, she seems to do everything possible to hide it

    jayrhacker ,
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    Which is weird, given that it's totally not a racist country… /s

    btaf45 ,

    Boom!

    f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4 ,

    Whatever, Donald Drumpf.

    Buddahriffic ,

    You don't see many people talking about how Trump has a duck's name. He's named like a duck, rapes like a duck, hasn't ever officially gone on the record to say he isn't a duck... Just something to think about.

    OutlierBlue ,

    And he waddles around shitting on everything.

    mahomz ,

    His beak is pretty orange.

    khan_shot_1st ,

    Can we throw stale bread at him?

    Buddahriffic ,

    Hey I'm not going to try to tell you how to live your life and what you can and can't throw at former presidents of the USA who may or may not be ducks.

    runner_g ,

    I wouldn't give him grapes from my lemonade stand.

    Toribor ,
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    He doesn't like being called Donald. You can imagine how much it pissed him off when that's the only way Hilary Clinton would refer to him.

    PrincessLeiasCat ,

    Ted Cruz’s first name is Rafael (but it didn’t stop him from going after the more Hispanic-sounding nickname of Beto).

    Bobby Jindal’s first name is Piyush.

    It’s almost like the racism in the GOP causes GOP politicians to anglicize themselves in order to fit in, but they still get mocked for doing so and/or mock others if they have a less “American” sounding nickname.

    This shows that they don’t fit in, not really when it comes down to it. But they still stay in their horrible party and take it. And the fact that Haley is a woman is another strike against her in that club….yet she still considers herself a member of the club.

    During and not long after WWI, some states banned languages other than English. Louisiana even amended their state constitution to ban French in public schools…even though it was a first language for many of the children. It was under the guise of patriotism, but let’s be honest.

    Just shitty people all around.

    usualsuspect191 ,

    He didn't misspell her name, he was making a portmanteau with "Nimarata" and "Nimrod" because it's always playground insults with this guy

    ripcord ,
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    Random little-known fact: "Nimrod" only became an insult due to a Daffy Duck cartoon. Nimrod was a mythical hunter. Daffy happens to sarcastically call Elmer "Nimrod" as just a reference. People started interpreting it as an insult, or word for someone stupid.

    zarp86 ,

    You know it's funny, I was about to correct you and say Bugs made the joke, not Daffy, but I looked it up.

    It’s widely reported that during a cartoon short titled “A Wild Hare,” a wise-cracking rabbit named Bugs Bunny called his nemesis Elmer Fudd a “poor little nimrod,” a sarcastic reference to Fudd’s skills as a hunter. Whether Bugs actually said it or it was Daffy Duck who called Fudd a “nimrod” is debatable. Bugs would get credit (it was after all a Bugs Bunny cartoon).

    More reading on that for anyone interested.

    cupcakezealot ,
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    it's also my favourite green day album.

    ganksy ,
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    Wait till he leans in on Ahmadinejoe Hussain Biden!

    crazyCat ,

    I think Nimarata sounds like a pretty cool name.

    agent_flounder ,
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    It is. I wonder if she can imagine a world where 99% of people think so, too. It almost seems like she is hiding her heritage but who knows. Man if everyone was just named John and Jennifer that would be boring af. Why can't we all appreciate differences instead of fearing and hating? Ugh.

    Dkarma ,

    Never heard of a nimrod? Lmfao

    metallic_substance ,

    Read up a bit about what makes this "nimrod" an insult to begin with. You may be surprised

    kerrypacker ,

    That's a different word.

    Son_of_dad ,

    Yet she's ashamed of it and her roots, since she calls herself Nikki and pretend to be white

    birthday_attack ,

    CORRECTION: This story has been updated with the correct spelling of Nikki Haley’s first name.

    Oh man, the CNN reporter just assumed Trump spelled it correctly and wrote the whole article while using a misspelled version of her name. As embarrassing as that should be for Trump, it's almost on brand for him at this point. The reporter could have at least pulled up her Wikipedia article to double check the spelling, like come on.

    nbafantest ,

    https://web.archive.org/web/20240117052114/https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/16/politics/trump-attacks-haley-birth-name/index.html

    The archive link with the original misspellings. It's exactly as you said lol

    Greyghoster ,

    From the German nazi rapist? What next?

    xc2215x ,

    Not a surprise knowing Trump.

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