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.

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    11 months ago

    I think Nimarata sounds like a pretty cool name.

    • agent_flounder@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      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.