When I was growing up in the only Indian family in a small, rural Southern town
of 2,500, teachers didn’t tell me that America was racist.
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Fellow American, 
 



When I was growing up in the only Indian family in a small, rural Southern
town of 2,500, teachers didn’t tell me that America was racist. They didn’t
tell me I was oppressed. They didn’t teach me that my gender or my background
would hold me back.

And I couldn’t be more grateful.
 



My family stuck out like a sore thumb. My dad wore a turban. He still does to
this day. My mom wore a sari. Nobody knew who we were, what we were, or why we
were there. I was a brown girl in a black and white world. Every day, my family
faced stares, whispers, suspicion, and exclusion.

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But then something very American happened.
 



The community looked beyond skin color. They got to know my family as
hard-working people who shared their values. Slowly, those stares turned into
smiles. Those whispers turned into words of friendship. We went from being left
out to welcomed in.  
 



Not every day was great...but nearly every day was better than the one before.
 



I haven’t just seen the American story. I’ve lived the American story. And
take it from me, the first female and first minority governor of South
Carolina...America is NOT a racist country.
 



Nowadays, we’re told our founding principles are tools of oppression. We’re
told the world’s freest and most prosperous country is no better than any other.
In fact, we’re told it’s worse.
 



Well, if that’s the case, why did so many Haitians gather under the bridge in
Texas last month? They didn’t come here because America is evil. They came here
because America is free.
 



My parents always reminded me, my sister, and two brothers…that even on our
worst day, we are blessed to live in America.
 



But the Left calls our country “racist” to distract from their own failures.
 



They sow division and hatred within our country so that our enemies abroad
don’t have to lift a finger.
 



That’s why I want every U.S. congressman and senator to go on record saying
whether or not they believe America is a racist country.
 



Because we can no longer allow them to cry “racism” and scapegoat our country
for the problemsthey create and fuel.
 



But first, I need patriots like you to show them where the American people
stand.Will you add your name to the PROUD AMERICAN PLEDGE today, and declare
America is NOT a racist country for all of Washington to see?
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Every day, more people think living in the land of the free is a curse, not a
blessing.
 



This plague of self-doubt and hatred is nothing new. It existed in Reagan’s
time. But it’s much worse now. The America-doubters are more powerful than ever.
 



They’ve captured the school classroom, the corporate boardroom, the media
green room, and the backrooms of government. They own the commanding heights of
culture and politics, and they’re using their position to turn Americans
against each other, and against our own country.
 



This problem runs deeper than being “woke.” 
 



It’s bigger than “Critical Race Theory.”
 



Those things are dangerous, but the greater danger is that anger toward
America is now the bedrock belief of the American Left.
 



That’s why I hope you’ll add your name to the PROUD AMERICAN PLEDGE, and force
our nation’s leaders to go on record once and for all on whether they’re for
our country or against it.
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As my great predecessor, UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick famously said, in
Reagan’s time the Left was happy to “blame America first.”Today’s Democrats
don’t even believe in America.
 



We must not be ashamed of the American story. We should tell it everywhere we
go.
 



We know that some of it is hard to hear. The founders weren’t saints. They
lived in a time in which slavery was legal, and women’s rights were an
afterthought. We don’t need to make excuses for those obvious injustices. 
 



But we can’t act like that’s all the country is. The Left is so focused on
what was wrong, they miss the profound things America got right.
 



If you’re proud of what our country has accomplished and believe the good
we’ve done (and still can do) outweighs the bad, I hope I can count on your
signature today.
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My name is Nikki Haley, and that promise of America has been the constant in
my life.
 



As a brown girl, growing up in a small Southern town, I saw the promise of
America unfold before me.
 



As Ambassador, I saw that America is still the standard. Where we lead, the
world follows. When we speak, the world listens. What we are, the world wants.
 



There are those who see America’s glory days as behind us, but I don’t believe
that. How could I, after all I’ve seen?
 



I was reminded of America’s special role every day at the United Nations. But
one day stands out among the rest.
 



It was the day I stood on the Simon Bolivar bridge between Colombia and
Venezuela, watching thousands of Venezuelans pour by, fleeing from socialist
tyranny.
 



I can still see their faces. They were hard and sad. Most had walked miles in
the blazing sun to get the only meal they would eat that day. They were coming
from a place where they killed zoo animals for food. Entire families passed me,
carrying what few possessions they had. For some, it was a stuffed animal. For
others, a plastic bag with a couple pieces of clothing inside.
 



When I left the bridge, I went to a nearby shelter run by the Catholic Church,
where the Venezuelans were gathering. I met a few of them and hugged them.
After a few minutes, more and more families started to gather around. I didn’t
understand why they flocked to someone they’d never met.
 



And then it hit me. They didn’t care who I was. They cared where I was from.
In me, they saw America, and in America, they saw hope.
 



The time has come to revive that hope. We must keep it alive for ourselves,
our children, our grandchildren, and yes, our world.
 



But we can’t do that when our own leaders are working against our interests,
attacking our country every chance they get.
 



So please sign the PROUD AMERICAN PLEDGE and show Congress where the American
people stand.
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Ronald Reagan said “freedom is never more than one generation away from
extinction.”
 



America is now putting that to the test. I have faith we can pass this test,
like we always have.

Our challenges are steep, but they are not too steep to overcome, so long as
we believe in America and stand for America.
 



And we know the only way to bring out the best in America is to believe in
America.
 



We have no higher calling as a people. Together with you, I pledge to answer
that call, and inspire our country once again.
 



Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless America.
 



My very best, 

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