Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley visit puts Indian-Americans in spotlight as she stumps for U.S. Senate candidate Herschel WalkerAs Rick Desai began to introduce former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley at a rally for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker in Norcross on Friday, he linked the Indian-American community to the Republican Party.
The rally was held in front of the Global Mall, a shopping center on Jimmy Carter Boulevard that serves the local Indian-American community. Desai, who is a member of that community, thanked Walker’s campaign as well as state and local GOP officials for holding the rally at the mall.
“The Republican Party loves the Indian-American community and the Indian-American loves the Republican Party,” Desai declared as attendees cheered.
Walker’s rally was, in a way, a chance for the local Indian-American community to assert the role it sees itself playing in this year’s midterm elections.
And, that claim did not stop just at the location of the event and having Desai speak at it. Haley, who was born Nimrata Randhawa, is herself a member of the U.S.’s Indian-American community. She addressed the community in particular at times during her speech.
“It warms my heart that you came,” she said. “We have seen the Indian community vote Democrat for a long time, not because they’re Democrats. My parents voted Democrat until Reagan. You know why? Because Republicans never talked to them.
“Herschel Walker wanted to talk to you. Herschel Walker said he wanted the Indian-American community to know that he was going to fight for them too. That’s what this is about.”............
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