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In a move surprising even for a mercurial figure like Vivek Ramaswamy, the millionaire businessman this past week took a backhanded swipe at fellow Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley. His dig was not over her proposed economic policies, or for her track record as governor of South Carolina. Instead, he lambasted her for having the temerity to use her married name professionally, rather than the Indian name she was given at birth – Nimarata Nikki Randhawa.
Both Ramaswamy and Haley are the children of Indian immigrants who aspire to one of the hardest-to-attain goals for those who have bought into the American Dream — becoming the president. Their backgrounds and their personal styles are dramatically different, however: Haley has decades of political experience as the governor of South Carolina and as Trump’s UN ambassador, among other roles.
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