Presidential candidate Nikki Haley was temporarily removed from the campaign trail late Tuesday night to care for her hospitalized father, Ajit Singh Randhawa, her campaign confirmed.
Haley was in New Hampshire on Tuesday, participating in several campaign events, but her campaign appeared to take a turn for the worse early Wednesday morning.
Her campaign does not provide details about her father's medical condition, but he is believed to be in his 90s.
Haley returned to the Granite State on Wednesday night. For the rally in Rochester.
Her father is reportedly “fine” but According to ABC News reporter I spoke with Haley campaign officials.
Randhawa, originally from India's northern Punjab region, is a former biology professor who taught at historically black Voorhees College in Denmark, South Carolina. From 1969 to 1998.
“I am the proud daughter of Indian immigrants. They came to America and settled in small towns in the South. My father wore a turban. My mother wore a sari. I wear black and white. They were brown girls living in a world of women,” Haley said of her parents at the 2020 Republican National Convention.
“Although we faced discrimination and hardship, my parents never gave in to dissatisfaction or hatred.”
Meanwhile, news of Haley's father's death arrives. Scrutiny of her campaign plans.
This also happened at the same time as her husband Michael was being sent overseas to Africa.
Haley this week announced plans to cancel two Republican debates in New Hampshire unless former President Donald Trump participates.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis slammed Haley and Trump for avoiding the debate.
“I'm the only one who doesn't have a basement movement,” DeSantis declared Tuesday evening on CNN from New Hampshire's City Hall.
DeSantis' campaign She also got the needle For not taking questions from voters during the Iowa homestretch.
Despite finishing third in Monday's Iowa caucuses, Haley maintained that the race for the 2024 Republican nomination is a two-person race between her and Trump.
Trump and Haley have been intensifying their rhetoric at each other as they jockey in the Granite State ahead of next Tuesday's primary election.
In New Hampshire, Trump rose to 46.3%, followed by Haley with 33% and DeSantis with 5.8%. According to the latest RealClearPolitics tally.
Haley is scheduled to participate in a CNN town hall in New Hampshire on Thursday.
