Before Monday's Iowa caucus, GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley's campaign was on fire, in a good way. Polls had her ahead of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, taking second-place behind front-runner Donald Trump.
The election results from Monday's caucus, however, extinguished some of Haley's heat.
We now know that the Republican Party is all-in for Trump.
But we also learned that Republicans sure seem reluctant to vote for a woman of color.
Haley, whose parents are Indian, has not been shy about her take on racism in America. She has been on record many times insisting America isn't racist.
"We're not a racist country," Haley told Fox News on Tuesday. "We never have been." Then in what sounded like a ramble, she went on to say she has experienced racism.
"I know, I faced racism when I was growing up. But I can tell you, today is a lot better than it was then," the former South Carolina governor said. "I don't want my kids growing up where they're sitting there thinking that they're disadvantaged because of a color or a gender. I want them to know that if they work hard, they can do and be anything they want to be in America."
So Haley's idea to become successful in America is to fight to be the standard-bearer for a party that rejects diversity, equity and inclusion? Pre-caucus polling aside then, it's not too surprising to see where she ended up Monday night.
Haley's posturing to anti-DEI conservatives won't get her any closer to the presidential nomination. She appears to have tripped over the fine line she has tried to walk.
And now we're gonna watch her stumble.