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Thelisa Eaddy, South Carolina Public Radio:

Amna, I — when I think about Nikki Haley, I refer to it as the peculiar case of Nikki Haley.

So we have this native daughter, we have this former governor who was in position and made the call to remove the Confederate Flag from the statehouse dome. It was a really big deal. A lot of people and activists were trying to get that done. Seems like checks all the way down the board.

But one consistent thing that kind of overshadows those things is, when I talk with folks on both sides of the political spectrum, is the criticism that they have on Nikki Haley about her is that they don't know who she is. That's what we're hearing from people.

Just this morning spoke with a mom, entrepreneur mom of three. She says she is leaning heavily towards voting for Trump, and that's because he is firm in who he says he is and what he believes and his record. When I asked her about her opinions on the former governor, she uses the term chameleon. And she says she feels as though that the former governor is just becoming a better politician.

So, even though this is Nikki's home state, and I know that Haley is looking to have home state advantage, for the Republicans here, it almost seems as though that this is Donald Trump 's home state. He's made lots of campaign visits and rallies here before. And just this past week, we saw him flanked on stage with many members of our leadership here in South Carolina.

So it's a strange situation. It seems like a strange situation, but I think that's what our former governor will have to contend with as we lead up to our primary.

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