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Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump campaigns in Concord, New Hampshire this month. As the race as dwindled to Trump and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, the former President has used her Indian heritage to try and sow doubt about her legitimacy for the presidency. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump campaigns in Concord, New Hampshire this month. As the race as dwindled to Trump and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, the former President has used her Indian heritage to try and sow doubt about her legitimacy for the presidency.
Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesIn a republican primary field that at one time boasted more than a dozen candidates, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and former President Donald Trump are the last ones standing.
That means Trump's fire is concentrated on Haley — a daughter of Indian immigrants. And he's using that heritage to try to undermine Haley's candidacy, and stoke concern about her legitimacy for the presidency.
For the record, that concern is unfounded – Haley, as the Constitution dictates, is a natural-born US citizen.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly and Senior Editor and Correspondent Domenico Montanaro dissect the reasons WHY Trump keeps returning to this particular political playbook.
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This episode was produced by Karen Zamora and Megan Lim. It was edited by Dana Farrington and Courtney Dorning. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.
