Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley was forced to briefly leave the campaign trail Tuesday night to care for her father, Ajit Singh Randhawa, who was hospitalized, her campaign confirmed.
Haley had been in New Hampshire on Tuesday and participated in multiple campaign events, but was apparently left in the dark early Wednesday.
His campaign did not release details about his father’s condition, but he is believed to be in his 90s.
Haley returned to the Granite State Wednesday night for a rally in Rochester.
His father is reportedly “doing well.” according to an ABC News journalist who spoke to Haley campaign officials.
Randhawa, a native of the Punjab region of northern India, is a retired biology professor who taught at the historically black Voorhees College in Denmark, South Carolina, from 1969 to 1998.
“I am the proud daughter of Indian immigrants. They came to the United States and settled in a small town in the south. My father wore a turban. My mother was wearing a sari. I was a brown girl in a black and white world,” Haley said of her parents at the 2020 Republican National Convention.
“We faced discrimination and hardship, but my parents never gave in to grievance and hatred.”
Haley had been in New Hampshire on Tuesday and participated in multiple campaign events, but was apparently left in the dark early Wednesday. fake images
The news about Haley’s father comes amid scrutiny over her campaign schedule.
It also came as her husband, Michael, is deployed to Africa.
This week, Haley announced plans to quit the two Republican debates in New Hampshire unless former President Donald Trump participates.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has criticized both Haley and Trump for avoiding the debates.
DeSantis on Tuesday accused both Haley and Trump of running “basement campaigns.” AP Trump leads Haley by double digits in a recent New Hampshire poll. fake images
“I’m the only one not running a basement campaign,” DeSantis declared during a town hall in New Hampshire with CNN on Tuesday night.
DeSantis’ campaign has also criticized her for refusing to answer questions from voters during the Iowa homestretch.
Despite her third-place finish in the Iowa Caucuses on Monday, Haley has insisted that the battle for the GOP nod in 2024 is a two-person race between her and Trump.
Both Trump and Haley have stepped up the rhetorical fire at each other as they compete for the Granite State ahead of next Tuesday’s primary election.
In New Hampshire, Trump is ahead with 46.3% support, followed by Haley at 33% and DeSantis at 5.8%, according to the latest aggregate from RealClearPolitics.
Haley will participate in a CNN town hall in New Hampshire on Thursday.
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