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[[File:Nikkihaley.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Nikki Haley has been , 116th Governor of South Carolina]] Nikki Haley is the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Before accepting this position, she was the [[Republican]] governor of South Carolina since November 2010. She previously served in the General Assembly for the 87th District of South Carolina from 2004 to 2010. <ref name = "About: Governor Bio"> [http://governor.sc.gov/About/Pages/GovernorBio.aspx About: Governor Bio] accessed August 7, 2013 </ref> Haley is also an American Legislative Exchange Council [[ALEC]] alumna, who has pushed many ALEC cookie-cutter policies as Governor. <ref>South Carolina State Ethics Commission, [http://apps.sc.gov/PublicReporting/DisplayCsv.aspx Expenditures: Candidate: Haley, Nikki R, Office: State House Representative, Locale/District: 87], state public disclosure and accountability reporting system, January 1, 2008 to July 1, 2008, accessed July 2012.</ref> Haley maintains a conservative record by voting in favor of voter ID laws, abortion restrictions, lowering taxes, and was even ranked the 21st most conservative governor in 2013 by Nate Silver. <ref> Silver, Nate [http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/in-state-governments-signs-of-a-healthier-g-o-p/?smid=tw-share&_r=0 In-State Governments Signs of a Healthier GOP] April 16, 2013 </ref>[[File:Nikkihaley.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Nikki Haley, 116th Governor of South Carolina]]
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==Ties to ALEC, Koch Brothers==
During her years in the South Carolina legislature, Haley was a member of the right-wing [[American Legislative Exchange Council], <ref>South Carolina State Ethics Commission, [http://apps.sc.gov/PublicReporting/DisplayCsv.aspx Expenditures: Candidate: Haley, Nikki R, Office: State House Representative, Locale/District: 87], state public disclosure and accountability reporting system, January 1, 2008 to July 1, 2008, accessed July 2012.</ref> a group of legislators and lobbyists that meet behind closed doors to produce "model" cookie-cutter legislation that is then introduced in state houses across the country stripped of its ALEC/industry origins. In 2001, the Center for Media and Democracy published ALEC model bills for the first time and they include attacks on unions, the environment and voting. See more at ALECexposed.org. For her possible 2014 re-election bid, a $1,000-per couple fundraiser in South Carolina was held on August 26, 2013, by fellow [[ALEC]] governors, Texas Governor [[Rick Perry]], Wisconsin Governor [[Scott Walker]], and Louisiana Governor [[Bobby Jindal]]. <ref> Beam, Adam [http://www.thestate.com/2013/08/01/2893894/walker-jindal-and-perry-will-raise.html SC Governor gets fundraising help from GOP Govs. Jindal, Perry, and Walker] The State, August 1, 2013 </ref> Haley also released a statement commending fellow [[ALEC]] member, Gov. [[Scott Walker]], after winning his recall election after his attempt to end public sector collective bargaining rights in 2011: <ref> Haley, Nikki [http://governor.sc.gov/News/June2012/Pages/default.aspx Statement from Gov. Nikki Haley on Wisconsin's Election Results] June 25, 2012 </ref>
Although, [[Coca-Cola]], [[General Motors]], [[General Electric]], [[Kraft]] Foods, [[Wal-Mart]], [[Wells Fargo]], [[Intuit]], and [[Blue Cross Blue Shield]] Insurance are not current [[ALEC Corporations]], all eight of these corporations made donations to Haley while they were members of [[ALEC]] in 2010.
As a advocate for big-business and a "GOP rising star," Haley also joined a [[Koch brothers]] meeting in the winter of 2013, to discuss the GOP's failure in the 2012 election. <ref> Confessore, Nicholas [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/01/us/politics/koch-brothers-plan-more-political-involvement-for-their-conservative-network.html?_r=1& Koch brothers plan more political involvement for their conservative network], The New York Times, April 30, 2013 </ref><ref> Ken Vogel, [http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/big-money-the-koch-brothers-and-me-107225_Page3.html#.WC8guKIrLVo Big Money, the Koch Brothers and Me], ''Politico'', May 29, 2014.</ref> {{about_ALEC}}==Nikki Haley Changes Tune On Support for Trump== NNikki Haley was an early critic of President-elect Donald Trump. Haley initially endorsed Florida Senator Marco Rubio during the GOP primary election, then threw her support behind Senator Ted Cruz. When Haley was tapped by Republicans to respond to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on January 12, 2016, the South Carolina Governor took aim at Trump who at the time was a front-runner in a crowded GOP primary. Haley recounted her family's own immigrant experience in denouncing Trump's hard-line anti-immigration rhetoric, "During anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices," Haley said. "We must resist that temptation. No one who is willing to work hard, abide by our laws, and love our traditions should ever feel unwelcome in this country."<ref> Greogry Krieg, [http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/12/politics/nikki-haley-sotu-response-donald-trump/ http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/12/politics/nikki-haley-sotu-response-donald-trump/ Nikki Haley to Donald Trump: Turn down the volume], ''CNN'', January 13, 2016.</ref> The day following Trump's proposal to bar all Muslims from entering the United States in December, Governor Haley made a scathing statement calling Trump's plan "unconstitutional" and "embarrassing". The following month Haley said Trump represented "everything a governor doesn't want in a president."<ref> Daniella Diaz, [http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/17/politics/nikki-haley-donald-trump-south-carolina/ Nikki Haley: Anyone but Donald Trump], ''CNN'', February 17, 2016.</ref> In October, 2016 Haley began to soften her tone on the Republican nominee, claiming she would in fact vote for him, but was not a fan. One week following Trump's election Haley appeared with Trump in New York. She is now being considered for a cabinet position in the administration.<ref> Jim Acosta and Daniella Diaz, [http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/16/politics/donald-trump-nikki-haley-transition/ Source: Haley under consideration for State Dept., Trump meeting Thursday], ''CNN'', November 16, 2016.</ref>
==Political IdeologiesCookie-Cutter ALEC Policies==
===Big-Business Advocate, "War on Rural South Carolina"===
