Nearly 12 years ago, now-Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley wrote about how she changed her husband’s name, something that resurfaced in the midst of the Republican primaries.
A Vox political correspondent took to social media on Wednesday and posted an excerpt from her 2012 book “Can’t Is Not an Option” in which Haley recounts how she changed the way people refer to her now-husband, Michael Haley.
“You may be wondering how ‘Bill’ became South Carolina’s first gentleman, Michael Haley,” Haley wrote in his book. “After we started dating, one day I looked at him and said, ‘What’s your name?’”
“’You know it’s Bill,’ he said, bewildered.”
“’You just don’t look like a Bill. What is your full name?'”
“’William Michael’.”
“From that moment on I started calling him Michael and all my friends did the same. When he transferred to Clemson his sophomore year, my friends became his friends, and before we knew it, he was universally known as Michael. “Everyone who knew him before me knows him as Bill, and everyone who knew him after knows him as Michael.”
A post recently resurfaced about Nikki Haley changing her husband’s name. AP
“Looks like a Michael,” he wrote.
Haley’s ‘name change’ of her husband appears to have been first reported in 2012, but is widely unknown today. X’s post racked up more than 1 million views.
Haley has seen a boost in the polls in recent months following her well-received performances in the GOP’s first three presidential primary debates. She edged out Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for second place in New Hampshire, which is holding the first primary and second general contest on the Republican nominating calendar.
Michael Haley (right) with his wife at a campaign event. REUTERS
She also intends to fight in Iowa, where the latest polls suggest she is tied with DeSantis for a distant second behind Trump, who remains the favorite in the race for the GOP nomination as he reaches his third consecutive White House. tender.
Haley’s campaign had no comment.
Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
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