Indian American Nikki Haley has welcomed Hillary Clinton for entering the 2016 presidential fray even as the South Carolina Governor said she did not agree with the former Secretary of State on policy matters.
"I don't have a single policy that I think I agree with Hillary Clinton on. But I respect the fact that she's put herself out there. I respect the fact that she's gonna do this," Haley, a Republican Governor, told CBS news yesterday.
"I think it's fantastic that we're going to have a woman on the ticket," she said in an earlier recorded interview.
Haley, 43, said she was proud that her whole life had been about defying expectations.
"I've never known what it's like to not be the underdog. I've never known what it's like to not have people underestimate me. It gives you a passion to want to prove things. And it gives people the element of surprise when you do. So it makes it fun," she said.
Haley, the second Indian American Governor of a US State, is seen as a rising star of the Republican party and many even think that she could give Clinton a run for her money in the campaign.
But so far she has not shown any interest in entering the already crowded Republican presidential fray.
Haley did not endorse any of her Republican colleagues who have entered the presidential race in the interview.
"Jeb Bush was very kind to me in a time when I needed it. He's always kind of been that person I could call whenever something came up," she said.
"He's come in, he's rolled up his sleeves, he's gone out there and he's talked to people. And I think he's going to continue to do that," she said.
Haley would play a larger role in selection of Republican presidential candidate for the 2016 elections, CBS news said.
