{"id":505923,"date":"2016-12-07T21:18:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T21:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/nikki-haley\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T15:31:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T19:31:41","slug":"nikki-haley","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/nikki-haley\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikki Haley"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014Falsely claimed<\/a> that\u00a0transgender<\/a> girls playing sports contribute to teenage suicide ideation. The claim is baseless. The Advocate<\/em> reports, “It wasn\u2019t the first time Haley made the unsupported claim that teen girls are being negatively affected by transgender teen girls\u2019 participation in sports. She made the same\u00a0assertion<\/a> in New Hampshire” one month prior.<\/p>\n

\u2014Misgendered and disparaged transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney<\/p>\n

\u2014Said<\/a> President Joe Biden\u2019s support of transgender rights will destroy women\u2019s sports, saying, \u201cAcross the sporting world, the game is being rigged against women and in favor of biological men.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Opposed<\/a> marriage equality as both South Carolina state representative and governor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014Rejected<\/a> matching funds for a program offering HIV medication to lower-income patients.<\/p>\n

\u2014Signed<\/a> a voter ID law, which critics contend is racist and\/or meant to suppress the Democratic vote.<\/p>\n

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